newbee
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| RCA splitter Thing I've noticed when trying splitters is it seems to not only split the signal but also split the strength of the output, something I've noticed on many pre-amps which have two outputs. FWIW | |
| is sensorineural hearing loss permanent? Reminds me of a Werner Herzog directed movie where in a boy never exposed to humans before arriving at a University were he was taken under the care of a professor who taught him language and introduced him to society. After some time when in a ha... | |
| What is turntable “liveliness”. FWIW, to appreciate most of the nuances of a TT system one must develop some serious listening skills, especially if you are dealing with high quality TT's and arms. Cartridges and phono stages are quite a bit easier to differentiate. IME audiophi... | |
| Who has the Sickness, the Phile or the Non-phile? The love of music comes first. Then comes audio. One must be careful, especially if by nature they are anal or compulsive, otherwise ’audio’ takes over and music just becomes a means to explore audio. They no longer really listen to the music, the... | |
| New finds In Record Collection I can't relate so much with collecting music and not listening to it, but as I enjoy experiencing new music or recordings I have built up a rather large collection, a lot of which were rather mediocre recordings which I remembered for that reason ... | |
| Hum in speakers I think I didn’t ask a clear question, so I’ll be a bit more specific by illustrating an experience I had. I had a wall wart (12v transformer) plugged into an extension cord lying on the floor behind my components. I had a cable from my pre-amp to... | |
| Hum in speakers You haven't routed your RCA from TT to phono stage near a transformer or other power source have you? That will create hum everytime (almost anyway). | |
| Any High End Tube Preamps with *gasp tone controls? If you can afford it, sure. That remote control will come in handy in finding the tone you are looking for when adjusting for sources like records and CD's. For some room or system correction, no so much. You won't be fiddling with it that much or... | |
| Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers? I have watched few utubers. I found it somewhat unproductive relative to the time dedicated to it. But I can understand why it's attractive to some and for them I would suggest that they not abandon 'critical analysis' when watching. I think that ... | |
| If you want lame advice DON'T do this! FWIW, re headphones, mahgister is correct in the sense that good headphone utilization is not a walk in the park. If ones reference is headphones just plugged into a component’s afterthought socket they don’t know a good headphones systems potenti... | |
| If you want lame advice DON'T do this! Kota1, 'wrong' if it is an expectation. Not wrong if it is just a rant. It would be nice if all who ask and who advise were knowledgeable but that's not going to happen anytime soon. And the bigger question is, perhaps, who is going to train these... | |
| Listening skills increase with low light? Simple answer, eliminate anything that distracts you if you want to fully absorb the music you are listening to. If while listening you are aware of your rooms ambience (as opposed to acoustics) you're too easily distracted I think. If you can't c... | |
| Does it make sense to "ignore low ball offers"? Problem is many sellers inflate their price somewhat expecting that they will receive low offers and their prices will give them room to negotiate a fair price, so what exactly is a low ball offer. Earlier in this post a few mentioned 30%, certain... | |
| If you want lame advice DON'T do this! FWIW kota 1, I think most folks who go to the trouble of posting their systems are far less concerned with getting advice about their rooms/set/equipment as they are about establishing themselves as audiophiles and giving other viewers some unders... | |
| Any High End Tube Preamps with *gasp tone controls? Well I don’t know what kind of an equalizer you’re looking for but, FWIW, Schiit has a 6 band equalizer that has both XLR and RCA and 2 channels as well. Pretty ’good’ and relatively inexpensive ($300 +/-). I use one. |