zaikesman
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| Overlooked vinyl gold mines The library system in my area actually has had to open up their very own used record store (within their used book store) in a local mall to handle all the stock coming through. They used to to sell all the records right at the libraries, but they... | |
| To couple or decouple? That is the question. One of my main contentions regarding the overall approach of our hobby toward this issue is that if we were really serious or bothered about it, we wouldn't accept components whose total build methodology didn't address it right from the ground fl... | |
| Frank Sinatra at The Sands-Live........ Yes, I own this set of his among others. I've seen a few reviewers over the years tout it as a reference disk for sound (though it's not perfect by any means), but you're right about the performances on it (just skip the 'comedy' routine though af... | |
| Calling Thiel owners please... I've also heard good things in the past about the dedicated platforms for these speakers manufactured by Sound Anchors. | |
| msb problems? I owned a Gold Link for a while, and although I personally did not prefer the sound of this unit - and preferred it even less when the upsampling was engaged - my point is there should be a difference, albeit sometimes a subtle one, between the so... | |
| Best sounding reggae on analog? IMO, audiophile sound quality is not what one should be listening to classic reggae for (or to anything for, really)... | |
| Medieval-style music Great thread, thanks for the recommendations (well, those besides Manheim Steamroller and Steeleye Span...) - I always said the Enlightenment killed music :-) | |
| To couple or decouple? That is the question. Warren, I did not say that whatever audiophiles are putting their components on top of won't make any sonic differences - What I am saying is that audiophiles who buy into the concept that particularly shaped pieces of metal constitute some sort o... | |
| To couple or decouple? That is the question. I feel there is more mystical mumbo-jumbo and outright BS surrounding this issue than just about any other in the high end - and that almost no one talking about this stuff either knows what's really going on or is rigorously intent on finding out... | |
| New Guy asking for help Is this anything? Uhh, I dunno...Does it float? Signed, your friend Dave Letterman | |
| My Amp makes strange popping sounds. Swap your tubes, only one at a time, left channel for right channel to see if it is indeed a tube problem and to identify which one if so. (Power-down the amp while removing and installing tubes.) At whichever step the problem moves to the other c... | |
| Your expertise, please I don't know about the transparency issue as it relates to your specific gear, or about the wires you presently own or are considering getting, but for the soundstaging and imaging questions, playing with the speaker positioning, listener position... | |
| Another 6550 vs. KT88, 90, et. al.? Update: Russ did bring me (Literally brought them to me, 200 miles - Now how's that for service above and beyond the call of audiophile duty? [He had an 'errand' which took him by my neck of the woods] ) six each of his EI KT-90's and NOS Mullard ... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long I haven't given this subject thought for a while, but Jimbo3's new development prompts me to wonder whether it will be problematic in any way to add the weight unevenly (or maybe 'in a statically unbalanced fashion' would be a more accurate descri... | |
| And we strive for..... what ? Did I claim they played the tracks live in the studio? (Actually, they did, at least much more so than is common practice these days, but I digress.)Onhwy61, I think you miss my point - my first sentence above was supposed to be a disclaimer regar... |