oldhvymec
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| New cartridge $500 range If your gonna use a low output cart you use a step up, or have the ability to add gain via phono stage.. My Macs have it on the older and newer (better) models 2X or 50 series preamps. Their SS Phono sections are pretty nice too.You need a certain... | |
| Moving audio gear in sub zero temperatures What about records? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tight is right, simple. Make sure thing... | |
| What are all these metal cans/pods sitting on top of electronics? I kid you not. They sell bags of rocks. 160. usd. My setup would have taken 1600.00 worth of "ROCKS" to load my speakers properly.390. each x 5 bags x 2 = 10 bags of rocks for 1600.00 usd.. Nice bags though.. I like the idea, just not the 1600.00... | |
| Do I expect too much? A nut, bolt and washers, sandwich materials together. We can measure torque to yield, bolt stretch, or torque plus. Long stock "torque to tone"Screws and washers, hold one surface to another. They do not sandwich top to bottom, only surface to sur... | |
| Sonus Faber speaker boxes worth $1200 ? I had shipping crates made for a pair of C8 mono pre amps and a pair of MC30s in Brazil, 1976. It cost me 35.00 usd. I sold the sealed rosewood crates for 600.00, 20 years later.. The gear inside, 10 years before that.Regards | |
| suffering over choice of VTL 6550 signature II or the ARC REF6se You'll think VTL when you have to deal with "HER" trust me..Not a person on earth that like's to deal with "HER". The answer is always. send it to us, let us check it..They always need a set of valves, EVERY TIME, unless it's warrantee then it's t... | |
| Moving audio gear in sub zero temperatures OK Think about what you're putting your beloved equipment in to transport it.. I assure you that, the transportation device your using, has about 10 time the electronics and at least 10 X again in leading edge tech.. You're worried about your gear... | |
| LF Amp for Bi-Amping Crown is great, I use 12K Behringers for all my bass duty now.. They will push 1 ohm, no problem, they will push a 2-4 ohm load to over 3500 watt per channel. 27 lb. adj gain, low pass filters and HD locking terminals.BULLET PROOF.. I keep 3 here.... | |
| My Room Size for Speaker Consideration https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ampzilla-2000-Mono-Block-Amps-VMPS-626-Ribbon-Speakers-Trinaural-System-RAR...<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>... | |
| Break in time for Tung-Sol 6550 Tubes After a couple of long sessions, they will sound as good as they can.Just a little settle time and break-in.. If they sound "BAD" they shouldn't.The first 24-48 hours keep an eye on them.. I fire new valves up watch for an hour or so, shut down, r... | |
| The guru on fuses: Sorry, but a fuse is Not going to change the sound of anything. It is all in your(s) head. Your brain will tell you it sounds better to compensate for the guilt of throwing hard earned money out the window. <<<<<<<<<<... | |
| The Weekend LOL, Cold War stuff.. What did they say a Woodstock?"Don't take the acid" There is some bad stuff out there man!!The moral of the story is, bring your own mushrooms..Here I don't know. Puff Puff pass, and lay off the booze, maybe..Regards | |
| The Weekend I didn't see or hear the 1/2 time. But I like "The Weekend"..I like Pop, & R&B.. On the list pretty often..Regards | |
| The guru on fuses: OP, someone gave me a hand full of SR fuses and ask me if I would like to try them. I have NO skin in this game...I was using ACME and Tuners. I tried a SR in a hot rodded Samra C20. There was a nice change. It took 50-100 hours to sound its best,... | |
| McIntosh MX160 2 channel with Roomperfect No OP, my Macs have a "Pure stereo" and a "2 channel" setting.The "2 Channel" setting will let the subs (if they are hooked to the sub output) work also.. In "Pure Stereo" my subs do not work.. I don't use the sub out, I split the mains L/R and us... |