swampwalker
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| Help Do I have fake van den Hul Mainsstreams? My bad- I saw the ad and incorrectly assumed it was for the pc, not the ic. Excuse me while I get a crowbar to remove my foot from my mount. | |
| Help Do I have fake van den Hul Mainsstreams? Neitzchelover- Re-selling known counterfeits (or at best questionable provenance) is worse than naughty. It is dishonest at best, and likely fraudulent. You now have reasonable doubt if you will. Sorry, bud, but full disclosure is one of the backb... | |
| What type of cartridge should get for? P mount is a plug in- fixed position female connectors on tone arm, male pins on cart (or other way around, no matter). A technology that never caught on much, no way to optomize azimuth or overhang, not very rigid connection to arm. YOu can use e... | |
| Tube handling/designations You do not need to use all the same brand and there are certain positions that will affect the sound more than others. The 7308s and also CCas are generally, but not universally, considered to be the best of the the 6DJ8/6922/E88CC/ECC88 family of... | |
| McCormack DNA-1 or DNA-1 deluxe? McCormack does offer modifications via SMcAudio. VERY significant improvement and well worth the $, but your most economical way to go over the long run is to get one modified already. SMc is Steve McCormack's side venture and is truely an exempla... | |
| Question about cleaning an amp's dusty contacts Rat shack contact cleaner. You may not even need to open the top, you may be able to get enough down the shaft from the front. Also, sometimes just moving the control back and forth rapidly, several times in succession will do it. Neither would wo... | |
| Polystyrene diffusers Be careful to check about flammability and fume toxicity. | |
| Will a "universal voltage" component work in US? Depends on how universal. Ask if it will operate on 60 cycle, 110-120 V AC. | |
| Leaking Caps in a McCormack DNA-1??? Boat- He (Stevemcx) IS McCormack. Check his signature! | |
| What song best describes you or your life? Bad to the bone, ;~) | |
| Is this bad? Was the amp shipped with the tubes in place? If not were they labelled? If the answer to both is no, then whether or not is was recently biased is irrelevant, it will need to be re-biased. | |
| Horning Speakers Good or Great When I heard them a couple of years ago at THE show, I was VERY impressed. It was a v high end vinyl rig w/Audio Note electronics, IIRC. Dynamic but not fatiguing. Terrific pace, plenty of detail. I thought they were very good, but no way to tell ... | |
| HDTV widescreen - Grey bars on side, not black? Why Gray Bars and Sometime Black Bars?Plain and simple the gray bars are used by the TV manufacturers to reduce the phosphor aging difference between the SD picture and the pillar box areas of the screen. If the pillar box areas of the screen were... | |
| HDTV widescreen - Grey bars on side, not black? I get mostly black but some grey. I THINK that the gray is better because there actually is a signal and therefore less chance of burn-in. If I am wrong on that, someone will let me know. If you post on avsforum.com, I am sure someone will be able... | |
| Plasma issues, is it worth it? My Fujitsu does not humm or buzz, nor does it affect my IR remote. Glare is an issue w/any TV. IMO, if you like sports, or content with lots of dark scenes, then plasma is the way to go. |