spatialking
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| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? You are right, I did word it in a most ambiguous fashion. My bad. My real intent was to find out the number of outlets that other folks are using and try to figure out what I would need in the future for more expansion. My APC has 16 outlets ... | |
| When A Lightening Strike Blows Your Power Company’s Transformer Off Its Utility Pole ……… It is really hard to say how much a surge protector system will protect your home. They help immensely, to be sure, but keep in mind the average lightening bolt has the equivalent energy to lift the RMS Titanic six miles off the ocean floor and... | |
| The longest you have owned any gear? Spatial Coherence Preamplifier is definitely the oldest thing I own - a 1977 purchase. Next up is a bunch of Amber 70 power amplifiers. About the same time frame I purchased a pair of Shahinian Diapason speakers with four subwoofers. Pretty muc... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? Interconnects - I am still using my Blue Jeans cables I bought 15 years ago, they are the ones I use the most often since I have so many of them. I also have a pair of Peterson Silver and two pair of Peterson Black cables - the original ones from... | |
| My list of tweaks and the verdict @aj523 Thanks for the work and the tweak reporting. I am sure it was a lot of work and I appreciate the effort. Thanks for sharing. | |
| General question on Carbon fiber tonearms versus aluminum @cleeds Thanks for pointing that out. The Dolby equalization curve concept is no different than the RIAA concept we all live with when we play vinyl. There is a Dolby pre-equalization of the music and a post equalization when playing, which redu... | |
| Seen the news about Peachtree and Bluesound partnership? @gjrad The problems I had with BlueSound and Roon was over WiFi. The two Node2's and Vault 2's had a lot of problems with Roon, to the point where the Roon acknowledged the problem as well as BlueSound. When BS came out with the Node2i, they dro... | |
| General question on Carbon fiber tonearms versus aluminum This has been a very interesting and enlightening post. Earlier when I made a comment about bicycle frames, a lot of what was mentioned in this post echo's what folks have found comparing frames made of steel, aluminum, and carbon fiber. Grante... | |
| General question on Carbon fiber tonearms versus aluminum @slaw Why would one material sound better with MC cartridges than MM? @testpilot Agreed, although I was thinking more in general terms. That is, it could be easier to make a better sounding tonearm with CF than AL. Clearly, it is that way wit... | |
| Nordost Sort Fut supporting audio rack: does it work? I haven't used them so take this comment with a grain of salt. As an engineer I don't follow their logic on their webpage. They might work just fine but I don't see it. If you buy them, make sure you can return them if you are not satisfied.... | |
| iPhone/iPad good as a source, or get a streamer? I have always considered phones to be mid fi at best. The fact is, most folks who use their phones to stream music are streaming mpg or AAC files, so high end is just not a question. | |
| Seen the news about Peachtree and Bluesound partnership? Hopefully, the new Bluesound stuff will stream better than what they currently have. I have had so many problems with the three I own, I am now looking for new Roon Endpoints. Streaming AAC files are okay but streaming hi res WAV files or FLAC ... | |
| Replaced my Ortofon Blue stylus today via plug and play swap in seconds Not all MM cartridges have a user replaceable stylus. My Grado Sonata does not and neither do the upper end cartridges from them. I don't know why, other than they want you to buy a new cartridge when it wears out. There are many others, too ... | |
| Craigslist Fraud Speaking of Cashiers checks, do watch the movie "Catch Me If You Can" It is a true story and do watch the bonus features afterwards, too! | |
| Ayre DX-7 CD / DVD - Need laser head replaced - anyone know who I can pay to help me? Good luck with that one, you will have to start searching on the web and maybe, just maybe, you will find a shop with one in stock. For the most part, when a CD player goes bad, it is time to buy a new one as servicing one is pretty much impossi... |