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| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? We recently had an item presented for service that we affectionately named: "The Marlboro Man Turntable." It had decades of layered smoke and nicotine stains on everything so thick that it, literally, took Bug and Tar remover to get them off. ... | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? I prefer to buy used equipment that has been broken in, burned in/walked in, or even lived in over a "trophy" piece that’s been polished with a diaper every day of it’s pampered life. Give me a turntable that’s been through rehab a few times, spea... | |
| Think I ruined stylus Depends on which album you were listening to. For example, most modern pressings of Bolero have proactively removed the Dead Wax in anticipation of such events. Others, it's pretty much hit and miss. Perhaps an tonearm lifter would be a good inve... | |
| Am I right for this forum? @asvjerry "Stuff Of Transient Admiration" Sorry for weaving off topic, but couldn't help thinking of my Ex here. This text should be standard verb-age embedded in the opening statements of dissolution of marriage defense (justification) cases. | |
| People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution? Geting the bass "right" should improve midrange detail and linearity, not detract from it. | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? Okay. I'll give this a shot: As long as our ears are still analog, we'll need to deliver music via mechanical means. These changes in sound pressure, essential for the reproduction of music, are projected into a space and interact with anything ... | |
| Are You a Swifty? @tylermunns "Those two things are not alike. 1) is a radical shift in what popular music sounded like. 2) is more or less just a continuation of the same" Nice summary. | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama Business 101: A 5% increase in customer loyality doubles the lifetime return on investment. So, what is the real cost of alienating 10%, 20% or 30% of your potential customer base? Probably not a good business decision to (intentionally) broadc... | |
| Am I right for this forum? @snilf I'll do my best to save you the labor pains, and just give you the baby. "Yes!" Just because you don't own a turntable that appears to be robust enough to have machined WW2 bomber parts doesn't mean you can be a contributor. My daily ... | |
| Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph? No. But they should include a warning label stating that their sound can be highly addictive, thus straining relationships, creating an additional financial burden, and many hours of sitting in the "sweet spot" can be detrimental to your health. ... | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue I'm a "fossil unit" compared to many on the forum. 74 trips around the sun for this one. As a younger listener, when we used to light up the Borkum Riff and strap ourselves down in the "sweet spot" to make sure our heads didn't bobble more than ... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama A little historical context: Bose vs. Consumers Union | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue On the subject of sexism, it’s no secret that the music industry has been objectifying women since day one. They know their target audience and were brilliant marketeers. As the main character in the movie Rustler’s Rhapsody pointed out "To be the... | |
| Audiophile Comedy It was a big hurdle, but I finally got the wife's okay to overcome the financial threshold and spend $7M on the cable. Sadly, I crashed and burned on the esthetics. Also, I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical on YouTube audio comparisons.... | |
| Are You a Swifty? @wesheadley Thanks for the SECOND list of music suggestions. You are very kind and generous. And, yes, these will be added to my playlist. |