elizabeth
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| Stax headphone amp with non-Stax headphones. Probably not.If the Stax headphone amp is for the Stax electrostatic earphones no way.Electrostatic earphones have TOTALLY different sorts of electrical perameters.So I would bet you would instantly FRY your normal headphones if you experimented w... | |
| ARC Ref 3 preamp - updates or concerns The REF 3 has an hours in use counter built in...And a comment on the 97% of new price for the Audio Research SP-10 is a very unusual phenomenon.A few products now and then have such a glorious mystique built up around them that the prices just cl... | |
| Class A to XX Watts Well, there are ears, and then there are 'other' ears.Also some folks go for certain 'buzz' words in there equipment.I can remember when distortion was the big word, then slew rate... endless.The great thing is we all can have a choice.Pure class ... | |
| Which is a better choice? New, or used preamp? Used.I bought an Audio Research Sp-15 for $1,500. here a few years ago. (It is a two chassis pre new was $6,000.It is solid state with a nice (3) tubed phono stage. Another preamp i bought used off Agon was a VAC Standard with remote for $1,500. N... | |
| Tom Waits Bad? If you like grunge bar rock He' good at that.Tom Waits is a good songwriter, for what he writes about.Tom Waits is an aquired taste.Once in awhile I like to listen to him.Just like once in awhile I like to get tottaly blotto.Not very often, but wh... | |
| Where stands the music of Chet Baker with you? I really do not care for Chet Baker's singing.He is just too self absorbed and self indulgent for me to listen to him sing.I hear him and feel he is singing to himself in a mirror.His emotional displaay is very shallow with (in his own mind) "deep... | |
| ever been duped ordering "new" CDs on Amazon? I have bought a few CDs of hard to ffind stuff off Amazon. I always only buy cheap ones anyway.The few times I felt ripped off i said so to the seller, and got an immediate refund.New CDs have always been great.The negative things for me have been... | |
| Are Mcintosh Tube Amps really all that? MAC, Conrad Johnson, ARC. The big three of classic tube amps.Then also Marantz and DynacoNow add in BAT and a bunch of other 'new' quality builders..McIntosh has spanned the generations though. So I would allow it it the 'number one' in that it ha... | |
| New Tweek - Has anyone ever tried this? Agree it it the "Tice Clock" effect.Which is "thinking it could make a difference actually DOES make it different for the user.Autosuggestion is my guess at the root cause of any effect.And I am believer in tweaks, and not a doubter.BUt I have to ... | |
| Magnepan fuse voltage Two Magnepan forums are available.The one connected to Audio Asylum, Planar Asylum.And then In Audio Circle also. | |
| Reciver/Integrated same sound? Certain companies have had a certain 'sound' they are noted for.Nakamichi didLuxman did,Some companies have two tier like Poineer and EliteOr Sony and Sony ESOnkyo and Integra.So many have a 'house' sound which is in all the prroducts.And then man... | |
| effect of speakers in the corner Well the placement is mainly goingto reinforce the lower frequencies.Depending on your preferences, that can be Ok or not.If you want to reduce the bass then yeah you need something to dampen the bass waves.One cheap classic is piles of newspapers... | |
| Movies/TV Shows Look like Video Edge enhancement is what it usually is calledI am certain plenty of proprietary names are used with slight variations. But basically it creates a 'hard' edge between colors.Makes the picture 'POP' out of the screen more, and fools some into thinki... | |
| Where to find steel footers? Cheap as can be is to buy some ordinary ball bearings, and use a cheap steel washer under to keep the ball bearings in placeMy being a natural cheapskate helps...An alternate would be various other materials for the small washer.Nearly endless pos... | |
| Pressing Issues Well, one way to actually cheack if it is tape print through or caused by adjacent track formation:The mater tape print through will not be a perfect one lp rotation ahead of the actual track.Where if it IS adjacent track issue then the faint modu... |