elizabeth
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| Gremlins Emerge with Switch to Windows 7 Why not KEEP your old PC just for music?Makes sense to me. | |
| How loud is loud, What DB is actually loud? Right now on my Radio Shack meter at my chair, 50dB average "C" rated. Listening to Teleman Oboe concertos. Sound is wonderful, and my neighbors don't get bothered in the early A.M.So I would say 50dB is the bottom end of real listening, any lower... | |
| Why no heated gear? The heat is a byproduct of the electrical current flowing through the stuff. It is waste and just needs to be gotten rid of. I would say in analogy is like trying to say wearing a heated blanket is (in the same vein) the equivalent of doing warm u... | |
| What about 7"45's anybody still listen to them? I knew someone who was a DJ. They had tens of thousands of 45's stacked on poles in thier basement! Doubt they ever play one of them.I never buy 45's except 12" 45s! | |
| Upgrade amp for Infinity RSIIs I had owned Infinity RSIIa's for almost twenty years, from new. I got tired of them and sold them for parts!! (the EMIMS alone are worth more as parts than the whole speaker was)Anyway, The Forte is a good amp. get it upgraded. (I am just selling ... | |
| How essential is shielding? How to know if a cable is shielded.Well, usually you can just LOOK at a picture of the cable. Most interconnects that are shielded are coaxial, a smooth round cross section. Most non-shieded are just wires, usually woven or twisted together. Kimbe... | |
| Analog Preview? Dave is correct. If the pre-echo is exactly one revolution of the LP before the same music starts, it is a phenomenon of the grooves. When the pressing is made, the 'next door' groove with affect the one next to it. How or why I havent a clue. (It... | |
| biwire trick Hmmmm. I will have to try it and SEE! Theory is great for arguing. Trying it is the test of whether it works or not (for me, with my system and it's limitations, and my limitations!) | |
| $6 Million Dollar Man? If i were a billionaire.. i would probably have something almost as outlandish. Different, but just as crazy.i sure would not be using MAC, i would have MBL stuff in at least one room with those double stacked MBl X101 extreme ($250,000 a pair) al... | |
| Can clicks and pops blow a tweeter? Clicks and pops on an LP are not going to blow a tweeter.The big pop from an LP may be a warning (if it is actually a pinprick type of damage in the vinyl) that the LP is gonna rip the tip off your cartridge! but most scratches will not damage the... | |
| How essential is shielding? Agree with 'it all depends on your surroundings'.Other than that, the cable without shielding (if it is not needed) will be better than the one with shielding, because the shielding interferes with the EMF of the signal. So if you use cable risers... | |
| What I learned on Audiogon This Year This is a great site if you want to know more about;Stereo amplifiers, preamps, CD players, Turntables, carts, mounting carts, which cart to use with which TT, FM tuners, phono preamps, speakers, fixing stuff, is it worth fixing stuff, speaker cab... | |
| Two Amplifiers Connected in Parallel? Biamping is a perennial topic, and it is usally asked by folks who know very little about it, except it 'sound' (inthier hhead at least) exciting and sophisticated. Biamping is neither of those things.If you are going to BUY two amps, your are ALW... | |
| power amp questions for the B&W 805d I believe Classe' is owed by the same people as B&W.Classe' IS a good choice anyway, along with Pass.As for too much power? most folks say no such thing as too much.If you are buying new amps, then John Curl Parasound JC1, and Bryston 'squared... | |
| What I learned on Audiogon This Year these are lifelong learning experiences...1) that all audiophiles are a little crazy (including me)2) that if something arrives damaged, it is ALWAYS the other persons fault.3) that anyone can make really, really expensive cables AND sell them, IF... |