onhwy61
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| Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck +1 Hew.It's legitimate to question West's talent and behavior, but there's another undercurrent running through this thread. | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? If you wanted to set up the preamp and amp in an optimal manner you would have them on separate circuits. You would also have your digital on a separate circuit. The OP is not in a situation where he can do that.Audiolover718, glad it has worked o... | |
| Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck Mr. West has sold more records, made more money and won more Grammys (21 at last count) than anybody posting negative comments on this thread. His wife is probably better looking than your wives too.Keep on hating if it makes you feel good. | |
| vintage versus modern speakers At your price point most of the newer and better audiophile oriented loudspeakers won't play that loudly, nor will they have that much bass. They also won't match very well with your amp. A double Advent system with refurbished drivers and crossov... | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? Tell me you're not really plugging your power amp and preamp into the same power circuit? Do you have no shame? It's a major, no make that mega-major no-no. I'm surprised it hasn't made your system unlistenable. If you continue with this sordid be... | |
| Help with System Musicality Before making equipment changes why don't you wait until the dedicated room is finished and then try to optimize? It's not a sprint, it ain't even a race. | |
| upgrade to SQ D homeline ? To completely ignore your question, why do you describe your system as "midfi"? | |
| Help with speaker cable under $500 for new system To the OP, do any of the systems of the people recommending the Clear Day cables look similar to your system? If not, then why would you think those cables would work in your system? Cables are very system dependent. | |
| Should I repair my amp? What's the amp worth in its current condition (non-working)? Can you get an equal quality or better amp for your system for $2,500? | |
| Is revealing always good? Spending large sums of money to make significant parts of your music collection "unlistenable"? I can't imagine why anyone would endorse such a strategy.If you described your system/room you might garner some practical suggestions. | |
| Zany measurements and theories The empirical evidence is that no one has reported any ill effects attributable to repeated playing using better quality equipment properly setup.As a precaution I never play my records because there's no telling what damage dragging a rock on a s... | |
| Refurbish a Dynaco St70 Definitely waste your time on refurbishing. As point of comparison look at the Van Alstine update. | |
| How to rip several thousand CDs to FLAC? Please explain how both drives crashed? It would be very useful info to others.It might be cheaper and quicker to use a data recovery service on your hard drives than re-ripping. | |
| Balance control. Discuss. Your recordings may or may not be ideally balanced for your setup (equipment and room) and your hearing. As such a balance control can act as a fine focus control for soundstage and imapging info. The balance control should be useable from the lis... | |
| Please help a rookie –used amps for magnepan 3.7? Why don't you get smaller, less expensive Maggie and match it with a proper amp. It will sound better than the larger Maggie with a compromise amp. |