tsacremento
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| The vanishing stereo rack My equipment racks are grandfathered in. I had them before I met my wife and made it clear to her when we got together that they weren't going anywhere. Ever. Some of the equipment has turned over periodically, but the racks are there to stay. Fo... | |
| Wall Art This outfit has stock music art and does great work. I've had them stretch and frame a few canvases for me, and was impressed with their work every time. PICTOREM | |
| Any tricks to remove drivers from a (sticky) cabinet Buy a set of mechanic's picks like THESE. Remove the drivers by working them loose with the picks, gently pulling from behind the screw holes in their baskets. | |
| AudioMagic Fuses Bad Quality I Do Not Recommend!! So, the liquid's coefficient of expansion exceeds that of the glass and metal, forcing the fluid out when the thing heats up? Great engineering. | |
| Best progressive rock album side Two from The Who... Who's Next (either side) Quadrophenia (start to finish) | |
| Awaiting a 1st impression I harbor no animosity toward against Chinese goods, but my day starts off a little differently. First, two cups of coffee dispensed from my Jura (Swiss) into a souvenir mug from a the 2001 Catalina Island jazz festival (US-made). If I ate breakfas... | |
| SVS sub owners, Past and Present The piano gloss black finish on my SB16-Ultra is a dust magnet, so there's that. Still, I don't wish I had opted for the black oak. | |
| Does Anyone Else Member the Golden Age of Audio Insults and Product Degradation? And who could forget OINK-YO? | |
| Does Anyone Else Member the Golden Age of Audio Insults and Product Degradation? BLO-ZAK GO-NAD | |
| What is the Bu-ray plauyer that you are using? I use a Panasonic DP-UB9000 in my system. | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? As the wealth gap continues to increase at an ever-accelerating pace, and elites enjoy the excesses made possible by a new gilded age, the average Joe or Jill is increasingly priced out of the game. I’ve been monitoring this dynamic for the past s... | |
| Using a mono speaker instead of stereo? Different strokes for different folks. If monaural floats your boat, go for it. I went in the opposite direction with my system to multi-channel and prudent application of DSP to adjust the acoustic space to fit the venue and performance of the mu... | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? Neil Young: I have a lot of McIntosh equipment that I use for listening. My studio is full of different stuff, Tannoy and an old pair of Altec [Lansing] speakers with Mac 275s running them. It’s the old Voice of the Theater speakers. They’re ridic... | |
| Is there any one piece of vintage gear you most wished you owned? Revox B-77, half track version. | |
| Testing stylus wear. It's easy to see the stylus wear planes develop and grow with a decent microscope. However, having the 'scope's illumination set correctly is critical. When that requirement is met, the wear planes light up like oval headlamps. |