mr_hosehead
Responses from mr_hosehead
| Help w/ finding replacement drivers for my AR9s I remember a place called Layne Audio, plus there's gotta still be a store on EBay that's called something like "Vintage Parts" (or "VintageAudio" or "Vintage AR"?) that has this stuff. I haven't used these places myself so please don't take this ... | |
| Why do amps sound different? TIA - I am most certainly not any kind of expert, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express (once...)For starters, if they do sound different then they do not measure exactly the same - period. You may be referring to a single aggregate measure (am... | |
| Jackson Browne CD's I had no idea until this morning that there are newly-remastered (01/2008) versions available from the usual retailers, etc. Amazon, BestBuy, and the like are all listing practically the entire early catalog as recent remaster releases. I can't te... | |
| Eagles One of these Nights - run off area wording This really isn't all that unique. Way back when albums were the norm and the makers were occasionally whimsical (or downwind - your choice) there were quite a few albums that had engravings. Some had meanings that were easy and accessible, some t... | |
| Amazing James Randi? Uh, did any of you guys actually happen to read "the other side of the coin"? Shockingly, things may not be as you are painting them. This item has been going on for a while and it sure appears that Mr. Randi is not the one who backed down. It was... | |
| Why is my Mcintosh MC-2155 slow? Sorry for being dense, but I'm really sure what you mean by "slow". Your amp sounds great but it sounds slow?I'm now "house sitting" a semi-inherited McIntosh. It kinda appeared out of the blue, and I had such high expectations for it that I stopp... | |
| LCD Television Noise ??? Based upon a very small sampling, I wouldn't worry about it at all. We (well, I) bought a dirt-cheap HD LCD this summer for eventual college use next year. Just went checking that & all the other LCDs in the house - the only noise I could hear... | |
| What do you think about this statement "So, if I said I prefer an all JVC/Bose system to an VAC/Von Schweikert system, y'all would just chalk that up to personal preferences?" In some/most cases - yup. If I wore hearing appliances that still could not produce something where I can diff... | |
| bands you truly miss And sometimes not so much (or not just) break up as die off...Derek & the DominosThe old Genesissimilarly older SantanaJackson Browne w/ David LindleyThe WhoThe Beach Boys (from Pet Sounds era)There are lots more - but like many in that list i... | |
| Power conditioner plugged into computer battery If your battery backup system can handle the power-up current draw then you probably can find an acceptable match for your gear. There are a few caveats, but generally once your amp has charged up the banks then it's pretty much your amp's respons... | |
| Vinyl Outselling CD Several critical points above: can you buy vinyl in WalMart, BB, etc? That's a big NO around here, which adds credence to beloved vinyl being just a blip on the receipt for the music industry. Yeah, vinyl's different from all the usual retail stuf... | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. Would I go out and get into vinyl from scratch today? Nope - not w/ two kids in college, etc. But after a stupid thread a year or so back, did I go and get the stuff out of storage and "the closet" and get a new cartridge and redo the den layout f... | |
| Power Cord for Satellite Receiver Did it come with one? OK - then that's a good one.Really not trying to be flippant. This is all digital domain, so if you're getting reasonably decent power to your outlet then unless you're doing something awful or practically illegal between the... | |
| Bi-amping Paradigm Reference 100's - good idea? Just from my very limited personal experience I'd have to side w/ Kal. I kinda tried it for a while (though not quite at 200W per connection) and the biggest difference I noticed was probably due to my expectation that there would be a difference.... | |
| Online shopping for music YourMusic.com is consistently inexpensive and is fine if you don't mind the rather modest selection. DeepDiscount.com seems to have a much greater selection but is much more variable for prices. Both Overstock & Amazon also have lots more sele... |