mswale
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| It Was Twenty Years Ago Today! Think I'm a little younger then some here. For me "The Red Hot Chili Peppers" was a big band to see live in the early 90's. They played a small venue in Rode Island around 91, they had 2 opening bands with them. First was Smashing Pumpkins (bef... | |
| Added a Schiit Freya+ to a Sansui 8080 Curious, why you added the Schiit Freya+ in the first place? What were you trying fix? Vintage gear can sound just as good as new gear, it has to be maintained, and used correctly. Do you know if your Sansui has ever been recaped, or checked out... | |
| What is the first thing you do when you unwrap a new vinyl record? New records can be so dirty! The crap stiff paper sleeves are horrible! Usually, unwrap, give it a good cleaning, use a good inner and outer sleeve. Clean records always sounds better!! Plus a clean record doesn't have static. The needle doesn... | |
| Streaming from a TV Use HDMI, so much better, also easier to setup. HDMI has full bandwidth, toslink does not. In my HT setup, my TV is the hub, everything plugs into it, using eArc from the TV to the receiver. TV is set for passthrough for sources and PCM for the T... | |
| Conrad Johnson Mf-2500a amp and PF-1 Preamp Recap? IMHO, recapping/referbing "vintage" gear is worth it. If you are unsure, just pull and test a few of the caps, see how good/bad they are. From my experience, lower voltage caps go first, they usually start to drift up, ESR goes up. When you repl... | |
| Large speakers plus EQ, what have you done? My system is vintage. The bass has been ok, very good with some songs and lacking with others. Have been looking for a vintage EQ, while also thinking about getting the Loki Max. After reading stuff all over the web, everyone said recap the cros... | |
| Should I replace the crossover capacitors in my vintage AR 3a speakers? Interesting conversation. Have restored a few sets of vintage speakers. Always replace the XO caps. most of the time, don't even test them, just replace. Every time it has been a night and day difference for the better! It always opens the speak... | |
| Question on Speaker Placement Find a track you really like that has full dynamic range. Place tape on the floor where your speakers are. Move them all around, each time listen to that song. Place tape where you think things work, repeat till you find the "sweet spot" When y... | |
| Realistically Speaking..... Picked up my power amp from CL, drove 3 hours each way to pick it up. Original owner, never touched, very well taken care of. Funny when I got there, he told me, there has been a ton of interest, and the price went up $200! But it was still a go... | |
| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? I just use my iPhone, put it in camera mode, then zoom in. | |
| ??? Full Loom vs Mix ??? Full loom, all my cables are from Blue Jeans, most of that is they are local to me. Would like to try out a lot of other cables, but don't have the time, effort and cash to mess with all of it. Right now, everything sounds "good" not sure what n... | |
| How do you pick your gear? Tips and insights are welcome. Usually I purchase what I know, what has some familiarity. Had a Marantz HT receiver for 10 years. When that stopped working, got another Marantz to replace it, but went a couple models higher. Same generally goes for my 2ch, got something cheap... | |
| Faint buzz in speakers If this was my system, it would be rewired, use different outlets. If anything is 2 prong, instead of 3 prong, swap the cord around. On 2 prong power plug, swapping the plug around can have profound sound differences. Of course make sure there a... | |
| 55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey Always get the bigger TV, always! Every time you watch it, you will be asking yourself if you should have got the bigger one. You are totally overthinking this.I would have a bigger one, but my better half has a thing about the TV hanging over the... | |
| Is Rega the easiest turntable to set up.... There are a ton of TT's that come mostly pre-setup. Pro-Ject Techniques MO-Fi That's just off the top of my head. Think if you go to any local Stereo store, they will setup the TT for you for free if you buy from them. My local places will do... |