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| File Under Misc. Audio Musings--Do any famous/infamous people qualify as audiophiles? Anthony Cordesman is a national security type guy; writes for various news outlets and magazines. He's also on the staff of The Absolute Sound mag. | |
| The Science of Cables doug.....my apologies and also sympathy for your loss.....no harm was intended. | |
| The Science of Cables Practically any cable of adequate length can be used as a garrote; of course, the thinner ones are better. | |
| Quiet Enjoyment: right of audiophiles neighbors to NOT be annoyed Ah, the old "my knife is bigger than your knife" situation. Dilly DillyAlso, the fact that you were a med student gave you another advantage.By the way, was that guy playing the old "You Give Love a Bad Name" song? | |
| Where to Purchase New Tubes for Audio Research Preamp? Brent Jessee audiotubes or Tubeworld. or Vintage Tube Services; any of those have the best selection and none of them except Brent Jessee sell any of the junk made in Russia or China | |
| Quiet Enjoyment: right of audiophiles neighbors to NOT be annoyed The place I live at is also a senior citizens facility; you have to be at least 62 to live here. The units are all single level so there's nobody above anyone else. Mine is an end unit so I only have one neighbor and on the infrequent occasions I ... | |
| Wondering about capacitance settings for phono cartridge thanks | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? I saw a PBS tv show a few years ago about the nations electrical grid; they stated there are three of them: East, West, and Texas. | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? Grado Gold | |
| Arguments devolve on threads to wordsmithing contests a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma is why Churchill drank a fifth every day.....and it wasn't Beethoven's | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? @bsmg I was under impression that I need a step down because the voltage from my wall is higher than the amp spec. Sorry; you’re correct. I misunderstood what you were asking.Don’t know where millercarbon is but my power conditioner shows a digita... | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? not sure about effect on SQ but would assume no problem unless in too close proximity to other transformer.......and would you not need a step UP transformer here with a 100V amplfier? | |
| TT set up I would not trust myself to set tracking angles; I would hope the dealer would do it for me. Floating the arm and setting tracking force is the extent of my confidence | |
| Arguments devolve on threads to wordsmithing contests Do the discussions devolve or do they evolve? I suspect what happens to them is alternating versions of osmosis and capillary action, each in inverse intensity and magnitude to the other. But I could be wrong. | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? Strange......maybe it's just a rounding error on your measuring device since the other two speeds you have are 45 and 78....whole integers. Anyway, those were the only things I would have done myself (toggle the speed selector and set back to 33.3... |