samujohn
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| What are the treasures in your vinyl library? Thanks for the topic. My list.My old "promo copy" of Kim Carnes Salin'The MCA Heavy Vinyl Buddy HollyClannad in Concert-BLB 5001Heavenly Treasures-Doyle Lawson& Quicksilver -Sugar Hill 3735Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto- Philips 6500708 | |
| Chicago’s Apollo Chorus records Handel’s Messiah My usual gripe about Messiah recordings is that the articulation of the voices is drowned by the Orchestra during the big Choruses. This recording favors the singers to the extent that even during the loudest sections one can hear the individual v... | |
| FM Roof Antenna Question You might also consider the Fanfare vertical whip antenna. It lacks the gain and directionality of a yagi multi element but it is easy to mount, wind resistant, and best of all can be mounted outside almost invisibly. In the FM radio world higher ... | |
| I just wanted to play a record If it ain't fun, why are you doing it? Crazy can be fun....or not, depends...!If your friend is not crazy about somthing, I feel sorry for him. | |
| will the day come when? C'mon guys, CD's ARE low res. Records and tape are as good and they are fifty plus year old technology. Downloading can provide multiple formats easily and cheaply if there is demand. No hardware format will be able to compete.I see direct sales i... | |
| Balanced Not really and Ground Hum Hi,Before you burn down the barn to get rid of the mice, get sombody with a technical background to come over and help. You are probably making the same mistake over and over, and a fresh mind may solve the problem easily. Recently I visited an MD... | |
| Tube amp vs. speakers I lived with a pair of M3si's for years which are about the same efficency as M1s. I owned and used several tube and solid state amps. Here is my experience.tubes:Quicksilver m 60's monos were nice and smooth, but so underpowered that at "realisti... | |
| what causes repeat grooves on records? I agree with Dopgue. The rule is always start with the maximum not the minimum recommended tracking force. Anti skate is opposite. Too little is better than too much. Your records will last longer and sound better. Sam | |
| The most missed obvious tweak of all You Bet! Everyone should buy a home ear cleaning kit for five bucks at the drug store. I wish a clean out the old mindset kit was as easy.It is disapointing that few audiophiles bother to learn about how our hearing actually works, so they can pro... | |
| When is your system good enough-and why? Thanks for the remarks guys. I recently listened to a current Wilson system w/ Halco amps etc. It was very dynamic and in a huge room. My little living room would be lost inside- as woulld my bank account. However I did not pine, knowing as we do ... | |
| wanted: preamp with bass equalization Try a Tact.cheers,Sam | |
| High end stores closing do you really care High end audio is a creature of technology and fashion. Computers have made the "straight wire with gain" and the "what the engineer intended" schools obsolete. Phonograph records, for example, can be scanned,digitized,equalized, the missing data ... | |
| Can you correct nulls with acoustic treatments. Hi Jim,Welcome to the wonderful world of measurements. Its seems to me that you have two basic choices.1. Move your speakers and listening position about until you get the best subjective results and then stop. Trust me, few do better.2. Get serio... | |
| Suggestions on HDTV viewing height Sit in your viewing chair as you would normally. Make certain that your screen is positioned so your head does not have to be in an uncomfortable position to take it all in. Enjoy. | |
| Synergistic amps for Klipsch Cornwall speakers? These are exellent speakers and will pay at realistic volume levels without strain. Also, they are much more efficient (but less flat) than more modern "box designs". This means amplifier hum and noise is more of a problem than with most modern sp... |