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| What music have you been buying lately? System of a Down: Toxicity - Very entertaining (not enough of the MTV satan repenting type sound, however).The White Stripes: White Blood Cells - Again, not enought of that tasty MTV mojo.Boulez Conducts Bartok (Sony SACD) - Hoochie Mama!The 'Ston... | |
| Good but not so well known harmonica blues bands. Does Segal/Schwall qualify as 'not so well known'? | |
| How do I reduce the overall gain in my preamp ? I owned an ARC LS-1 and also had to tame this monster!Call Lenard (at the ARC factory) and tell him your problem.He sent me a diagram of the solder traces (bottom of circuit board) and told me where to sever a trace to reduce overall gain (it work... | |
| How to use Accubias feature on Onkyo tape deck? I own the TA-2090 which has this feature. From memory, just insert a tape and push the accubias button. The machine does the rest! I believe you'll want to set the recording level to an appropriate level and also turn down the volume on your pream... | |
| What did he say? Misunderstood lyrics. Rzado: The coolest guys hang around this site. Thanks! | |
| What did he say? Misunderstood lyrics. Rzado: It's at the 4 minute, 22 seconds mark.R. Plant: "She's smhfteumsnethbtoso 'o" "She saw the back of my door"Regards,Ken | |
| What did he say? Misunderstood lyrics. A 30 year argument: Led Zeppelin III, Song: Gallows Pole - Friend thinks Robert Plant is saying: "She's so ugly though" I say "No he's not" (but can't understand what is said). Anyone at the recording session? | |
| how old is too old when buying speakers? Aside from abuse, THE part of concern is/are the capacitors in the crosover. They, reportedly, have a ten year life.Peace-on-Earth | |
| Where have the long-time regulars gone? That's the thing about freedom: Taking the good with the bad. The owners of this site decided freedom was "Too risky" and turned it off (censorship). The fire burned bright for awhile (remember the 60's?) but, as usual, the restraints of reality s... | |
| What speakers with Audio Research VT-100 Start with the Thiel 1.6's. The Totem Hawk would probably be a good match also. Stick with first-order crossovers. | |
| Out on the tiles...with speaker spikes. If your room is "on the slab" (concrete) you probably don't need spikes. From what I've read, spikes are best used on floaty, loose (i.e. wooden) floors or to provide acoustic isolation for us apartment "dwellers". | |
| Help On Dunlavy's Hearing the Dunlavy SC-IV's the first time was one of the most paradigm shattering events in my listening career! Setup included: ARC VT-130 & LS-2B, CEC disk spinner, Theta decoder and Dunlavy wire (can't vouch for A/C conditioning, etc.). No... | |
| Can anyone tell me about CD demagnatizers? I bought Bedini for $150 and sold it for $50. I don't miss it... | |
| Why vinyl? I'm with you. I love CD's and the digital technology. Once the music is numberized, the possibilities are unlimited! The best vinyl may have an edge (over redbook), but the future belongs to digital. I think vinyl persists because digital takes th... | |
| What's wrong with my Adcom ACE-515? These take 30-60 seconds to activate -are you waiting long enough after turn on? Also, I have one of the (two) AC cords plugged into the unit itself (can't remember why -s'been about 12 years since purchase... I suggest reading the owners manual. |