albertporter
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| How good is the Lector CD player? Certainly will Sirspeedy, here is who will be seated at the "head" of the table.Guest Oh! and don't forget to bring Farber beans and a nice Chianti. | |
| Why I love analog, part II Wonder if Albert will get himself a Technics?PBB, I already did. A Technics 1520 open reel tape machine. | |
| How good is the Lector CD player? Don't they have a "killer" model called the Hannibal? | |
| Why I love analog, part II Spoken like a true music lover. The only thing wrong with your story, I was not there to share the experience (I am jealous) ! | |
| what is the difference in audio or video cables? You did not mention brand, but the most basic of these are very similar. Construction is typically coax, with copper or copper plated center conductor, surrounded by foam dielectric and a shield of copper braid or aluminum foil.The best cheap cabl... | |
| Apple or PC? My son, who is a PC guy, ran most of the Microsoft systems, including DOS, Win 95 and 98 and ME. Windows ME was a real stinker for us after owning Win 95.Must say though, Windows XP Pro is the best thing Gates has done (based on my experience with... | |
| tube amplifier auto bias- accurate? This is an excerpt from Hank Wolcott in response to questions about how his amplifier works:The circuit has to be made virtually distortionless through optimal loading before positive feedback can be allowed to increase the gain.The output of the ... | |
| Apple or PC? I have three Apple computers, one of which is a 17" PowerBook. All the comments before mine are valid, but I would like to remind everyone that Microsoft offers "Office" for Macintosh and with it, you can run Word, Excel and all the other terrific... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? Styx, Now I understand. I too would be upset with scratches and noise on a brand new premium LP. Luckily my Classic Records reissues did not have these problems.I assume those 1S stampers were premium priced? If so, the disappointment would be eve... | |
| Cryo-treating CDs? El, maybe one or both those treatments helps the CD player "read" the ones and zero's, and therefore reproducing the music more as it was intended. | |
| Magnets on cables? You guys are all correct about God and Satan, but as for magnets, my understanding is they form a field around the wire sapping off RF and EMI.Depending on how much problem was there to begin with, it's possible for the magnets to help, although m... | |
| Cryo-treating CDs? A friend who's opinion I respect, has experimented with both Cryo and demag treatment of his CD's and reports great benefit sonically. He says it improves smoothness and textures while making everything more cohesive. I have not tried this myself,... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? Styx,Although I have to admit that I am very pleased with the reissues from Classic Records. Not so with the condition of the LPs.Are you saying the LP's you have from Classic Records are not satisfactory? If so, I am surprised. The ones I have ar... | |
| Marantz 8B, best tubes to use ?? How about the original tube for this amp? Mullard EL 34 XF1 or XF2. Problem is cost, both tend to be very expensive if new in box. | |
| The problem with the music Slappy is that Singh Song? |