tbg
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| USPS shipping prices ? Lugnut, I don't dispute your view that the postal service in the US is valuable, but your history is a bit in error. The US post office did not really get into action until the early 1800s and then was basically private enterprise with payment fro... | |
| Can almost anyone learn to set up a Cartridge? Only you young guys have the luxury of not having to set up a cartridge. Years ago if you wanted to listen to music of your choice, you had to set up a cartridge. Since the cutting head cuts at a prescribed angle and tracks straight across the rec... | |
| USPS shipping prices ? If you are shipping something that is very light, the USPS is a good buy. Above that FedEx Ground is the clear best buy.Entrope, I have never had FedEx or UPS pay in shorter than two months, after initially refusing payment for improper packing. T... | |
| Best Speaker Placement Rules you've used? From a speaker manufacturer now out of business, I learned to measure the center of the woofer to the floor and multiply that time 1.6. This is the distance to the side or back wall. This then is multiplied by 1.6 and that is the distance to the o... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Tvad, actually I have never made any comparison with Alex's unit save in much earlier postings about a shootout at VSAC several years ago. I did not ask Alex to send me a unit; he asked if I would like to hear a unit. It is entirely possible that ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? smilin, I am still not disposed to trusting what you hear for any of my choices, but I do wish Alex had sent me a unit to listen to given all you have said about it. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Jayctoy, I disagree that it has been informative at all, but then again I can ignore it. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Dbld, I am with you and Audio_girl. I thought the thread was dead and that the conclusion was that there had been no unit stood out as best for all involved. I certainly would never buy one of the units based on what was said here. I still believe... | |
| What stole your attention from HiFi? Racing sailboats once threatened my stereo but never succeeded. Since moving to Texas, I gave up sailing. I miss it. | |
| Clever Substitute for "Poor Man's Audio Deske" ? I have been trimming my disks with the Audio Desk for three years. I have never had any problems with the 1000 cds and sacd I have trimmed. I have a friend with a home solution for the Audio Desk. He uses his lathe, hardly a money saving solution ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century To get an inverted signal, you would typically have to put another tube in as each tube inverts the signal. In my experience, the inverted signal would always sound worse. This was true on my Milliennium preamp. | |
| How do you deal with vibration? Rsbeck and Eldartford, I am a social scientist with many published research reports. I firmly believe in test hypotheses with data. I know full-well that the mind can be fooled. I do not believe, however, that science can settle the issues of whet... | |
| How do you deal with vibration? Jadem6, I agree. You may notice that I am largely dismissive of those who say vibration control cannot help. If they believe that, it is fine with me, but if someone asks, I have many suggestions. I cannot understand why they care to try to convin... | |
| How do you deal with vibration? Stehno, almost all posts here and on AA end up with the same division between those who hear benefits and those who either say it is illogical that it makes a difference or that measurements don't lie and show no difference. If you hear a differen... | |
| How do you deal with vibration? Mdp0430, in my string of stuff I have tried, I neglected to include granite. Yes, I have tried it under amps as well as under the Mana stands. Its greatest strength is its mass, which is hard to vibrate at low frequencies, but it does ring. Ultima... |