whart
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| chinese counterfeitng When I was a child lawyer (they have those, when you get out of law school you have to learn how to be a lawyer), i cut my teeth on ’knock off’ cases at the very beginning- ca 1981. One case involving I can’t remember what- typically they were lic... | |
| Black backgrounds and such @esthios13- J.G. Holt published a glossary of terms for audio many years ago, I can try to find the link (or someone else can beat me to it), but I don’t remember if he addressed this issue in the glossary.Hiss may or may not be source related. I ... | |
| chinese counterfeitng @tomic601 - I remembered it as a problem from some time ago when the US was attempting to negotiate trade agreements with the Far East to reduce counterfeiting-- it really gave me pause. Glad that the folks dealing with supply were screening. As a... | |
| What's the best way to soundproof a room on budget I soundproofed a large walk in closet adjacent to my previous listening room (I've since moved), in order to reduce/eliminate the noise of the air compressor that drives my tonearm. Rather than ripping out dry wall and rebuilding the room, I used ... | |
| Black backgrounds and such I heard it when i upgraded my turntable - from a Kuzma Reference/Triplanar to the bigger, much heavier Kuzma XL with Airline (lateral tracking) arm. There was less a sense of a turntable spinning-- what i'd call a 'halo' around the sound. Not exa... | |
| chinese counterfeitng It's been a big problem for a while. Think about the airplane you are flying in--what if some part had been inadvertently installed from counterfeit sources? (I don't know that there have been any instances of crash/failure resulting from this but... | |
| Am I hearing things? There are others here with real technical expertise in electrical systems, I can only respond anecdotally. When I moved to a new/old house, I installed an entire subsystem for the electrical, and even before the big isolation transformer arrived a... | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? @shadowcat2016- Right on. @n80-at the risk of appearing to shill, Jim Smith's book will help. | |
| What do people place on their platter for dust protection An unused record. | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? On sorting out the difference between different kinds of "footers" or "isolation," here's a pretty good explanation from Gary Koh that made the rounds a while ago-- you can extrapolate from what he describes beyond loudspeakers: [url]http://www.g... | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? @n80- I guess you can ’stack’ equipment, but I always thought that was bad practice for a variety of reasons- heat, interference among components, etc. And your amp, though on wooden strips, is still cushioned by the carpeting- better, I think to ... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? @rettrussell- Welcome to Audiogon since it appears that was your first post. The recent LZ reissues on vinyl are fine and probably better than trashed old copies found in most used record bins. But, if you compare the reissue to an RL of II (or th... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? Amazon is probably the least granular in terms of specific issue information and if it is a third party seller, I'm not sure how easy it is to communicate with them. I have gotten a few surprises via Amazon though- buying reissued vinyl, used and ... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? @n80- I too am a big fan of blues, both the old rural stuff (I buy transcriptions, I don’t play 78s) as well as the electric era (from Chicago ’50s era to British blues revival). If you like crushing blues rock, try Barbed Wire Sandwich by Black C... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? I’m not a big fan of Geddie Lee’s voice, but I know there are lots of discussions over the merits of various pressings and I have a couple of the records here somewhere. And Floyd- well, Wish You Were Here and Dark Side are obvious favorites, the ... |