photon46
Responses from photon46
| Record wear I think anyone considering swimming in the analog waters needs to ponder their reasons for doing so, vinyl isn't for everyone. Unlike some, I have never felt analog was vastly superior to well done digital. Vinyl is clearly superior in some ways, ... | |
| Are amp or preamp as important as source in setup? It's been my experience that the preamps importance cannot be underestimated. To me, the preamp and speakers are the most critical components in voicing your system. Many disagree with this, so to each his own I suppose. | |
| Greatest C&W Band Yeah, the country seeds Gram Parsons planted in Keith bore fine musical fruit. Many of the songs in their quasi country genre are among their finest. I'm really partial to Dwight Yoakam's music also. He and Pete Anderson really created some fine n... | |
| May Day May Day My Mom & Dad got tired of listening to me whine about wanting to play rock & roll on their stereo ( a nice looking walnut veneered Zenith console.) Mom was a music snob who used her love of classical music as way to put down anyone who enj... | |
| What are the treasures in your vinyl library? Some of my favorite lucky scores of great music I've found in used record bins have been:A mint promo disc of John Abercrobies "Current Events" on ECM, the best sounding disc I own. Another mint promo of Steve Tibbetts "Safe Journey," fabulous ECM... | |
| How often to apply wax,to cabinet? Gammajo, any finish that will protect wood from water damage isn't going allow moisturizing oil to get into the finish either. Naturally oily woods like teak that have an oil finish do benefit from occasional moisturizing with oil I think. But mos... | |
| How often to apply wax,to cabinet? Wax, once applied, doesn't go anywhere unless removed by friction or abrasion. No need to reapply as far as the protective aspects go unless you're rubbing it off somehow. I would not agree that wax is the ideal panacea for wood care. Veneers can ... | |
| Has iTunes, etc. impacted your listening habits? Yep, the iTunes thing has affected me. We have one iMac at work that has over 12,000 songs on it in every genre except classical. We have it connected to a network shared with everyone in the Fine Arts visual arts dept. at the university where I w... | |
| Dealing with HVAC vent air flow noise? Essentialaudio, that's right. The blower is 17 speeds & programable with two differential stages. The plan is to reduce the blower speeds in the first differential stage when there's a 1 degrees variance from the programmed thermostat setting.... | |
| Dealing with HVAC vent air flow noise? We're going to have the contractor start by making adjustments to the blower speed programming. While researching the issue, I found www.softairediffusers.com offers airflow diffusers that look to be of interest to anyone looking to tame noisy ven... | |
| Dealing with HVAC vent air flow noise? Nsgarch, thanks for the tip. I'll look into the OBD's immediately. I'd hoped that a change of diffuser would help. That will be less expensive than duct work for sure. Jeffrey, glad to know you're getting good results solving a similar problem. We... | |
| Advice on iTunes Settings for the BIG RIP. Jayboard, when you pull down the menu for Itunes "preferences," go to "advanced," then look at "burning." There you have a menu selection for creating gap times between songs. I set my default to no gap. Otherwise, tracks that flow into the follow... | |
| Life after Maggies? Jack-dotson, I agree with you about the Ushers. They were on my short list of considered replacments for 1.6's. I thought they were very well made, quite musical and transparent, and beautiful as could be wished for at their price point. | |
| Luxman vs. Accuphase I used a Luxman L430 integrated amp for several years and I still have it as a backup in case an amp or preamp goes down. The L430 is quite heavy, it's well made and the only thing that's ever failed are some of the numerous small light bulbs in t... | |
| Life after Maggies? I owned & loved Maggie SMGa's & 1.6's for over a decade before moving on last year to dynamic speakers. We've moved and my new listening area is considerably bigger than previously was the case, so our situation isn't analagous in that res... |