whart
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| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? I’ve met a lot of people over the years who did interesting stuff in all kinds of fields, so the Lambo question wasn’t bait. Sorry you can’t drive. I kinda quit for a while b/c I live in town, but just bought a vintage bike so I’m gonna get back ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? If there are constructive suggestions you could make about placement, set-up, I would not be afraid to offer those, but would not condescend. Do you really have a Lambo? I did, the last of the Diablos, a 6.0 built under Audi ownership circa 2001- ... | |
| What are your top 10 records @sandrodg73 - I mentioned a few upthread that are worth owning. I'm not sure I can do the 10 LPs for a desert island. One of the things I enjoy is the change-up; I can go from early heavy rock to spiritual jazz, and throw down a post punk record l... | |
| What are your top 10 records I wrote a detailed post that got hung up here and vanished. @simonmoon is correct in asking if you are looking for sonic spectaculars or good music. Sometimes, they overlap. The better remasters often sell out and are costly; the OGs are often mis... | |
| New Electrical Circuit I’ve done several rooms over the years when we moved households. This latest was in an 1880’s Texas Gothic (Victorian) which had a full restoration in 2004. Almost the entire first floor, (with the exception of the kitchen) was original, including... | |
| Why tube rectification? I used a Lamm L2 line stage for a number of years--solid state audio path, separate tube rectified power supply. Gorgeous mids, a bit rolled off at the frequency extremes, but you could not say it sounded euphonic or analytical-- it sounded very m... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm- yes, according to Discogs, Kenwood was the parent company. What's interesting to me is that the eq on rock/pop from Japan often sounds more "tweaked" than on small combo jazz records. And of course, there were some beautifully made LPs that... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm- do you have a copy of Art Pepper Today? It has a rendition of Patricia with Cecil McBee on bass, Stanley Cowell on piano and Roy Haynes on drums. Although Pepper released 3 versions of Patricia, that album's version is stunning- (I got to ... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital Without getting into a format debate, I'll say that digital has come a long way. And the cost of vinyl involves a lot of variables, leaving aside the records-- I buy older pressings- most stuff is overpriced now, and the grading is inflated. If... | |
| colibrie I spent a lot of time in Stockholm back in the mid-90's for work- really enjoyed the culture, the food, the people. The old town was wonderful and there was also a "hot dog" stand not far from the opera house that had great dogs. Been quite a whil... | |
| colibrie Man, these things look like space heaters- even more so than my beloved QUAD loudspeakers (which I’ve owned since 1974, with sympathetic restoration from Kent McCollum). I do have a pair of Avantgarde Duos that I bought new back in 2006 or so. C... | |
| Audiophile Surge Suppressor (and nothing else) @terry9 @total111 --All good here. Texas is unimaginably huge- I was in touch with some folks in Denton, which is north of Fort Worth (famous for its music school, particularly jazz performance) and asked them how they fared given the hurricane/... | |
| Audiophile Surge Suppressor (and nothing else) @zlone--I have a few observations, no single theme. When I lived in the Lower Hudson Valley (between Nyack and Piermont) our power would go out if somebody sneezed. It was just ancient infrastructure. Here in Austin, though I’m in an old house in ... | |
| Audiophile Surge Suppressor (and nothing else) ZeroSurge is not a conditioner AFAIR, and there were some clones under other brand names. (Non-MOV). I use it to power my vintage QUAD loudspeaker, which requires voltage (a lot) to be on for 24+hours. I never unpowered it. I don't like those pl... | |
| Sound insulation advice for home theater room in middle of the house? In answer to your question whether the doors make mass loaded vinyl impracticable, it may depend on how they are hung, I have successfully used MLV with large melamine sheets. The combo is a sound deadener.- This isn’t acoustic treatment, it is s... |