noromance
Responses from noromance
| What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal? 75dB on the Quad57s. 85dB on the Spendors and RELs. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Destroyer – City Of Daughters (Tinker 1998) | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? Critical listening is when you listen after you put the distractions away–the phone, the laptop, the book, the Stereophile mag, the rollups, and the whiskey. | |
| Happiness is... @lou_setriodes Insane! Reminds me of the time we had to clamber over a three-foot wide blowhole with rough ocean waves 20 feet below. One slip and bye-bye. | |
| Happiness is... She went through a phase of taking the rings off to wash up. Still does on occasion. We lost the platinum wedding band down the central console of the car when she’d take them off to put on hand cream. why would she take off the ring @noromanc... | |
| Happiness is... Finding my wife's engagement ring on the sink in the restroom of a gas station we left 5 miles ago. | |
| Happiness is... Investing in a set of scores of mini drivers in a case and fixing everything for everyone. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @dayglow How many LPs and how many played? Currently at the 62 month period of my quest to play my complete vinyl collection. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Allan Taylor – All is One (Stockfisch 2014) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Dave Van Ronk - Sings Ballads, Blues & A Spiritual (Folkways 1959 mono) Herbie Flowers – Plant Life (Philips 1975) Van Morrison - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (Mercury 1986) Alun Davies – Daydo (Columbia 1972) Gong - Angel's Egg, Radio G... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Joe Masiell, Jacques Brel – Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Columbia Masterworks 1968) | |
| Seeking Advice to Improve My Audio System ($1000 Budget) The weak link is your powered speakers. I heard these at a show and found them somewhat lacking in sparkle—pleasant but lacking detail as you’ve noted. You will need a separate integrated (preamp and power amp in one unit) amplifier (with or wit... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy Aesthetix IO (1995) MFA Luminescence C (1990) Croft MegaMicro (1987) Conrad-Johnson Premier 15 (1996) | |
| Footers under new speakers No matter what you do that 1" of shag carpet and padding is going to impact (sic) stability. How about laying down one or two 24" off-the-shelf concrete patio slabs to act as a base? Then add your springs etc. | |
| Repair or replace my subwoofer Looks like they're $750 new so $400 is reasonable if there's no shipping fees. Your other option is to bin it and get 2 subs like REL T5x etc. |