waytoomuchstuff
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| It's the Cicadas! Yes, and they can steal your car keys and head to the casinos. | |
| You can't afford a Lambo Veneno, so get this.. The Technics has a rev limiter (servo). Takes all the fun out. | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. Had to wrap Kevlar around my head this morning to keep my (blown) mind from escaping. Lots of great work(s) here. Got me thinking: I can think of many albums, in the first THIRTY-SECONDS, that woke up my senses offering a high level of creativi... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @immatthewj Thanks for noticing. I stand corrected. | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? Here's a quick "making lemonade out of lemons" story: As a teenager, I had a nice little Pioneer receiver and some small, compact speakers. I was visiting one of those catalog stores and did my usual stroll thru the "stereo" department. There t... | |
| little big win Got similar "neighbor" issues, but with a big, burly, self indulgent individual. I haven't tried offering to rearrange his flowers to place speakers in the optimum location. Good suggestion. | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? Got my head buzzing this morning: It could be that the $500 cable you mention may not be the best premium PC in its price class for YOUR system. Try others, with return privileges? If you have the ability to audition and return, you might try the... | |
| Record player sounds out of tune and "wavy" @timattin Several things come to mind here after watching the video. It appears that the particular record you are playing is not concentric (the arm is moving back and forth). This could cause the warbling your referring to while playing THIS... | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? Depends on the album, and the quality of the recording. Current activity can be a factor with vinyl vs streaming. Dismounting off the floaty thing at the deep end of the pool, finding someone to hold your drink, drying off completely, navigating... | |
| How you know your system is improving? For me, I know(?) my system is improving when I find myself wanting to listen longer. "Just one more selection .... Okay that was fun ... Just ONE more ..." | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? @bdp24 Thanks for the history lesson on the ESS/Heil relationship. The very first "real" high fidelity system I ever heard was a Mac/AMT1 system. Literally rocked my world!! Lots of good references here on ’hits and misses" by brands/models tha... | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? @motown-l "Chipboard cabinets with the durability of compressed cornflakes," Good one. Must have been a distant cousin of Ultralinear? @dynamiclinearity "It was so light it almost flew out of my hands." This reminds me of the time I actual... | |
| Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker? Doing some quick math here, your Mac and K'horns or LaScalas should hit peaks of over 130 decibels in your room. Should be plenty of dynamic range available on demand. | |
| Are You a Swifty? I think sometimes an artist's "imperfections" can be their most enduring qualities. It makes them human, and relatable. Perhaps even vulnerable. Like the rest of us? | |
| Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker? Yes, but the speakers will hurt you before you can hurt them. "we often get out an audiometer to ensure the sound-pressure-level is well under 95dBA for sustained periods." This would be less than ONE WATT fed to your Klipsch speakers. I think y... |