bdgregory
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| Damaging records with a hand turned machine. I've found that vinyl lps are more resilient than I originally thought they were, but agree that you don't want to scrub them with a dry pad, and don't need to scrub extra hard. I have the manual nitty gritty RCM, and I have an old junk turntable ... | |
| Do audiophiles have a high divorce rate? ...to what do you attribute the success and longevity of your relationships and how does the audio obsession play into that dynamic?I would say we've lasted this long because we have a great deal in common and do a lot together, and we discovered ... | |
| Parasound volume level question It may be pretty normal. How does it compare to volume output from other sources (eg CD player)? I'm not familiar with your preamp, but in my experience a cartridge with less than 5 mv output (I think yours is about 3mv) will require the volume to... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night - Jenifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat. I bought this on vinyl last week and received it Friday. It's a UK pressing on the RCA, and even though it's light weight vinyl, it's a superb pressing. It is so much better than my CD which I've... | |
| Do audiophiles have a high divorce rate? yes Jeff, of course, I was very, very young ;-] | |
| Do audiophiles have a high divorce rate? I'm going on 30 years married to one woman . . . | |
| Bedini 150/150 mkII question I can't answer your "feed forward" question technically, but I was on the phone once with Gary Bedini regarding my Bedini 100/100. I asked him how it's possible that a pure class A amp could run as cool as my 100/100 (it never gets hot - especiall... | |
| Telling Left from Right on unlabeled RCA cables I would just do a continuity check (ie with a multi-meter) from one of the headshell leads to the RCA. The red headshell lead is the right channel +, green is right channel -. Pick either one, and test to the RCA + or - accordingly. This takes 15 ... | |
| First song to "Blow You Away"... The very first? I'm not sure I can remember back that far, but it's a good bet it was either Eric Clapton "Layla", or maybe Traffic "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys". | |
| Progressive Rock So he was the guy behind Blackfield too? I have only heard Blackfield and Porcupine Tree by listening to some internet streaming prog rock stationsThe "Blackfield" cd is a must have - it has excellent sonics, and the music is all excellent. | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? I second the Bedini recommendation - Vitalik's discription is right on. I haven't tried their pasta sauce however . . . | |
| How many pair of speakers do you own? WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE GREAT RESPONSES AND AMAZING # OF SPEAKERS YOU GUYS HAVE,. . .well the thing that we aren't talking about which makes this even more decadent is that most of these sets of speakers have a full complement of electronics to d... | |
| Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue Another artist you may like is Philip Catherine. While he's not really like Miles "Kind of Blue", I think he appeals to those who like that genre. I would start with 1) "Transparence", and 2) "Philip Catherine/Bert Joris Brussels Jazz Orchestra - ... | |
| How many pair of speakers do you own? Why? there are probably 2 basic reasons - 1) There are multiple rooms in my house (plus a vacation house) that I want to be in at various times and don't want to be without music.2) I enjoy the contrasting qualities of different speakers/systems -... | |
| How many pair of speakers do you own? 6 pairs that matter. There's a bunch of stragglers around here that aren't worth talking about, and eventually will be liquidated. |