oldhvymec
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| For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc. I addressed "break in" and "burn in" in the article as it pertains to the phenomena under assessment. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>&... | |
| For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc. "Break in", rookie.... If someone tried to sell me something and said "It needs to burn in". I'd take my money and my comments and spend them somewhere else..Regards | |
| Anyone Know The Fuse Value of A Decware ZP-3 Phono Preamp? Fast blow, slow blow, no blow (reset)? 3 amp fuse?I just got a Serial Number assigned to my Tape/Phono. I started my journey Nov 19, of 2020. NOW 12-16 weeks..And it is suppose to be on the fuse. Regards | |
| Townshend Audio Podiums: The Full Review It works for me mahgister. As long as you get what YOU want.I have 28.00 usd x 6. About half the springs are removed, I used ear plugs inside the 4 springs I left in Audiocrast via Amazon. They have deadening material top and bottomI'm actually ge... | |
| Townshend Audio Podiums: The Full Review Hmmm! Sure sucked the air out of that comment.. | |
| Townshend Audio Podiums: The Full Review If the cabinet is 100 times the mass of the driver, it will move 100th of the distance. (Newton). That’s 1/100th of a mm. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>&... | |
| Jerry Garcia’s McIntosh amp I think they were MC2300 and a few 2500s. Some guitars were wired per string as I understand it.. Who know by now.. I like the bands choice. Wouldn't want to be a stage hand.. Mercy. Forklift to load and unload racks.. :-) LOL I bet they could get... | |
| wooden tonearm. cld diy Drum sticks. LOL YUP I’ve seen a few.Glued side by side, run the wires down the V between the two. You can run a silicone tubes with 1 SC wire each, 3 per side.We used 2 silk socks the ground wire usually teflon and the + / L and R were exposed bu... | |
| Coupling/Decoupling Electronics Points isolate in one direction. unless they are setting on a bed of springs, and then you have to dampen the springs, they will ring..The problem is the box.. It is alway the enclosure and the width of the baffle face. Its ability to deflect wave... | |
| Ideas for amp to run woofers on a bi-amp system. You carry a line of equipment and you're asking, random folks for advise?I guess I find that odd. This is AGone, though.What kind of power do you need and what kind of budget do you have?What's a dip, under 2 ohms?Three pairs of post? Not a lot o... | |
| Phono Stage, How much do I need to spend, New or used. OP I thought I new it all as a kid (still do to some degree). I had this Mac MX110z. I'm going to tell you it had a really good phono section (so I thought). I had Heavy platter RCA with a Grace tonearm and cart.. It weighed 125 pounds and was a 3... | |
| wooden tonearm. cld diy I've used Apatong, and a few different Oaks. The tunnel is easy I did straight arms, from 10-20" long, 12-16" was pretty popular in the 70s.3/4 wide x 1/2 thick. A company in Elk Grove CA made arms for radio station Broadcast TT. A Micro Trak 303... | |
| Recommend a dac that contributes to system for tight bass I got it, add a BASS tube buffer. Is there such a thing? LOLDon’t get mad now.. I had a hard time buying a "Tube preamp" with a DAC, I had a hard time with that for a while.. But I never had a BASS issue with anything for the last 45 years.. TONE ... | |
| Straight out of the box doesn't work. How was it sent? UPS? Fedex? The problem may lie there... <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<,>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... | |
| Mcintosh MX-120 any opinions or advice? I own two MX120. One I repaired.. Minor stuff.They are a true sonic nuget, if your looking for a stereo system OR a three speaker setup. TONE control.. I won't own equipment without it.I use mine for just that. It is one of Macs first attempts to ... |