whart
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| Song (or music) you want played at your funeral. "Surprised it has not been mentioned as yet. Had a friend that went into the biz, he wanted to have Stairway to Heaven playing in his place...why not?..."And somebody in attendance can shout "Freebird"!:) | |
| ***Is It Me Or Have Todays Modern Tubes Gotten REALLY REALLY Good*** @fleschler - a real never used old small tube should have long life But, for what used to be a common tube, like a 12ax7, I suspect most of the Telefunkens being sold as NOS are just ’tests as new’ which does really tell you how much mileage they ... | |
| Cartridge Selection That Transfiguration Proteus was supposed to be fabulous- i missed the boat on that. I know some people view third party retippers with disdain, but since the original manufacturer is no longer around, what's the downside if the cartridge isn't wo... | |
| Great guitar 'breaks" (as opposed to solos). Would the Andrew Gold thing in Linda Rondstat’s "You’re No Good" qualify? Very George Harrison-esque. I like how Paul Kossoff does all these little fills during Tons of Sobs playing totally within the song. Ever listen to the Chris Whitley parts o... | |
| Does your mood reflect your media choice? Absolutely. Consciously or unconsciously. Though I'm usually conscious when I play records. I meant unconscious in the "Freudian" sense, not the blitzed on substances sense. (I don't partake of anything any more). | |
| Song (or music) you want played at your funeral. Not planning on this soon, but if the Village People are around, they'd do, combined with a full Viking send off (helmet with horns, pyre in a boat, etc.). I may have to substitute long horns if still in Texas. Someone at a restaurant said to me l... | |
| Where to get a modestly priced 5 volt Linear Power Supply? You could also try a supply house like Mouser, which carries a lot of different products. Type in Mouser and linear power supply. You'll be taken to a page where you put in certain parameters, like output voltage. There seem to be an array of prod... | |
| ***Is It Me Or Have Todays Modern Tubes Gotten REALLY REALLY Good*** When you see those old videos of the Mullard production - large factories cranking out vast quantities of tubes using almost steampunk technology- it’s kind of amazing. The scale of production was considerable and the tooling was fresh, I gather s... | |
| Isolation Transformers Jim- thanks, easy enough to test and thanks for wading through my post. | |
| Isolation Transformers Hey, Jim. I don’t disagree with anything you said, and you know a whole lot more about this than me, but the Tripplites that are hospital grade, such as the one I bought, the 1800HG claim hospital grade receptacles and talk about a floating ground... | |
| Isolation Transformers I have used isolation transformers in a variety of settings. One, an old 240/120 step down made by Richard Gray for a big home theatre system- the system itself is long gone- was the only thing that would fully isolate a nasty electrical snap from... | |
| Disco...yep, I'm going there Bros Johnson- Strawberry Letter #23 is xxxxing killer. I like their version of it better than the original Shuggie Otis. Must be that slap bass.I lived through that era- I had a friend who worked on a bunch of recordings from the late disco era. S... | |
| Basic cable question Al’s response is much more technical than anything I could offer you, but the ’loom theory’ is also based, to a degree, on the ’house sound’ of particular cable brands. To me, the only way to know is to live with it in your system. Thus, The Cable... | |
| Break-In is Brutal I'm rigging up a burn in cable for my new tone arm (wires) which is just the cost of parts. I'll run some CDs through it. The Hagerman Fry-Baby (or whatever it is called) may be worth the two hundred bucks for cable burn in if it is an issue- (I d... | |
| How good is your system Dig Seal. Never owned any of his records. The vinyl is pricey, it was released during the nadir. Any particular CD release that’s being used as a reference for this?I agree with @frogman - some systems that are super revealing of detail don’t soun... |