oldrooney
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| Quandry @rvpiano I feel your pain. But I think @lewm is on the right track. Face your fear. Learn as much as can from Michael Fremer’s several videos on YouTube and elsewhere. Ortophon also has some excellent tutorials, explanations, demonstrations, etc. ... | |
| PayPal imposed draconian security blocks AFTER I sold my unit I will agree with @glennewdick that the Canadian banking system is far more easier on the end user. I recently purchased an item from a resident of Quebec (I’m an American). He offered free shipping in Canada and asked for ‘Electronic Funds Transf... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system @tlcocks Thanks for posting the link. Very interesting read. Jeremiah | |
| Audio Research reference amplifiers used with RCA IC`s and unbalanced preamplifiers @ghdprentice @nsp I too aim at sub 80 dB sound levels, but my ‘shots’ seem to drift up a bit. It just sounds better with a bit more oomph. Then too, I may be a bit deaf as well. A condition likely exacerbated by the very same SPLs. Good thing ... | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? @chocaholic +1 | |
| Replace Dynaudio woofers? @xidnpnlss Your first challenge will be de-soldering! If you’re not up to investing $200 or so for some decent soldering kit, you might consider taking the crossover to a local tech shop or friend who can undo and redo the joints for you. Of cours... | |
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. @tunehead That is quite a preamp for the money, and some very useful features, too. | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? @rodman99999 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 Thanks for the link. It would be nice if there were a rotary knob so that we could literally ‘dial down’ our brain’s activity sometimes. | |
| Audio / Stereo Rack @pindac I checked the pitch at Lowe’s, and versus 5/16”-18 and it matched neither. I think I recall the pitch on the 8mm thread as being 1mm, where I figure you would need to special order a coarser thread at 8x1.5mm. A 5/16”-18 would start to thr... | |
| Audio / Stereo Rack @pindac @muaythai The fastening is done via short sections of 8mm threaded rod. Each vertical tube has 1/8” thick metal disk welded about a 1/2” from the end of each tube threaded to receive the threaded rod. The rods are prepared so they can ... | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? @rodman99999 Thank you for not saying, ‘I told you so.’ Sometimes when I’m troubleshooting, I get into what one tech termed, ‘high-speed stall.’ My brain gets flooded with possibilities, and I have to sit down and ‘have a think,’ in order to apply... | |
| Audio / Stereo Rack @muaythai I found myself in a similar situation recently. I just got online with Audio Advisor and ordered one of their Pangea racks. Arrived in a flat-pack two days later — honestly. I recommend calling them first. https://www.audioadvisor.com/fu... | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? @bikefi10 I certainly don’t mind used. Out of the over thirty pieces of equipment and sets of speakers I’ve purchased in the last three years, only nine have been new, and three of those were gifts. @rodman99999 and others, this whole question (w... | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? @bolong I hadn’t considered horn speakers for their ability to cast a sound stage, I do believe they would project the sound forward rather than make it appear the sound was coming from behind the speaker. I have heard several testimonies to the h... | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? @bolong Thank you for the full citation and context of Helicanus pleading for his life while confessing his fault before Pericles, Prince of Tyre, “for I have ground the axe.” I learned even more from you. |