rodman99999

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Optimal length(s) of a digital aes/bsu cable
Back when I owned a CAL Delta CD transport and both their Alpha and Sigma DACs; I needed an AES/EBU cable.      Bought a Kimber Orchid in the .5M length, since they were to be parked right beside one another.      I couldn’t believe how bad the co... 
Warm up time for record playing
My phono stage: on, always (as suggested by it’s creator).     TT and SDS: turned on/spinning at least 30 minutes before listening (for bearing lube, belt, whatever).        While warming up my ears, in anticipation of realistic SPLs (as mentioned... 
Put that in your pipe(s) and smoke it
Wasn't there song........something about 'Escape' and, "If you like Subpoena Coladas and getting caught in Ukraine.......?         HEY; it's supposed to be about music, RIGHT? 
Put that in your pipe(s) and smoke it
Voltaire said, “I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”      (Semper Fi) 
Experience with Cary CAD 808, "Rocket 88"
It's been over twenty years; but- I owned a Rocket 88 and tried to get enough SPL to satisfy, with my Maggie MG12/QRs, actively bi-amped (w/Dahlquist DQ-LP1), at 200Hz, in a relatively small room.          I'm a realistic SPL listener; so- it wasn... 
Stupid Mistake
"The only man that never makes a mistake, is the man that never does anything."      Theodore Roosevelt 
why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable???
"We all have different likes, needs and expectations of what, in our particular environment, satisfies our musical enjoyment."      Exactly!      And; it’s the dedication to the pursuit of that, "musical enjoyment", that translates into what one i... 
Negotiate good price
+1 (per each post, above) 
One of a kind speakers by eminence
If you actually want anything out of these, far as $$, you’d do better by listing the parts (auctioned individually) on eBay      What you’ve got: 15" Eminence woofers, 4 1/2" Rolas (what Bose used in their earliest 901s) and Motorola Piezo tweete... 
What heat sink compound to use in a Musical Fidelity A1?
"The thinner the application the better the heat transfer", as long as any gaps between your sink/lid surfaces are filled/bridged.     Unless I’m mistaken; there are no fasteners, to hold the lid tightly against the heatsink, in the A1.  
why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable???
NWOR 
$7000 preamp vs $700 receiver - Is the difference THAT significant?
What jjss49 said, +1 (again/exactly)      
$7000 preamp vs $700 receiver - Is the difference THAT significant?
What jjss49  said, +1. 
Still confused about clipping after reading all the articles.
Again; clipped amplifier signal/voltage is NOT, "DC".      It’s actually a mix of high frequency harmonic distortions and intermodulation components.      Much of which are typically directed, to whatever a crossover’s high-pass filters allow, fir... 
Still confused about clipping after reading all the articles.
@twoleftears -   There’s a decent treatise, under, ’Tone’, regarding tubes vs SS distortion, on this site: https://blog.thetubestore.com/tube-vs-solid-state-why-do-tubes-sound-better/#:~:text=The%20nature%20....       I've often attributed the mor...