photon46
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| Cartridge shelf life? What type of storage conditions were the Sumiko & Linn enjoying their hiatus in? Environmental factors play a big role in the degradation of many elastomer materials. A sealed box, kept in cool conditions, is an environment less apt to cause h... | |
| Best 6DJ8 tubes? Go over to Audiocircle.com and check out electronic engineer Roger Modjeski's exposition about 6DJ8/6922 differences in the Music Reference section of postings. Basically, there is not any substantive difference. Depending on manufacturing toleran... | |
| I'm a Consumer Reports sort of guy. Is there a pla Another brand that pays a lot of attention to reliability and sound engineering is Music Reference. Their owner/designer Roger Modjeski sounds off frequently about the compromised reliability and poor design he sees in audio products. | |
| Miles Davis Newbe Question Miles was a complicated artist and his career was long. If you want to learn about his music, go to Allmusic.com and do an artist search. Spend a little time checking out the discography section for a good overview of his music. I agree with Eliza... | |
| VPI Scoutmaster vs. Pro-ject RM10 Something was probably not optimal in the setup of the Scout. Properly set up, "hard" and "congested" are adjectives that would never occur to me as applicable to the Scout. I found the Scout to be extremely sensitive to what it sits on. If it sit... | |
| I've got a PS Audio GCC-250 on the way. Mistake?? Nathanso, I've gone through three HCA-2 amp versions now. ( 1 stock, 2 modified versions.) Believe me, there is a LOT of unrealized sonic potential in the stock HCA-2. If you were to try something like Cullen Circuits mod package with your HCA-2, ... | |
| Surfing and Hi-Fi A neti pot is something like a miniature watering can that holds saline solution for rinsing your sinuses. Just google "neti pot" for more info. Again, no idea if what helped my wife would benefit you. The basic benefit of nasal irrigation is that... | |
| Surfing and Hi-Fi My wife has had problems with clogged eustachian tubes over many years. She used to complain constantly of the clogged up feeling you describe. Antihistamines helped somewhat, but what's really helped resolve the problem is twice daily saline rins... | |
| New DAC Not a Dramatic Improvement? Farjamed, it's healthy to sustain skepticism. Good for both mental and fiscal health. I was in the same camp as you, very skeptical of the effects of power conditiong/cables. Now, I couldn't imagine using stock power cords. However, every situatio... | |
| New DAC Not a Dramatic Improvement? Jylee may be right, or it could be that other things are also holding back your new dac's potential. Regarding your comparisons, I don't mean to instantly digress to a different subject, but I think Apple lossless is an inferior sounding codec. Th... | |
| Fed Ex Ground Shipping Woes This subject has been brought up over and over. If Commcat hasn't had problems, they are a lucky individual. I've talked to managers at an equipment rack/media rack manufacturer (in the past) who told me their ground carriers were destroying shipm... | |
| ARGENT ROOM LENS SYSTEM They are only available used, manufacturing ceased some time ago. Argent sold them in sets of three. | |
| ARGENT ROOM LENS SYSTEM I've made two pairs of these from Chris VenHaus' instructions and find they are very helpful in taming problems from asymmetrical side walls. I don't find they affect things quite to the large degree some of the reviews online suggest, but I would... | |
| Hearing Aids? Loose, I hear 'ya. My Mom was the same way. It took a year of gentle nagging to persuade her to take the time visit & revisit the audiologist to tweak the fit and audio adjustments so that her aids were fully adjusted to her liking. She was so... | |
| Hearing Aids? Yours isn't a question that can be answered accurately in a forum like this. Everyone's hearing is so unique that it takes a well trained audiologist to give meaningful advice. One things certain, hearing aids are so much better now than in the re... |