mswale
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| Pop album that has stood the test of time Love Easy Street! Spend most of my disposable income there. Not sure Sinead O'Conner is pop? How do we even design pop anymore? Pop to me is Britney Spears, that kind of stuff. Yes, Sinead has held up, anything my 14yo listens to has stood the t... | |
| Receiver Too Weak? Sadly, I think you need more receiver, it's under 100w @ 2 ch, usually if you drive more channels the power will be even less. Your speakers have low sensitivity, so they need more power to sing. You didn't really say if it's music or movies tha... | |
| Burn Twetter Speaker Might also want to pull out the crossovers and take a looks. If the same tweeter keeps blowing there might be something wrong with the XO. Depending on how old the speakers are, the XO might be worth rebuilding, or at least re-capping. | |
| What is your favorite budget streamer? MNX10, it does it all and it's simple, has good software, supports all the streaming services nativity. When I was looking to add a budget streamer to my vintage system, this one ticked all the boxes for me. My only issue is, got the silver one,... | |
| 30 yr old speakers- time to replace drivers? If the speakers are all working, with no defects, not sure it's worth touching. However, the XO might be in need of an update. yes, caps can last decades, even out of spec can work almost perfectly. Just replaced the caps in my XO's, while my sp... | |
| Home network router question 1. Is running an ethernet wire from my streamer/DAC to the main pod equivalent to direct wiring to the old stand alone modem/router? If the main pod is hardwired to the modem, then yes, it's basically the same as direct wire. However, if you ... | |
| Time for a new cartridge @reimarc that cart looks amazing, I really like the idea. How has it been working for you? There is no pricing on it, what does it retail for? You said, it goes right into a normal pre-amp input? So no phono stage at all? | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie Get the MoFi, it's a great deck, and easy to live with. Got into vinyl a little over 2 years ago, last time I purchased a record was in the late 1980's. No idea what happened to all my old records, or even my old stereo, think my little sister s... | |
| Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable working on and off @kbmr Not sure if there are any places that show how to clean and maintain TT's. First get your supplies... 1. q-tips or other swabers to clean out the bearing and other little areas 2. Glass cleaner, furniture cleaner, isopropyl alcohol. 3. ... | |
| Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable working on and off As others have said, you need to clean and lube the TT. I'm sure the bearing has a ton of grime in there after 10 years. I clean and lube mine every few months. You may also have a power supply that is going out, Pro-Ject makes a "high power" re... | |
| Open baffle speakers Never gave open baffle speakers a thought, then I went to an Audio show. Outside of $40k speakers, the open baffle ones sounded the best, actually had too much bass. These things blew me away, they sounded so good!! Then found out they are DIY f... | |
| Kirmuss 'In the Groove' Ultrasonic Record Restorer - Upscale Audio Edition Meet him at Pacific Audio Fest, he was like a used car salesman. Told me right off the bat, that what I'm doing is 100% wrong, and my ultrasonic machine is crap (didn't even ask what I was using). He was very pushy, and turned me off. But he did p... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear High quality gear is high quality gear, no matter when it was built. For me Vintage gear is where it's at. I like the build quality, the looks, and most importantly how it sounds. I like analog music, vintage will give you that, without all the ... | |
| Processor sound comparison- Anthem avm90 vs NAD M17 V2i Never had a ARC issue with either of my Marantz receivers. Also do not think they are difficult to setup, but it is time consuming. But unless you change something you only set them up once. What I have found with EARC/ARC is that is very cable ... | |
| What's Up With Jane's Addiction? That is the 2nd tour that has been canceled on me this year, the first was The Black Keys. Getting tired of getting tickets to only be canceled later. Both times, I got early fan club access, both shows got really good tickets. It all started wh... |