albertporter
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| One Song That Still Causes... Yes, and stomping your feet, wanting the + vote (remember?). That really makes me laugh. | |
| RCA Sub for 350 dollars. Nice sounding Radio Shack had to have this built by some big company, so no reason to believe that it could not be good. Long ago, I ran one of the Sterling Electronics stores here in Texas, (similar to RS). Our entire line of receivers, amps and tuners were bu... | |
| Amp "Hum" caused by dimmer switches The before and after story is that all the electrical work produced an unmistakable upgrade in performance in every piece in the system. It was obvious from the first few notes, and it got better after some burn in time.The disappointment comes in... | |
| One Song That Still Causes... Angela100, do you remember the Eric Burdon song "Spill the Wine"? That could be a favorite for you couldn't it? | |
| Amp "Hum" caused by dimmer switches Khaki8 , I bought my Quiet Line Filters at CES, after I heard the demo,Sean, I went into a lot of detail about electrical in another post, so won't cover all points. The short version is that I had the electric company do a dedicated transformer, ... | |
| Is All The Hype About Odyssey True? I ask a friend of mine, "Do you know where Israel is?" and he says "That new Stratos Isreal, and you Odyssey the look on my friends face when I play them." How's that Cornfed, pretty saxey huh? | |
| Amp "Hum" caused by dimmer switches Khaki8 and Brentski71. Yes, I am using a line conditioner and have fourteen dedicated runs to my audio system as well. I did not have any noise problems before the line conditioner or the Quiet Lines, however there was a performance gain with each... | |
| Music to make you laugh by The album on "Rough Trade" recorded in Spicewood Texas by Two Nice Girls, has a cut titled, "Spent My Last $10.00 On Birth Control and Beer." ( "I was better off when I was sober and *****." ) Guaranteed to get a smile at any high end audition. As... | |
| Best Find Ever??? My absolute best find was on March 23, 1986. The first day my newborn son breathed life. I can sincerely say that he was the first thing that came to my mind when I considered what was my most valuable asset. Many evenings I hear a very believable... | |
| McCormack ALD-1 question Hi big Mac, good to see you at Audiogon. | |
| Amp "Hum" caused by dimmer switches Before you give up, you should try the AudioPrism Quiet line filters. They look like battery eliminators for a CD player, often referred to as a wall wart. Many household appliances (and especially dimmer switches) dump loads of noise into your el... | |
| Is there an SACD that can play cds well? Now both of you have me interested, I just hope you are not going to tell me that the upgrade cost more than the original price of the player. | |
| Isolation Tweak Confusion... Sutts, I have almost every one of the isolation devices you name, and a few you did not mention.I use McCormack (Mod Squad) Soft Shoes under the majority of electronic device I own. I do use several others, but find that every one of these devices... | |
| Electrostatic positioning 1A If you are asking about Soundlab A-1 speakers, there are separate controls for bass, mid and highs that are adjustable from each other. Add to that, the placement of RPG panels and tube traps greatly increase the ability to adjust the tonal balanc... | |
| Best Used Vinyl Shops in Las Vegas, Nev Just to clarify, the Shalimar is quite a long way from the shop I bought from. The small record shop I am speaking of is walking distance from the rear parking lot of the Sahara. It is perhaps a half block in the direction of the old downtown area... |