newbee
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| Do we believe in Machina Dynamics? Jea48, I guess you can credit my post to ignorance, interest, and a lack of civility that is becoming a far bigger component in posts about tweaks than the tweaks themselves. Your 'hearing' attack on Pauly was just the perverbial straw. There have... | |
| Do we believe in Machina Dynamics? Jea48, It's obvious from your questions to Pauly that you have a complete command of the science involving outlet covers - at least I assume that all of the things that you bring up can affect the difference that different outlet covers can introd... | |
| ''Manuf. warranty '' with non-authorized vendor ? The problem with service on 'grey market' products exceeds getting manufacturer warranty service on new(er)stuff. Most realize that this isn't going to happen. Nor do many manufacturers allow transfer of warranty to a new buyer.The major problem, ... | |
| Raysonic 168 Reb, Glad to hear it wasn't my imagination. It also explains why I wasn't able to get the sound of the sonic signature from the tubes I was using unless I used all four of the same brand. Interestingly it makes the permutations seem infinite - per... | |
| Raysonic 168 Rebl, Don't know about the 168, but I've done some tests with the tubes in my 128 and I've concluded that the 4 tubes act in concert to some degree, for example the tubes in the RCA output will affect the sounds from the XLR outputs. This in contr... | |
| brass outlet covers...anyone try them? Sound good I've become so confused by the issue of the sonic attributes of outlet covers on audio that I've just taken them off and let the the open outlets act a mini diffusors. Cheaper and less angst. :-) | |
| Suggestions for Classical Piano "works of merit" Psacanli, Well here goes - I'll try to keep my recommendations to music that I think is still in print so you can obtain it - forgive me if I fail. I'll also try to keep them to recordings that have decent+ sound. Schumann Fantasy in C Op17 - Rich... | |
| Suggestions for Classical Piano "works of merit" Psacanli, Are you looking for recommendations of great solo piano music, such as Schumann's Fantasy in C, op17 and Beethoven's Sonata #29 - the Hammerklavier (my favorite of Beethoven's 32) or are you just interested in discussing collections by a... | |
| Pat Metheny Fans, Great Suggestions Please ?? Re Beyond the Missouri Sky recommendation whcih couples Metheny and Haden - If you like that recording a must have is Charlie Haden and Kenny Barron in Night and the City. With all respect to the Metheny/Haden coupling, this recording by Barron an... | |
| Raysonic 168 Undertow, FWIW, I have 4 very good Digital systems and only one of them 'up-samples', the Raysonic 128, and I don't like it in that (selectible) mode. Personally, I think the benefits of upsampling is a lot of sales hype - the real difference are ... | |
| What equipment or event thrust you into the hobby? "...path to audio bliss"Give me a break! Bliss?Like you I had a good (enuf) system. I focused on listening to (and discovering a lot of new music) and on a lunch break, instead of going to Tower records and looking thru vinyl I went into my first ... | |
| Are dome midrange better than cone designs? I recently read a description of Silverlines which described my the designer used dome mid-ranges. As I recall it had to do with a obtaining a more balanced on/off radiation pattern. It was in a review of the Silverline Sonata III if you care to l... | |
| Jolida 1000RC Tube ??? You might have had a poor contact on a critical contact on the tube pins and the socket, but your description is also consistent with a shorted tube also. Check the bias on that tube. If it is still showing proper bias then every thing is probably... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" For folks who like light classical chamber music for quiet times (piano & cello) - I just bought a Naxos recording of popular "Virtuoso Cello Encores" by Maria Kliegel on cello. I'm really impressed with her playing in other performances which... | |
| Toe-in for Harbeth M30 in a narrow room? If you like the sound of the speakers pointed straight ahead, but for a bit of diffusion created in the sound stage attributible to the nearby side wall, try crossing the speaker axis well in fron of the listening position. Actually use the same d... |