surferandy
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| Which Component Has the Greatest Affect on Low-Level Listening Tone controls on the preamp to compensate for lower volumes. Took me years to realize this as for 30 years my equipment had no tone control. | |
| what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with. www.designbuildlisten.com/ The Wand Plus 10.3 wrangled onto a 1980's Linn Sondek | |
| $10K Budget for Speakers: Martin Logan Masterpiece vs Tannoy I did a direct same day, several hours, comparison between Martin Logan and Focal Electra 1038 BE, and chose the Focal's over the Martin Logan by a wide margin. Now end of line, the Electra 1038 BE's can be bought for well under $10k. Well worth t... | |
| What song do you use for evaluation Matt Bianco vinyl LP ’Who’s side are you on’, | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? Jennifer Warne, Amy Winehouse, Tracy Chapman | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Ham fisted and connecting arm cable to a high end Dynavector and pushed the connecting pin into the cartridge. | |
| Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone? Mostly solitary, sometimes with another person, but you need a individual who has the ability to 'shut up and listen' otherwise it just becomes background music. | |
| Don't like vinyl I do suffer from end of side anxiety, knowing that very soon I will have to stand and operate a delicate piece of equipment. Pick up a vinyl disc without inflicting thumbprints, store that disc, select and fit another without spilling my drink. | |
| Child Damage Mitigation Train your child by all means but the real danger is when their FRIENDS are in your house. Especially if you have tube amps - the ultimate child magnet. | |
| OMG, just removed my speaker grills and the sound just opened up to a new level! My Focal Electra 1038's are the same and do sound better with the grills off but present a problem as they are tricky to put back on especially after a glass or seven of listening enhancer. | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? Marantz CD6006 Price / performance it is one of the best. Buy new and get warranty, sounds great on my system. | |
| Cat jumped on turntable Hope it works out for you.A few years back I had drifted off in the chair after a late evening of house shattering volume and the odd beverage, with the Rega 3 gently making put-put sounds as the needle moved over the end of an LP. One of our kitt... | |
| Funny thing happened after my neighbor moved. Being rural and in NZ our power is often prone to surges. I have a surge protector and a power conditioner but it still seems to trip the protection circuits on the newer kit and not affect the older components.One solution (not just for the hi-fi... | |
| Who remembers audio from the time when ... Acquiring my sisters abandoned mono Dansett record player in the late 60’s, I fitted a stereo cartridge and ran one channel to a small guitar amplifier. Sounded OK - just, but it did achieve separation suiting the left/right recordings of the day.... | |
| Most annoying song, period. I’ve got my mind set mind you - George Harrison. The most banal lyrics plus he repeats the title 24 times. This always catapults me out of the chair to change stations.Also, unfortunately, any Adel song, as was trapped for two months in an office ... |