zaikesman
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| Storing audio equiptment I wouldn't tempt fate by cheaping out, the humidity and temperature swings will still be a problem even when freezing isn't. I tried this once in the mid-Atlantic climate zone around Washington DC with a variety of different items for about 2 year... | |
| CDP's that have Digital Inputs I was looking into this myself a while ago but haven't brought in anything yet to try against my separates. Other candidates are Krell and Wadia. The choices narrow if you want balanced digital in/balanced analog out. | |
| Optimism in Music. Without stretching my brain for more than a second -- there must be hundreds of them ("Let's Spend The Night Together" by the Stones being one) -- two of the more optimistic songs I can think of offhand are "Hey Jude" by The Beatles and "Ooh Child... | |
| What current China import sounds like a CJ?? Quality control is a separate -- and less important from a global and moral standpoint -- issue than such things as labor, trade, and environmental practices, and violations of intellectual property rights. As Eldartford suggests, ultimately the m... | |
| What current China import sounds like a CJ?? Fatparrot, was that supposed to be a reply to my specific questions? Cause it's not. We all know how bad the Chinese government is. But I don't think mass production plant managers anywhere else are any more free to flout their quotas and keep the... | |
| What current China import sounds like a CJ?? This is very interesting. Can anybody actually name specific pieces of Chinese gear that are "exact copies" of specific pieces of US or European gear? If so, how is this alleged fact known? And how is any of it any different from the perception th... | |
| What current China import sounds like a CJ?? Thank you Eldartford for the voice of reason...Thank you Viridian for the uncomfortable yet sardonic laughter...Thank you Bkonig for the just plain old laughter...And thank you in advance China, for continuing to grant us audio toys and dollar sto... | |
| Longer Power Cords Sound better? Tplavas wrote:"...if, as you stated, there was a reduced brightness in the longer Van Den Hul cord, how would one explain that same tendency in cords that feature no 'filtering' of any kind? The answer is in the inductance and capacitance factors ... | |
| Review: Bose 201 Series V In my work (in the home improvement sector, not specifically involving audio) I meet clients in their homes, and I'll never forget this one guy who was so proud of his Bose. Not that I remember exactly what products of theirs he owned -- just that... | |
| Looking for a vinyl Bluebook Keep in mind that to use a price guide such as the Goldmine (the one I recommend) properly, you need to become adept at accurately grading the vinyl and jackets according to their rules. Read carefully and take to heart everything on this topic pr... | |
| Thiel 3.7 Hmm...I *do* listen to a lot of mono recordings, maybe I can get by with just one...Has anybody else noticed that some photos of this speaker show what looks like a second passive radiator in place of the conical-diaphragmed bass driver with compa... | |
| Longer Power Cords Sound better? Tplavas: Without going into a detailed characterization of the sound of the Mainsstream (although actually, your adjectives, though not the entire story, do happen to apply very well in this case) -- and I hope without being too cute in answering ... | |
| Longer Power Cords Sound better? Since this thread is back to my attention today I'll make good on my threat from above, and report that after additional testing with 1.5m vs. 2.5m lengths of a power cord specifically claimed by its manufacturer to incorporate beneficial filterin... | |
| Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period? Actually the Anti-Cable website basically seems to suggest what Sean says: that twisting the runs may ameliorate top end roll-off by lowering total inductance. I was apparently misremembering when I implied that Speltz's site suggests twisting wil... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Arrggh...just was crankin' Syl Johnson's "Is It Because I'm Black?" '69-'71 compilation CD (Twinight) of down'n'dirty Memphis funk'n'soul, havin' a total ball y'all, when the concluding "bonus cut" of more recent vintage came on with some overheat... |