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| Where to purchase cables? The lowest price to performance ratio is from on-line cable makers keeping down costs by not charging and passing along dealer and distributor markups. Sometimes you can find top quality gear from small custom shops who do not do much advertising... | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time Has to have three properties. Great music, A great performance by top notch talent. Great arrangements played by great musicians. Rock groups and distorted guitars don't do it for me. Some Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, and Beatles albums are interest... | |
| What is your top sexy song? It's not a song. Lyrics are distracting. Antonio Carlos Jobim's"Carinhoso" https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Carinhoso++Jobim&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQkUvIcdIY54 The entire album, "Tide" is beauti... | |
| Interconnect Break In? From the blog at silversolds.com While this is specifically about Stager Silver Solids pure silver interconnects, it applies to most cables: "There should not be a need for a long, extended break-in period, as many cable makers claim, actually h... | |
| Mark Knopfler & James Taylor re: (Larry): ”The extra verses to "Seasons in the Sun" turn it into a ghostly stalker song: Goodbye, Francoise, my trusted wife Without you, I’d have had a lonely life You cheated lots of times but then I forgave you in the end For your lover was... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear Top quality vintage tube gear has a sweet, musical tone which newer stuff doesn’t quite deliver. But for unhindered bass slam in the lowest octaves, that’s best served by solid state. My Marantz 7 preamp got the Pooge upgrades plus solid state po... | |
| McIntosh MC 2106: HUM!!! Try lifting the ground at the preamp power cable. Ground only the component which draws the most AC current and lift it for all the other components. Ground passing through line and cables at the same time can induce ground loops. https://silve... | |
| No More Fake Reviews - So Who’s Gonna Tell Us What To Buy? Maybe 90% of the time reviews are just promoting a product advertised in the publication or website running the review. Rarely is there anything negative said about the product. Occasionally there’s a rave review where you can sense it’s more than... | |
| Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs For your interconnects, silver - pure, soft temper silver, not plated on copper, is by far the most accurate conduit for musical information. In a twisted-pair configuration without a coaxial shield, and passing inside inside a loose Teflon insula... | |
| what cable should I buy for my system? I'm sure you're familiar with the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians, which simply states: "First, Do No Harm". Audio cables are passive devices, and at their best, pass signal from point A to point B with an absolute minimum of artifacts. Tha... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? If the cable is dense and you don’t plan on moving the speakers anytime soon: Spades, Well tightened. If the wire is not too heavy, the best contact is bare wire, tinned at the tip so it does not fray. If you move stuff around frequently: Banan... | |
| Can hi-end cables benefit less expensive electronics? Good cables will let your components perform at their best. Poor quality cables will hamper their performance. Most "high-end" cables are ridiculously overpriced and while they will, no doubt, do a good job, most are a hype-driven rip off. You c... | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced Digital Cables There are two types of IEC 60958 standard AES EBU non-optical cables: Type I Balanced: 3-conductor, 110-ohm twisted pair cabling, XLR connectors, used in professional installations (AES3 standard). Type II Unbalanced: 2-conductor, 75-ohm coaxial c... | |
| Ebay selling my missing amplifier One more time: eBay is not going to help you - directly. MAKE A POLICE REPORT WITH ALL THE DETAIS; DOCUMENTATION, SERIAL NUMBER, PHOTOS, SCREEN SHOT OF YOU EBAY AD. Then have then contact eBay and follow through through: https://pages.ebay.co... | |
| Ebay selling my missing amplifier First, report it stolen to the police. Provide proof of purchase with the serial number and screenshots of the eBay auction. Message the seller - inform him that he has listed a stolen item and you want it back. Give him whatever you have to pro... |