garfish
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| What songs make you cry? Estmad; have you ever heard "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack-- beautiful, sad, but also sensuous (sensual?). "Walkin' the Backstreets" by Koko Taylor. Also, Cowboy Junkies "Powder Finger".Then there are a bunch of country/wes... | |
| How many dedicated lines? Sean and Liguy; Thanks for the input re grounding. I've got a call into the electrical company that installed my system to clarify this grounding issue. Craig. | |
| How many dedicated lines? Liguy; I had my whole dedicated system installed by a licensed electrician from a reputable business here in Oregon, and they had no problem with grounding the sub-main box. I assume you're referring to my post? Craig. | |
| How many dedicated lines? As Bob (above) suggests, wire really is directional soundwise. I put in a sub-main and then ran four dedicated lines from the sub-main to four Hubbell duplex outlets.Well the 60 ft. of stranded 6 ga. wire from the main to the sub-main was definite... | |
| what is it like to mix tube and solid.. Tube pre-amps with solid state amps is an excellent way to come close to the best of both worlds, and it is what I use. Some also use a solid state pre-amp and a tube amp-- IMO this often gives a more "tubey" sound. But of course it depends on the... | |
| "powercord" saves 5-disc from dumpster Elizabeth; thanks for the excellent description, I'm impressed with your initiative and ability-- guess I need to spend more time inside my components. Cheers. Craig | |
| Best tube pre under 1500? Either Sonic Frontiers Line 1, about $1200. used, or Line 2 maybe available for $1500. used. Actually, they sound a lot alike. These are excellent pre-amps with great headphone sections, and a cool full function remote. Sound is on the neutral/acc... | |
| I am Not hurting anything right ?? Vandersteen 2Ces, 3As, and 3A sigs. all sound better bi-wired, and Richard Vandersteen recommends bi-wiring. His speakers were designed for bi-wiring. Cheers. Craig | |
| "powercord" saves 5-disc from dumpster Elizabeth; I have a CA9ES in a 2nd system also. This may be a dumb question, but did you replace the stock cord yourself? and does Zucable make a replacement PC that just "bolts in?" In other words, how did you do it? Thanks. Craig | |
| Tiptoes vs rubber bottle stoppers: When? Elizabeth; You're probably gonna' have to experiment with the bottle stoppers to come up with what you like best; maybe try different sizes-- a good idea BTW. I think Redkiwi is probably the best source of info. on resonance control. If your threa... | |
| does mixing kill the soundstage? Hi A71spud; Great thread, and my thanks to all the above posters who took time to explain modern recording techniques. Now I know how JJ Cale can sing in the center of the stage and still lay down the guitar "hot licks" off to the left. Cheers. Craig | |
| gear My approach is much like Megasam's, ie two systems, and I swap between them. Although not too long ago I owned 5 CD players/transports. I also have 4 amps, but they are pairs. I'd probably collect equipment like Sean, but don't have the storage sp... | |
| I live in a large cement room... ..... Got to www.tubetrap.com for ASC products. Craig | |
| I live in a large cement room... Jay; nice to see someone with a thick skin AND a sense of humor. I've had success using various ASC products in a more conventional 14 X 22 wood room-- mostly 11" X 4 ft. tube traps and 15" X 5 ft. panel traps.In your situation, I'd want to use 16... | |
| Cowboy Junkies "Open" opinions Rhljazz; I've just got to add my two cents worth to this thread. I finally got the CJ "Open" CD, and I agree with all those who have expressed disappointment in it-- no signed copy either %#@*%!@. I don't even know how to describe it's generally p... |