orgillian197
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| Are Shakti Stones effective? It would be refreshing if those immediate naysayers on these types of thread could prove they’d ever tried the mentioned tweak before they pull that ’no, it will never work because it can’t claim.’ And Miller Carbon’s responses to this are what I ... | |
| The cost of LP's and CD's - an observation Currently it seems that good vinyl and many SACDs are about the same price $30 USD. The average cost of an album in 1976 was $5, with inflation, it would be currently $22.87. For me, buying selected cds at regular price runs between $12 - $16 onli... | |
| Stupid Mistake There are those who claim there is no such thing as audio memory, that we cannot exactly recall some song or album we heard for comparison purposes when auditioning components. I disagree - how many of us seniors have played certain albums back in... | |
| Can I use 24 gauge speaker cable? Once again, the forum shows that some people can hear differences with thicker wire, better interconnects, etc while other people either can’t or won’t. This is not meant as a diss, but rather than query the Hatfields and McCoys on this, why not b... | |
| Insurance - your experiences Our Nationwide homeowner's policy specifically caps categories like audio equipment, televisions, cds, albums, musical instruments, etc. To have anything close to adequate replacement coverage would require separate riders for each category (says ... | |
| Sam here and l just made a new discovry. What were the readings on the lithium and wellbutrin prescription bottles? | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? FM radio, like all broadcast radio, is geared to morning and afternoon drive time as people go to work and back home. In some markets, off rush hour programming has added syndicated shows to attract listeners but the ad rates are much lower, refle... | |
| Margin on speaker sales by high end dealer A normally calculated 40% gross retail margin is figured by multiplying the actual landed cost by 1.67. So a $1000 item would sell for $1670. A 50% gross margin (cost x 2.00) on a $1,000 item would be $2000.To keep things simple, the amount of mar... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Like many, dumping about $15k worth of albums for a pittance, SME tonearm, several cartridges, etc chasing the lie of "perfect sound" forever by buying a what later proved to be garbage cd player, dozens of what later proved to be garbage cds, et... | |
| 1st SACD Purchase Pat Metheny Group ECM White album, Keith Jarrett Sun Bear Concerts, Jeff Beck Wired, Blow By Blow, Rough & Ready, Orange album, Todd Rundgren A Wizard A True Star, Something Anything, Santana Caravanserai, III, Abraxas | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science Bose products sell because they have gotten them placed in stores people shop in anyway, like Best Buy, etc and because tone deaf publications like Consumer Reports say they are great. But equating Bose's science to good sound is like a chemist us... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world Several - Beatles' Abbey Road, Santana's Caravanserai, PMG's American Garage and Yes' Close to the Edge reward near field listening on the far superior to the back in the day system I have now. And I really enjoy the depth and clarity of the SACDs... | |
| Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear. 1-Any professional reviews are, by definition, ones that have no manufacturer or publisher pressure to like the product ( in exchange for buying it cheaply etc) and/or don’t sugarcoat any problems with it. In a professionally run publication, the ... |