waytoomuchstuff
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| One key to building great systems over time. As a dealer, I always invited customers to audition items at home "a notch above their comfort level." This would produce the following result: 1) they’d realize what they are missing and stretch the budget to make it fit, 2) solidify their price/... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @asvjerry the plate I always wanted, but the letters wouldn’t fit: ”BLUE BAYOU” I’ll close with a link to one of my favorite opening movie scenes: https://www.google.com/search?q=gattica+i+was+conceived&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @acresverde "My first ever car was a ’67 Sunbeam Alpine" I hate to get all geeky here on British cars with 4-cylinder tractor motors under the bonnet, but I bought a Series V Alpine 30 years ago. 10 years later I added a turbo with the goal of ... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @czarivey "That was my TV. I shot some NASTY dude speaking too often about overpopulation from TV screen in ravaging anger." I figured the guy who checked it in used an alias. I can finally find closer on this 20-year-old issue. Thank you for... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @asvjerry "’all-out HULK’" Well, happy to report I didn’t have go to this extreme at the car show yesterday. Made a point to wear my "REAL CARS DON’T SHIFT THEMSELVES" t-shirt (with the familiar 5-speed shift knob icon). They were too busy smil... | |
| SNAKE OIL! A new TV Show hosted by David Spade Any excuse to spend quality time with my "Hifi buddies" is a good one. Even if the subject is absurd and/or ridiculous. Going off topic works for me. It seems the less someone knows about a subject (and speaks with authority), the more "interes... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance @erik_squires "The issue with revealing often has to do with looking for a midrange or tweeter curve that will cut through the room acoustics." +1. And, well stated. | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance IMHO, we've got push the resolution envelop past the point of "comfort" to learn which exit to get off on. It's all part of the hit-and-miss experimental process. Hopefully, time and money will also cooperative with this objective. | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @asvjerry ’Floppy drive’...sounds like the Sunbeam trans needs a new clutch... 😏 Cute cars, they wuz...." I’m on my second clutch. Did you hack my surveilence system and watch me doing the clutch replacement? You’d be suprised how often onlook... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. To the OP's point, I had one of those "moments" when McIntosh added digital inputs to their 2-channel preamps -- WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!! It was a depressing moment for sure. My concept of "legacy" gear, or modern versions of marketing "legacy" ... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @tylermunns "An accident caused a seemingly uber-fragile screen on a flat screen TV to break the other day, necessitating a new TV." We had a plasma TV come into our shop years ago for repair with a bullet hole through the screen. I decided to... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @erik_squires Yeah. I know how you feel. I was in the Apple store the other day and noticed the new iMacs don't have a floppy drive built in. I've got a full 104k of usable data on those disks, and no way to use them! I stomped out the store,... | |
| Question about suitable fuse metals I’m okay with bypassing the fuses in a audio system. But, I’d recommend the following: Install a heat sensor (standard security system hardware) above the system. Hook a 12v solenoid (plunger) to a power supply. Mount this adjacent to a wall-moun... | |
| They know we will pay anything they can think of @frankmc195 Good morning/afternoon. I think we often overlook an element that is a critical element of the true "cost" of an item. The intellectual component. It seems we agonize over the price of "raw components" as the true "cost" of an item ... | |
| Does anyone repair.... @dseltz Nice piece. I can see how your "significant other" would be emotionally attached to it. Troubleshooting these aging pieces can get pretty involved. If you find the right tech, don’t be surprised if there’s 6+ hours of bench time to arri... |