whart
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| Ferrari Purosangue with Burmester Audio I installed an expensive audio system in my first Ferrari many years ago and after a month, had the installer remove it. I wanted to hear the car’s music-- especially if one is driving vigorously. I kinda like those 4 door semi-SUV Ferraris- the ... | |
| Dilemma Where in Texas are you heading? I made that move, from NY metro to Austin a while ago. Austin is, despite all the shiny tech and money and boom-town vibe, a bit thin on hi-fi. There are a few record stores here and a record show that happens perio... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? I've been using the same amps in my main system since 2006-7- a pair of Lamm ML2 SETs. They make magic with my Avantgarde Duos. I have no idea if the amp is colored. It makes music. I've maintained it and I don't think about other amps. The high p... | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? I've messed with "high end" cables since the late '80s. Yeah, you can hear a difference. Maybe you shouldn't- that is, the cable is coloring the sound. I dunno. One serious guy I know swears by basic old stock Rat Shack and his system is beyond ... | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding @sokogear- with respect, I'm not sure you understand that there are record collectors apart from audiophiles. One famous one just passed- he had what some consider to be the best collection of 78s in the world- not by volume but by rarity. He was ... | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding @sokogear -guess what? the stuff in a collection I don't want gets sold, traded, etc. | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding I’ve been buying records since the ’60s. As my tastes changed, so did my acquisition habits. I’m not a completist but caught the bug on more than a few labels- at one point early Island pink labels (mainly because I liked the bands Chris Blackwell... | |
| Install A Dedicated AC Line at home I lucked out on my current room--the company was both residential and commercial and I tapped the commercial guys when I explained I wanted to install a 10kVA iso transformer as part of the package. These guys were used to doing all kinds of stuff... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear I'll throw one more down- Brian Davison, Every Which Way- it sounds like early Traffic, blues shouter, rock, jazz. The U.S. Mercury pressing is fine and shouldn't cost big. Davison was the drummer for The Nice and put this one and done together af... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear @mitchagain - I got to see Russ Kunkel and Leland Sklar a few weeks ago backing Lyle Lovett here at ACL in Austin. I knew them from the old days, it was great to hear them. Still in top form. | |
| Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please. Good point, there @audphile1. And before applying any contact enhancer, might be worth checking that all connectors are firmly seated. | |
| Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please. Sometimes, troubleshooting is a pain. I had intermittent bursts of static in one channel. In the process of troubleshooting, I found one bad tube socket (replaced) and a bad XLR plug on an interconnect (got that re-terminated by manufacturer at no... | |
| Gustard R26 Thanks, @soix | |
| Gustard R26 Be interested in what @sgreg1 concludes. Has anybody had both the R26 and the X26Pro at the same time to compare them? I bought the X26Pro a couple years ago now, I was quite surprised by how supple it sounded (using the Vivid setting). I'm not d... | |
| Acoustic Curtain for listening area Years ago, I bought heavy black velvet finish curtains from a theatrical supply house-I think they were even fire retardant. These were not marketed as acoustic material so the tariff was far less. Don't know if the OP is in a city that has a supp... |