normb
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| My All Time Christmas Song I’m partial to the classics. Bob Rivers’ “Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire” is one of my perennial favorites. Ho-ho-ho. | |
| Is there a vacuum tube summary poster similar to this grape varietal summary Not altogether a bad idea. Certain sound qualities COULD be listed/graphed like “harsh” “airy” “balanced” muffled, lacking mids, etc and some kind of chart made reflecting general consensus of certain MANUFACTURER’s tubes, but that’s the problem ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Miles and Miles. Miles in the Sky Sorcerer Nefertiti | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Miles Davis’ “Nefertiti.” Going to have to play this through another half dozen times - as I do with all of Miles’ work. | |
| Klipsch La Scala or Altec 838 speakers I still find it remarkable that in answer to a simple either/or question all the “experts” come in out of the woodwork to recommend anything BUT the two choices given by the OP. My vote is with LaScalas, but I’ve been a Klipsch fan since 1973-ish... | |
| Type 45 Tubes for stereo amplifiers I’m burning in a pair of EML 2A3 mesh tubes now for a monoblock pair I’m working on. Using them in a 20 year old Tektron TK2 2A3/50. I’ve also got a pair of EML 300B tubes I’ve used for over a year. Both sound awesome, the 2A3’s so far a little ... | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets @jea48 I re-read that and it doesn’t now, while fully caffeinated, make that much sense to me either. Thanks for catching it. Not sure I can even recreate what I was trying to say at the time. | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets @dbt Thanks for that. One of my best friends is a master electrician who’s finishing the wiring on my new house in a few weeks (I hope, I hope, I hope) and I ran an aluminum sheathed 10 AWG line from the new breaker box to my audio room/man cav... | |
| Is "detailed" audiophile code for too much treble? “Detailed” is what you hear in a live acoustic performance sitting six to ten feet away from the performer(s). ”Muffed,” or “smeared” is what you hear when you go into the venue’s bathroom. Nothing to do with “bright” or “treble.” | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets @jea48 Keep in mind, “separate” ground at the panel, even a separate panel not bonded to the main breaker box STILL goes into the SAME ground (earth) as the other ground rod(s). Please explain in more detail what you mean. ***************... | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets One Oyaide R0, Berylliium/copper NOT plated, others are Hubbell 5362W. Dedicated 20A circuit with independent surge suppressor. Keep in mind, “separate” ground at the panel, even a separate panel not bonded to the main breaker box STILL goes int... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? I own two SUTs now, a Quadratic MC-1 and an Ortofon ST-80 SE. Previously I owned a Musical Surroundings Nova III phono stage with linear PS I used with Ortofon 2M black, Benz Micro Glider SL, Ortofon Cadenza black. With six months of warranty le... | |
| Don't do anything! @polkalover Sitting here starting my second cuppa coffee mulling over your post. Just thinking about how much I enjoyed listening to music through a six transistor japanese pocket AM radio back in 1964 and if it would still sound as good today ... | |
| 1990 Radio Shack catalog The stereo/hifi set from 1973 adjusted for core inflation prices (https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/) would cost at least $1623.40. I miss Radio Shack. Still finding folks selling many of their components on ePay which I buy sometimes for my... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? I came across this article a few years ago and it’s worth reading/noting. Adds some “grist for the mill” for the conversation here I think. WHY THE SET & HIGH EFFICIENCY SPEAKER APPROACH WORKS DEC 2020 by Steve Deckert https://www.decw... |