128x128

oldrooney

Responses from oldrooney

Analogue v. Digital...again (Washington Post)
@tswisla I agree. I don’t think @mulveling read the whole article, and it was a long one, but worthy; the author is a good writer. To me, it was all about his journey back into vinyl and who he met on the way, to include not only the opinionated T... 
Franco Serbin Accordos after one month.....
I think you have to post a link. Ask your wife. Post the picture to Photo Bucket or other site and link to it in your post. I haven’t done it myself, but I am repeating instructions I have read on this site.  
Record collecting versus hoarding
@mijostyn I had earlier copied the following quote from your earlier post above, “Nobody I know has a photograph of the first time they had sexual intercourse but I sure do remember what was playing at the time and my mind will do the rest. I have... 
Record collecting versus hoarding
For my own part, coming to the discussion late, I purchased a collection of 700 45 RPM records from a man who was selling through the classifieds of our local newspaper. The titles were typical jukebox tunes from the 70’s through the 80’s and of d... 
Record collecting versus hoarding
@fdroadrunner “persons I used to be” you said a mouthful there that younger persons would not comprehend. The fellow who made his son move his collection cross-country should have taken the time (and time is what it is all about) to explain how ea... 
ETHERNET CABLES
@audphile1 +1 on this thread going south, too bad, I felt I was learning as much as the original poster   
Personality Type?
INTJ I was told 1%. My wife loved to lament that she had married such an ‘odd’ person; I was never able to convince her how lucky she was. She had someone that 99% of others were unable to experience. 🙂 She passed over 4 years ago; wish she was he... 
Anyone using 2 preamps in their rig?
@yyzsantabarbara I like your approach. I find myself wondering, “What if . . . “ a lot of the time, and I’m convinced that the preamp is the heart of a system, and I have a really good one, too; but it is solid state, what if . . . I used a tube p... 
Where did you buy your first audio gear?
My first attempt at HiFi was purchased from a pawn shop near the high School in Santa Monica, California and at a Pacific Stereo store closer to Los Angeles proper (I don’t remember exactly where). I got some nondescript box speakers with 10” woof... 
Accuphase dac 60
@duketbrd88 Man, I feel for ya. The voltage input/output levels seem to be an issue. I have a separate preamp that allows me to adjust input levels I reference to the ‘tuner’ which doesn’t exist in my system, but nevertheless, I can adjust the rel... 
Its not vinyl
I think @mlsstl makes a good point above: He wrote, “In my mind, most of the complaints I hear about digital have more to do with the intentional choices made in the production of the CD or digital file than any inherent incapability of the digit... 
Why not?
On my previous post above, I cited Musical Fidelity as providing directional RCA cables with their turntables, that should have been, ‘Music Hall’ I don’t know what I was typing, sorry for the (unintentional) misinformation.   
Why not?
Although this thread seems to be devolving, I’ll bring up two companies that I know ‘step up’ to recommend cables, and even supply cables. (2) Schiit recommends two companies that provide interconnect cables for their components: Straight Wire and... 
Tube PHONO preamp interference - RFI, EMI, bad grounding?
I thought of that while I was writing my response, but surely this is it, right? [Famous last words.] I hope @filipm has it resolved, or another preamp, at least. He sure has hung in there where lesser men would have thrown in the towel by now.  
Tube PHONO preamp interference - RFI, EMI, bad grounding?
I’ve spent considerable time reading this thread, but it has been worthwhile. @atmasphere got the ball rolling on a solution, @budlite22 confirmed it, and @ejb14 moved things along, while @dpop chimed in too. It really was a drama proving that sol...