musicfan2349
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| Better hearing I’m a clay shooter. When I shot pistol at indoor ranges, I’d double up with both earplugs and shooter muffs. I used to ride motorbikes for 35-40 years as well... Again, ear plugs always. I don’t like loud television or the radio too loud in the ca... | |
| Where do I go from here? @patrickalston , I too have a pair of Acoustat 1+1s that I've owned since new. If they've not been energized for 20 some years, there's a good chance they need some work done. The panels are remarkably sturdy so I'm suspecting it's the transformer... | |
| The latest audiophile streamer craze This is actually well known among network geeks. GTFS: “wifi pringles can” for other examples. Happy listening. | |
| After a long, long sleep: ML-335 @mofimadness believe me, until I posted here I was on course for exactly that! However, sometimes I actually use my big head to think things through. 25 years is a long time for electronics to lie dormant, especially something as sophisticated as... | |
| After a long, long sleep: ML-335 Circling back: I spoke to Chris at http://www.pyramid-audio.com/levinson.html He was quite friendly and helpful regarding my ML335. As you can see at the link they have quite a bit of experience with ML gear. They also have engineers that special... | |
| After a long, long sleep: ML-335 Thanks again for all of your inputs. Some more background on this particular amp that it occurred to me I should’ve mentioned at the outset. This amp likely has very, very few hours on it. It was used with a a pair of B&W Matrix 800 Series O... | |
| After a long, long sleep: ML-335 Thank you everyone for your comments. As it is still in its original box and well packed, I think it would be worth finding a service center to examine it. The toughest thing about that is finding a competent shipper! Happy listening | |
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. Orrr.. Look into an older ARC preamp? SP8, SP9… Or if you can stretch a bit SP11. Happy listening. | |
| WiFi Streaming Versus An Ethernet Cable Connection One word: MESH. Our home has three nodes on a ASUS Mesh network. The node in the living room is separated from the hi-fi by a 25’ Cat8 cable to ameliorate any noise being generated by the wifi node. This is a major improvement over the internal ... | |
| Upgrade my older Linn Sondek or move on? I’m the current caretaker of what was my pop’s LP12 with the Valhalla mod and Rabco straight line tracking tonearm. I completely retuned, leveled, lubed and rebelted it a couple of years ago and it sounds lovely. I liken it to my ‘93 Ducati also... | |
| Rant: PSA to builders, housewives, and general complaint Open concept seems to be the fashion though I’ve seen a couple articles that the tide is turning and rooms with a specific purpose are making their way back. I’m lucky that my wife let me set up in the living room. Unfortunately kitchen cacaphony... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often Well there’s the domestic tranquility factor to consider… 😉 It took a bit for the new missus to cotton to the 1+1s but she came around. I think? But the B&W Matrix 800s OTOH won’t be installed in this living room! Next house will have an au... | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Good question! Great answers from folks! Santana - Abraxas (Original on Columbia) Dave Brubeck - Take Five (Several good pressings out there) Vivaldi - Four Seasons, Boston Symphony w/ Seiji Ozawa conducting (Telarc) Happy listening. | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? Pop’s dual KLH-9 set up powered by ARC D-70s with an SP3a front end and Thorens TT. Sitting in the sweet spot was like wearing room sized headphones. Happy listening. | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! @kennymacc Congrats on finding your forever speakers! There is something rather satisfying to enjoy a familiar sound that one is very happy with I think. @thriftyaudio I too have a pair of Acoustat 1+1s that I purchased new in ‘85. For the money ... |