zaikesman
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| Record-playing Rituals? I agree that some sort of manual cleaning, which might include the steam procedure Sean mentions but must include a velvet brush wet scrub, would be in order. I'm a little unclear on this, but since you talk about a 10" side, are these 78's, or an... | |
| Joe Strummer RIP I agree with Phasecorrect - much as I love a lot of The Clash's early stuff, they were never entirely convincing as a "punk" band, and IMO were in fact overrated as such. When I want to hear first-wave English punk, I put on something like The Dam... | |
| Joe Strummer RIP The Clash were, for my money, the last great mythical rock'n'roll band. Strode the earth like gods it seemed to me, the way I thought the great bands used to, like Elvis, like Dylan. They saw to this themselves, engaging in self-mythologizing to a... | |
| Ever perform a preamp bypass comparision test? I guess I would describe it as "Something in/Something different out", whether that something is garbage or gold. A person is allowed to prefer the differences conferred upon the output by the preamp. And I acknowledge that whatever signal degrada... | |
| Ever Have One Of Those Evenings? Well, that would depend on whether, if I see JT and get to ask a question, he answers with "If I tell you that, I'll have to kill you".:-) | |
| Ever Have One Of Those Evenings? Maxgain, Thiel would seem to have learned much since those times - which is of course not at all surprising. Unsound, I hope if I go there and take the tour, that some of these issues of conjecture might be able to have a small amount of light she... | |
| Ever perform a preamp bypass comparision test? Jb0194, I am clear that you prefer the sound of your system with your new preamp in place, rather than your previous one or the passive device you allude to. It is not surprising that your new custom preamp would sound better than one you describe... | |
| Ever Have One Of Those Evenings? Unsound, I might use the downtime to have amps modded anyway, so this could happen. Sean, any thoughts about the question of the amp's part in this? Could it be guiltless on its own, but have passed a signal that damaged the crossover, and still b... | |
| Ever Have One Of Those Evenings? Well, I was mum about the circumstances when I spoke to Sherry, but I don't want to hook up a fixed speaker to bad amplifier either, and neither do I want to seem to come out with a bunch of additional late information based on what they tell me f... | |
| Review: Meitner MTR-101 Amplifier AV_specialist, thank you for taking the time to explain your viewpoint, and also for making clear the reason why you happened to come into the two threads and comment in response to me. I hope you continue to contribute to more forum discussions. ... | |
| Ever Have One Of Those Evenings? I don't know if Thiel will look at it that way, Unsound. I'm not really sure if they're refering to the presence of DC current or what. I'm not sure what can actually happen at the speaker when an intermittent connection causes a fault or burst of... | |
| Ever Have One Of Those Evenings? Sherry at Thiel has said that it probably is possible for me to schedule a repair appointment in advance, then bring the speaker to the factory myself on the morning of the appointed day and be able to take it away repaired at day's end. Concurren... | |
| Ever Have One Of Those Evenings? Spoken like one who knows... :-) | |
| Ever Have One Of Those Evenings? Tell me about it - if my girlfriend's in the house, the cable is on. I don't mind if it's a good old movie, TV Land, a science documentary, or even the news, but usually it's The Style Channel, Trading Spaces, MTV, Oprah, or Dr. Phil. I tell you, ... | |
| Ever perform a preamp bypass comparision test? AV, you continue to totally miss the point. I have tried to be as clear as I know how about what it is I'm testing for here and why, so unfortunately there is nothing else I can say to you. Maybe if you read through the thread again, slowly, you'l... |