oldhvymec
Responses from oldhvymec
| The "Snake Oil" Trope They’re not trying to save you. They’re trying to save the less knowledgeable people you may influence. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... | |
| Amp craftmanship/Quality Can't it sound good and be reliable. I have STUFF that hasn't been touched in 60 years. Cleaned yes, repaired NO. They still sound pretty darn good.. I have one piece I wouldn't dare touch it has such a special sound.. I've never heard one like it... | |
| Critical listening and altered states "Drugs, gamblin’, sex, traveling, anything that is a problem in someone else’s life, is a problem in everyone’s life.. EXCEPT the person in denial.."All that weed is clouding your sense of reality old boy. <<<<<<<<<<&... | |
| Critical listening and altered states Excuse me OP I get a little wound up about Vice.. What can I say.. I try to keep it in check.. and I have for 40 years..Drugs, gamblin’, sex, traveling, anything that is a problem in someone else’s life, is a problem in everyone’s life.. EXCEPT th... | |
| Critical listening and altered states Flash-bangs are not grenades, there’s no shrapnel. Disorienting bright flash & loud noise, that’s it. Prevented many bad outcomes. Maybe problematic in your family’s hands…Some big cop-hating issues you’ve got there. <<<<<<&l... | |
| Cables that measure the same but (seem?) to sound different We measure what we measure. When we don't measure or at least account for the difference in what many people hear, does that make a difference? You look at an apple, quantum physics says there is more than just an apple.. What we see is not what i... | |
| Critical listening and altered states It's simple, if there is ONE person locked up behind VICE, that's one to many.When child molesters, rapist, murders, thieves, and ARSONIST, roam the country freely and someone who grew pot, or paid for a sex worker or bought dope from a COP is in ... | |
| Critical listening and altered states There is a difference between altered states and wasted days and waisted nights.Beer is a brawlerWine is a mockerPeyote buttons, LOL are neither, Altered states does come to mind..Weed helps with my arthritis, it does mellow my state a tad..Coffee... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope I'm with you OP, I do what ever I want to do. I tailor the sound with cables all the time.. I've yet to really find a neutral cable. I'm not sure I know what neutral or transparent really means. I think the terms attached to the description is wha... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope OP.. I'm forever the nosy sort.. Thanks for the input.. Bass and heavy copper go together. I've used pure silver stinger (SC) for single ended stuff. It's funny it's as good if not better. Where clad has always had a roll off of bass and mids for ... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope OP when you were using copper with silver clad RCA for the subs, how long did they stay before you swapped them back out? Were the silver clad RCAs brand new? Were the copper RCAs old?I've had "things" happen with silver clad and tinned copper too... | |
| Budget Phono preAmp Puffin, for the money..Regards | |
| Cary V-12 blowing capacitors https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/hqXb6tP5HEDl In this picture you can SEE the Hexfred were not replaced.. THEY were not upgraded. You can clearly see the old diode that Cary used in the original design.Buddy not only were you sold a bill of go... | |
| As far as home and car audio, what’s best as to tweeter construction?? My only hearing problem was listening to ONE employer, run his mouth WAY to much... I did have quit a bit of hearing loss when it came to HIM.. Oh yea I really miss my old employer.. If his mouth were turned into energy, he could out power a brand... | |
| As far as home and car audio, what’s best as to tweeter construction?? http://pointillistic.com/vmps-audio/RMX.htmNo they are not made anymore.. Less than 9 pairs left.. if that..I like the RM30s too.. They use ACsI use them in my builds.. and most of my mods..I have a rear driver section for the Elixirs and RM40.. ... |