oldhvymec
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| Two defective pieces in a row - unreasonable to demand refund? Forget the first unit it was a cosmetic issue? I've NEVER seen a Mac with a factory packing and then have issues, it wasn't new. OR someone took it out of the box and didn't repack it right. That did happen to me.. a tube got loose, oh yea flipped... | |
| What would be your favorite 3 tracks that demonstrate how great your system sounds? Mercy MC, One toke over the the line? The song? LOL Are you "Roll" ing on the River?Do we have a TGIF going on? :-)OK, OK, OK, Ruby, By K. R. Rock, Pop, CountryRainmaker, by Strunz & Farah, Classical The Highwayman, Johnny, Willie and the boys... | |
| Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference? This guy and E. Winters go on and on and on.. Broken record. They will not make a difference to him, GOOD. They do make a difference to a lot of other folks. Do cables need to cost a fortune? NO! Do they make a difference in MY systems? YES..If he... | |
| Brainstorm Thursday. Are we approaching the Audiophile Singularity? There's Us and Them, and then there is THEMUS!That's right, a little of this, and a little of that, makes me a happy old fellow.I love garlic, not everybody does.. :-) Some people likes Twiggy, some people like Raquel Welch! Some people like BOTH ... | |
| Recommendations for a Windows 10 equalizer for my laptop... https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/windows-sound-equalizers/<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... | |
| Replacement Motor for a Vintage Thorens TD 160 Turntable LOL I forgot about them running backwards.. I've seen that a time or two.. Cap kit, knock kit, belt and dampening kit are about 125.00.Regards | |
| How loud are you typically listening? 88 3/4 DB I'll up you 1/4 db.. ebm, :-) age!Regards | |
| EQ / Dsp... Who’s using them? I been using Behringer xxx2496 for 15 plus years now. If you get one all tricked out they are good from the bottom to the top as an active XO. I use it stone stock for bass management. It has everything. RTA (on the fly correction) PEQ, GEQ, digit... | |
| Mods which don't harm re-sale I’m a Mac guy worst thing you can do is a BAD job, best thing you can have DONE is a good job. That being said, when I see a Mac full of yellow caps it just turns me off. I see one rebuilt with quality PIO, and Teflon Russian surplus, I’ll give SO... | |
| Replacement Motor for a Vintage Thorens TD 160 Turntable The motors don’t slip the pully does, MOST of the Thoren motors will work.. In other word, there are only a few that WON’T. (111,121,124, 224,134,135,185) They use the E50 motor. The real new stuff no idea.. The older Thoren.. Two motors. E50 and ... | |
| Stirring Up Trouble And I thought I could go on and on and on.. MERCY.I quit reading when it took three rolls of the mouse...Reminds me of my old boss, WAY to long winded.Part 1 my behind. That was a whole chapter for sure.Running for some type of office, no doubt...... | |
| Bass management -- the trick of putting absorbers at a front null hide45 it is funny. I'm just a common man, pretty simple indeed..I did like the information though.. Gave me an idea or two...I like the spring traps for sure.. DBA, well it been here for 30 years, in one form or another..Regards.. | |
| Townshend Audio Podiums: The Full Review Just to let EVERYONE know, anyone can delete their own "Thread". You don't have to request anything...So if you don't want your stuff deleted then start the threads but don't delete them.. Everything else including YOUR thread can be deleted by th... | |
| Soft, smooth organic SS integrated amps? Master M your not kidding .. they are great units.. I like Accuphase too. Just silky smooth and great quality.I've always been a Mac guy, BUT 2K isn't gonna get much MAC or Accuphase, action...2K could get you a lot of Sansui though, and a spare ... | |
| Bass management -- the trick of putting absorbers at a front null I didn't mean to make him look simple. I wanted to point out it was difficult to understand and could have been a LOT easier. He wasn't simple enough. AND it was an easy thing to understand. EVEN the host continued to go back and say "SO IF" seve... |