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LP storefronts in Houston
vinal edge off veterans memorial is the best in town for alt / rock. 
0 feedback sellers
always offer that your uncle who so happens to live in town with the seller can stop by to pick it up and your uncle will take care of shipping. if the seller is for real, they'll give an address and ask when your uncle will be over. schedule a da... 
Wadia 861se with GNS vs Esoteric or Emm players
what does the GNS upgrade entail? 
Oyaide outlets
not sure on the jena-hubbell model, but its whatever is in use in fcrowder's system, and its obviously losing grip strength. brown in color if that helps...cable used that compromosed the oyaide grip strength is acrolink (i.e. heavy, but not terri... 
Oyaide outlets
any idea how the new oyaide outlets grip strength holds up over time? i know the earlier models lost grip strength over time, just as the furutechs & jena labs do. only outlets that i know of that hold the grip ad infinitum are isoclean and (y... 
isolation transformer vs line conditioner
sean,what would you consider a high capacitance for a 1kva toroid?your comments, as always, are interesting: i found that my old wavac SET, which employed EI-type trannys, was guilty of the rolled off frequency extremes, but glorious at the mids. ... 
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ok, figured out that i burned a PC disc and not an audio disc. 20 min later, i'm listening to 5-4-72 paris on my main rig.holy sh*t! this is the greatest thing a deadhead could hope for!next question: i gather that my cheap burner built into my la... 
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ok, i'm getting closer:i've confirmed that the disc i burned works on my PC, but in every player i try it with, it may read, but the Table of Contents only finds 1 track (though i burned the disc w/ a WAV for each track), and there's no audio out.... 
nuforce 9.02se/belles ref./ moscode 401hr?
oddly, i owned the 350 reference, the mc501s and have extensive experience w/ the JC1s.in terms of absolute accuracy, the JC1s are the pick of the 3. in terms of what i'd own, i own the macs. and i thought the belles sounded the best of them all. ... 
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i used the db Power amp as recommended above, went from FLAC to WAV to CDR, using slowest burn speeds possible.i'll try the disc in a few other players to see what happens. i know the player I tried it in, a muse polyhymnia (review coming in dagog... 
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Allthis is a terrific thread, and i did everything as suggested and got a show downloaded to a CDR (file type WAV). one little problem: what formats are best supported by universal players? (ideally, lets stick to the high quality file types). the... 
cable dielectric cause of artificial sound
my audio junky friends & i have found that dielectrics, teflon included, invariably screw things up.downside is the availability of cotton-dielectric (the VHAudio wire is a good gauge, but poor quality), and the difficulties of construction / ... 
Anyone own a Running Springs Audio power cond.
terryif i understand your post, the duke did not help on amps, correct?rhyno 
Hail to Mcintosh
Flyski had it nailed when he said: "Some people say McIntosh does not have the last bit of resolution, to them I say, keep your resolution, my system is warm, analog sounding with a spacious soundstage, midrange to die for and it makes music sound... 
Tweaks and upgrades that aren't gimmicks
hmmm, this could be quite a list:1) room treatments2) dedicated AC outlets3) vibration control (esp beneath moving components (like CDPs or turntables, but highly effective under ANYTHING with a toroid tranny)4) power conditioning...depending on t...