pjr801
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| MUST Have Vinyl David Bowie- Scary Monsters, Chuck Berry -The Great 28, Jerry Lee Lewis -All Killer No Filler, Van Morrison -A Sense of Wonder(most of Van Morrisons albums are of a high standard), Phil Manzanera- Diamond Head,XTC- Drums and Wires, War -The World ... | |
| How can I limit the volume on integrated amp yes I used to do this for my cd player in the days before amps had specific cd inputs.Worked ok when attached to the rca interconnect.Cd players used to overdrive earlier amps to distortion. | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? Table Tennis, Family, Movies, Junk Shops, possibly not in that order, is youtube surfing a hobby? Four Cats and a Dog. I watch Rugby on tv and have become strangely addicted to watching Kindig car restoral and upgrading. Audiobooks and Podcasts. F... | |
| Why Does CD Sound So Good? I'm in the boat as stated above that it depends on individual CDs --Poor mastering or copying a less than perfect source especially CDs at the beginning of the cd era. It's improved so much from the early 80s. I really disliked cd in its infancy b... | |
| What do you do with your old LP's that don't meet your quality standards. Still, a nice phono stage and it's a system I've had, apart from the speakers, for at least 40 years. I hardly ever sell or trade anything I take a liking to as my garage demonstrates. Can't ever remember parking my car in it. | |
| Digiital source material: what do people do/makes the most sense... I use Spotify which suits my kids more than me. I still buy vinyl and CDs.Buying CDs now for me comes down to price(and content). As mentioned above CDs are getting cheaper, I look at it the same as when vinyl started to disappear, It was a good t... | |
| Need advice- installing expensive Atmos system in Florida Perhaps an appropriate starting point-https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/build-my-own-room-treatments | |
| Grounding Speakers I always like solid copper over stranded | |
| What do you do with your old LP's that don't meet your quality standards. I have my prime selection, and the possibly still -playable. I have 3 turntables- the bottom pile of albums go on the Akai 206c with a cheap cartridge. It’s accompanied by an older system -A Robertson 4010, an AGI Model 511 preamp, and a pair of D... | |
| Playing Vinyl in a Cold Room Buy two older large monoblocks tube or ss This will always keep your room warm.Avoid class D | |
| Separates or Integrated? What makes more sense? Really agree with the interconnect and power lead dilemma with separates. Bottom line is if you like the sound of either separate(+connections) or integrated that's all that matters.No real right or wrong. | |
| White Van Speakers ? Yep, same people looking for the same fools. Its been happening since time eternal. The only reason it continues is people buy into it.I have to say that I have bought named speakers that aren't much better, but that's part of my learning curve. | |
| High Sensitivity Speakers Devore make high efficiency speakers which look great and sound great | |
| Ok guys If my friends are having a few drinks its on.If not its off | |
| It looks like a debate to me. In through the nose out through the mouthand repeatMMM... Im feeling better already! |