photon46
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| Finger Prints on Records I think it's also possible that some of us have more acidic skin oils than others. I worked in a Mercedes Benz dealership many years ago and I noticed that certain customers would have steering wheels that were absolutely worn smooth, all texture ... | |
| Baby name opinion.... LOL, I just told my wife about your idea. She laughed and said it reminded her of the time she had parents who named their two daughters after their passion: "Margarita" and "Tequila." | |
| Baby name opinion.... My wife has taught first grade for thirty years and she's seen more than her share of "creative" names. Your proposed name would definitely be the kind of name that gets a kid tagged as unusual, which isn't usually what most kids want. Fitting in ... | |
| Beatles Remasters? Unless I am mistaken, the biggest impediment to all your hopes are the incredibly thorny business problems involving the Beatles catalog. EMI music & the Beatles Apple corp have long standing issues to be resolved and Mr. McCartney & Ms. O... | |
| Time Warner Cable Converter box I had a LOT of problems with my Scientific Atlanta receiver/dvr. I had to take back half a dozen boxes to get one that wasn't buggy. A Google on these receivers will let you know you're not alone if you've got problems. I did manage to find online... | |
| Is it the transport or DAC that enables HDCD/Red? As to the original poster's question about small footprint dacs that decode HDCD, the only brand I'm aware of are the Assemblage 2 series. They were in a half width chassis like PS Audio uses for their current small component series. I've got one ... | |
| Polish? One thing you might check into are polishing cloths made for fine watches. You can buy these for polishing & restoring any sort of metal finish you find on watches or jewelry. Watchpolishing.com sells about every kind of specialty polishing it... | |
| Regular Cardas interconnects for VPI? In my system, I've definitely had problems with hum and radio interception using unshielded interconnects. Tried several brands of unshielded cables with the same poor results. | |
| Cartridge shelf life? In the past, I researched this topic on various forums as I was interested in trying some well regarded cartridges from years ago. It doesn't seem there is any definitive answer to the question from the various experiences people have had. More of... | |
| Cartridge shelf life? What type of storage conditions were the Sumiko & Linn enjoying their hiatus in? Environmental factors play a big role in the degradation of many elastomer materials. A sealed box, kept in cool conditions, is an environment less apt to cause h... | |
| Best 6DJ8 tubes? Go over to Audiocircle.com and check out electronic engineer Roger Modjeski's exposition about 6DJ8/6922 differences in the Music Reference section of postings. Basically, there is not any substantive difference. Depending on manufacturing toleran... | |
| I'm a Consumer Reports sort of guy. Is there a pla Another brand that pays a lot of attention to reliability and sound engineering is Music Reference. Their owner/designer Roger Modjeski sounds off frequently about the compromised reliability and poor design he sees in audio products. | |
| Miles Davis Newbe Question Miles was a complicated artist and his career was long. If you want to learn about his music, go to Allmusic.com and do an artist search. Spend a little time checking out the discography section for a good overview of his music. I agree with Eliza... | |
| VPI Scoutmaster vs. Pro-ject RM10 Something was probably not optimal in the setup of the Scout. Properly set up, "hard" and "congested" are adjectives that would never occur to me as applicable to the Scout. I found the Scout to be extremely sensitive to what it sits on. If it sit... | |
| I've got a PS Audio GCC-250 on the way. Mistake?? Nathanso, I've gone through three HCA-2 amp versions now. ( 1 stock, 2 modified versions.) Believe me, there is a LOT of unrealized sonic potential in the stock HCA-2. If you were to try something like Cullen Circuits mod package with your HCA-2, ... |