waffle35
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| Cheapest system you could ever stand to listen to Knownothing. The Century's still sound like they always did. Bright, and with the typical JBL foward sound. Great for stadium rock, poor for violin concerto's. Of course my ears aren't very 2008. When just listening for pleasure I still prefer my ... | |
| Best lines in a song This is only temporary. These songs are my worst habits - Brendan Benson. " I don't know if you've been loving some-body, I only know it isn't mine" Elvis Costello. | |
| Cheapest system you could ever stand to listen to My nephews non audiophile system of $45 NAD (hmmm seeing a trend here), tandberg receiver (literally a dumpster dive behind a radio station) hooked up to some JBL Century's (free to a good home and a 2 beer tinsel lead repair fee from his cool unc... | |
| Using Theremin near tube equipment::any danger? Although I can't prove a direct correlation, I've worked with a musician whose old tube SVT bass head went nuts when we had an artist bring her Theremin onstage at a festival. The unit was fine for the whole festival run, before and after her set,... | |
| Balanced vs. unbalanced Eldartford is right on the money.There is so much confusion about this I used to actually print and hand this pamphlet out to seasoned pros who were still debating the pin 2 pin 3 hot issues.Handy for the DIY types or for general snake oil detecti... | |
| Premium guitar cables? Do they exist? Hey DC, I've never seen the point in converting an amp. Also wouldn't want to mod any of the vintage stuff. If the Galien is an 800RB it's actually a really cool amp. There was a common mod for the DI section that "magically" cleaned up the whole ... | |
| Anyone know of good active crossovers? The Marchand is amazing. Westlake is great as well if the budget is unlimited. If you're looking at Ashley, stay with the newer models, the old ones were never as good as their reputation. Budget xover? There must be a million JBL actives out ther... | |
| Premium guitar cables? Do they exist? I've ordered some River cables to check out as I love their speaker cables. Best "cheap" cable is the premade George L's. My boss is a major league guitar guy and he uses canare cable on everything in his rig right down to the tuner feed. Stubborn... | |
| What time do you wear? Much like audio, a well built quality piece ascends above the hype and becomes a classic. I think my 1955 Universal Geneve polerouter fits the bill. Wear it every day, never had an issue. I have a few transition era antiques that I collect for the... | |
| Differences in electric outlets At my old job we ran playback equipment on a dedicated 20 amp feed using an isolated ground and power that is filtered through a bank of batteries to remove ripple prior to being rectified back into AC. Clean power is critical to good sound. No ar... | |
| Damping factor or watts? There's a lot of myth about power, gain, and DF. There is no universal, all encompassing rule. The age old JBL reinforcement manual recommends an amp with 2x the rated power, in watts, of the speaker at like impedances for optimal driver control. ... | |
| How often do you folks vacuum clean your albums? Well it wouldn't be the first time I've been accused of OCD. I VPI before every 3rd play and give them a Discwasher wipe and static gun shot immediatly after they come off the turntable. Stylus gets a cleaning after every evenings session is done. | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? I'd say Stevecham is onto something with the lego vs result. My wife can instantly tune out when I'm on a rant about interconnects. She will listen to music with me for hours, get emotional with Shostakovich, and notice "somethings wrong" when the... | |
| What made you select "audio" as your hobby I met a guy in a cafe and we got into the whole pro vs hi-fi audio argument. He invited me to listen to his system that was probably worth the entire gear list in the studio I was at during the time. Scoffing at the waste of money I sat down and h... | |
| Manley vs VTL?? For those interested in David Manley's designs, there's a couple of cool new little boxes called "London Tube" he designed for Audient that just came out. |