whart
Responses from whart
| The difference between tubes and solid state that I am finding Given the vast array of choices, from tube or solid state to sources, analog or digital (and within either one, the additional choices of drive system, tonearm, cartridge or transport, format and DAC), speaker-amp interaction, subwoofers and overa... | |
| What do you care about in this hobby? I played and composed/improvised as a teen, and having a half-assed stereo cobbled together from instrument equipment, I wanted more. So, the initial quest was getting more, better quality sonics from records. Eventually I got into the gear in the... | |
| Moderator(s) Not sure what prompted the thread but have a couple observations: I come here for discussion of audio/music reproduction related matters and not to engage in commentary over the hot button issues of the day. There are places for that-- where if yo... | |
| Batteries are Cheap, Backup power is expensive We finally installed a whole house generator 26KWa-Kohler- natural gas- a little more than a year ago. After the Texas "big freeze" in 2021, I swore I would not go through that again (or the threat of rolling blackouts during peak summer heat, whi... | |
| What A Drag It Is Getting Old @mapman- funny. For a while, I was getting these direct mail solicitations about "buying" cremation services in advance--offering a discount. I was tempted to call them and ask if there was a special price if I just walked in and they did me. | |
| What A Drag It Is Getting Old I don't mind aging as long as I have good health. I'm more relaxed about life, have a larger perspective based on experience of the world around me and no longer "must" do things for career, job or livelihood. Instead, I have the luxury of choosin... | |
| The cool factor- who has it? and (Nesmith) produced "Repo Man" starring the late, great Harry Dean Stanton. | |
| Is Shindo now Tone Arts Laboratory? Tone Imports in NY was the US importer; Pitch Perfect on the West Coast was a big dealer of Shindo and still lists trade ins. I don't think it is impossible to get them serviced but wasn't one of the selling points of the gear the select use of ... | |
| What is your vinyl commitment? I don't think you can ignore the cost of cleaning LPs. It doesn't necessarily involve spending big money (though you could) but does require time and effort. It's a factor, along with the cost of the "software" (which used to be called "records"). | |
| I can't believe I found one I was at Graceland years ago, there was a building with his cars, mostly blinged out stuff, I didn't hear the table playing but it was there, installed in at least one vehicle. Old school bling. | |
| Rhino High-Fidelity record jackets I use a generic jacket with a hole cut out to protect the backside and keep all original liners and other paper ephemera that have artifact value. No risk of damage to record; in fact, you can more easily remove and resleeve without damage without... | |
| Rhino High-Fidelity record jackets @lewm is referring to placing the sleeved record in an outer jacket protector, not trying to put the sleeved record back in the jacket. I've used this practice for years, less friction (which causes static), less wear and tear on the jacket itself... | |
| What is your vinyl commitment? Oy vey. A lot. My main system is in my system profile here. A lot of that turntable equipment was purchased back in the aughts, when I moved to Texas full-time at the beginning of 2017 I needed to use the big Minus K bench top isolation platform, ... | |
| The cool factor- who has it? There's the public persona and the private person. I think you may be disappointed by some of your heroes. There's a well-publicized account by a guy I knew back in NY who helped Miles D after he crashed his Miura and there were bags of white powd... | |
| Outer Vinyl Sleeves, is it a good idea? @bdp24 - if it is the same guy I’m thinking of, he owns an ad agency in Germany, was involved in the whole MoFi debacle a few years ago where everybody was named "Mike"--the In Groove guy who did the expose, this guy, Fremer, and even that OCD Mik... |