lloydc
Responses from lloydc
| When and what was your last significant equipment upgrade? replaced MIT MI-330 pre-to-amp interconnect and MH 750 Tube Terminators speaker cables ( both of which I gave to Goodwill - the costs to reterminate the bad connectors plus time, effort and cost to list and sell, was close to their value as old us... | |
| Tinnitus remedy? "One of the so-called 'love hormone' studies was published in 2012, and it examined oxytocin levels in new lovers versus those in single people. It found that there were high levels of the hormone in the first stages of romantic attachment, and th... | |
| Viva, no longer a fan Companies which do not service used products devalue their product and their brand; their products, sold used, have a lower value due to the lack of support. Denying support to owners of a used product, in order to "protect" a dealer network, pla... | |
| When will there be decent classical music recordings? + 1 inna. It's the room. Mine is nothing like a concert hall. | |
| "Vintage" high end gear vs new and upgrade path? I think your Rega arm and dac may be the weakest links. I upgraded a Rega arm about as far as I could, but when I moved to Origin Live replacements, it made a huge difference. IMO, the old Rega arm is good, but entry-level, no matter what you do... | |
| Isolation Platforms under Line / Power Conditioners ..any thoughts ? When I moved my isolation transformers off the floor, onto my Billy Bags rack, the sound seemed to improve. | |
| Can a buyer back out with no penalty? why would you refuse cash? | |
| Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed? If you get a new dac, right away you will want more weed. | |
| can we measure noise on power lines? Thanks, Al and Hew. back to trial and error, I suppose.I've used a pair of Noisetrapper isolation transformers since the '90's (no longer made), and wondered if there was any way to determine if it's really necessary to seek further improvement. ... | |
| Jumpers Grover Huffman proposed silver jumpers to the tweeters on my 2-way PMC's, which he regarded as a superior solution to "bi-wire". Worked out great. I see no reason for the jumpers to be the same as the main speaker cables. | |
| Audio - Post Divorce By the third felony a defendant may be classified as an habitual criminal and faces life in prison. I've been divorced three times. My attorney friend says I'm an habitual. | |
| Did you hear Adele at the Grammy's? well put, Frogman.although, I think you are being a little generous. A trained professional singer, e.g. someone in a choir with a Master's in music performance, would not be distracted by off-pitch singers around her. | |
| Did you hear Adele at the Grammy's? Excuses, excuses. No, a mic touching a few strings would not throw a piano's approximately 230 strings out of tune. People even do things like that deliberately, it's called "prepared piano." No, a mic doesn't change pitch. No, a real profession... | |
| Audiophile pets and their names... Named our tricolor sheltie "Black Molly". She was speedy. | |
| Best for recording records? It's an enormous amount of work to digitize records (or anything else, like tapes.) If you think about the time involved to digitize even a fraction of your collection...even a couple of thousand records is several thousand hours of work. |