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| Music for Riding a Storm Out? the johnny cash rec is actually "5 feet high & rising". great song too. local college radio played it yesterday, along w/ lots of other flood oriented songs, such as SRV's "weather" (FM is out, as i'm not interested in keeping a lightning rod ... | |
| Music for Riding a Storm Out? RachelYou don't get it, do you? Loss of power is irrelevant. If that's all that happens, and I'm w/o power for a few days, so what? People on the W/NW side of greater H-town & beyond shouldn't have left, as the traffic / fuel problem yesterday... | |
| Music for Riding a Storm Out? RachelObviously you speak without knowledge. So let me correct you:1) my wife, PhD and the smartest person I've ever met, has been glued to the very admirable local TV news & the National Hurricane Center (www.nhc.noaa.gov), apprising me every... | |
| Attention to anyone on Texas Gulf Coast you guys who debunk global warming must be gangbuster executives & investors!there's a principle in life / business / markets called "risk". let's review:Option A) lets think for a moment if global warming isn't real. ---no different than what... | |
| Anyone using an Audio Mirror T61 pre? got one myself. fit and finish are a bit weak, but sound quality is very good (and can be made better w/ tube substitutions & coupling cap upgrade).simplicity = good sound. got a tube rectifier, 1 coupling cap & 1 tube per channel. very si... | |
| Best Tweak??? I posted before, and I stand to correct myself. Experience begets experience.Best tweak: dedicated AC. Optimize w/ a good outlet (how good? i'll let you know once i test). The twisted pair 12*3 romex i put in (w/ audiophile approved outlets) has m... | |
| Wilson Sophia congrats on the wilsons. you made a good move.think of building a system the way you would if you were to build a kit car. its cheaper to buy all in one (ie circcuit city), but you wouldn't buy every part from the local auto zone. you'd wait until... | |
| Cats and audiophiles this is one of the few long threads i've read. too much fun.i have 2 long hairs: vito & xena. xena, well, she'd like to spend time in the listening room but vito, the alpha male, won't allow it---he's quite dominating but so handsome he gets a... | |
| Sonics of Soundlabs i owned a used pair of U2s. while i personally didn't care for the sonic presentation (very subjective), the membranes did tear and required factory repair, and the backplates were not built w/ the quality one expects of $15k speakers. ---no compa... | |
| Stereophile review- Fisher 500 C incorrect. i owned one--past tense.also, why is everyone such an apologist over a 40yr old piece that cannot drive even the most modest impedance swing and relies on tone controls to correct design errors? instead of going on about this old stuff,... | |
| Stereophile review- Fisher 500 C here's one great fallacy of the 500c.its 40 yrs old. ---would you buy a car that's 40 yrs old even if its almost as fast as a current sports car?another problem: some of the tubes are out of production.the 500c is a hobbyist piece and a audiophile... | |
| Ways to clean up the wall power for SET amp? put a bybee on the + leg from the IEC to the transformer inside the amp. worked well on my wavac.rhyno | |
| Current and Former Transparent Audio owners i recently picked up the trans ultra MMs. they easily best the following cables i've had in house:purist ventusaspure note paragonTG HSR (best bang for buck however; note i am a dealer for these)acoustic zen satori (not sure what people are listen... | |
| Wilsons Watt/puppy 6 .... where in my room? take a look at audioasylum.com, the FAQ, and see the WASP speaker setup instructions...a great starting point, but fine tuning is specific per room. i agree w/ mike on the spacers issue as well as the watt height issue. rhyno | |
| What speakers do you use with your SET's? Wilson WP6s, with a 55wpc SET.While there's many merits to TWLs approach, i find that single driver speakers have too many limitations to present a lifelike facsimile of live music. Too much missing information (bass & treble), or the ragged j... |