photon46
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| How often to apply wax,to cabinet? Wax, once applied, doesn't go anywhere unless removed by friction or abrasion. No need to reapply as far as the protective aspects go unless you're rubbing it off somehow. I would not agree that wax is the ideal panacea for wood care. Veneers can ... | |
| Has iTunes, etc. impacted your listening habits? Yep, the iTunes thing has affected me. We have one iMac at work that has over 12,000 songs on it in every genre except classical. We have it connected to a network shared with everyone in the Fine Arts visual arts dept. at the university where I w... | |
| Dealing with HVAC vent air flow noise? Essentialaudio, that's right. The blower is 17 speeds & programable with two differential stages. The plan is to reduce the blower speeds in the first differential stage when there's a 1 degrees variance from the programmed thermostat setting.... | |
| Dealing with HVAC vent air flow noise? We're going to have the contractor start by making adjustments to the blower speed programming. While researching the issue, I found www.softairediffusers.com offers airflow diffusers that look to be of interest to anyone looking to tame noisy ven... | |
| Dealing with HVAC vent air flow noise? Nsgarch, thanks for the tip. I'll look into the OBD's immediately. I'd hoped that a change of diffuser would help. That will be less expensive than duct work for sure. Jeffrey, glad to know you're getting good results solving a similar problem. We... | |
| Advice on iTunes Settings for the BIG RIP. Jayboard, when you pull down the menu for Itunes "preferences," go to "advanced," then look at "burning." There you have a menu selection for creating gap times between songs. I set my default to no gap. Otherwise, tracks that flow into the follow... | |
| Life after Maggies? Jack-dotson, I agree with you about the Ushers. They were on my short list of considered replacments for 1.6's. I thought they were very well made, quite musical and transparent, and beautiful as could be wished for at their price point. | |
| Luxman vs. Accuphase I used a Luxman L430 integrated amp for several years and I still have it as a backup in case an amp or preamp goes down. The L430 is quite heavy, it's well made and the only thing that's ever failed are some of the numerous small light bulbs in t... | |
| Life after Maggies? I owned & loved Maggie SMGa's & 1.6's for over a decade before moving on last year to dynamic speakers. We've moved and my new listening area is considerably bigger than previously was the case, so our situation isn't analagous in that res... | |
| Best of Hearing Aids for deaf Audiophiles? Huh??? I can only relate my wife's experience. Thankfully, my hearing is still excellent at 53. She has a new set of Siemens Acuris Life digital behind the ear aids. The electronics are in a very small & light behind the ear capsule, the amplified so... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? I get to listen to live jazz, classical, & choral music in our university's music department several times a week, and I tell you this: live music of all kinds is LOUD. it takes a lot of power to even come close to recreating a live event. Now... | |
| 2" maple shelf or 3" one:sound different? When I replaced the 1 3/4" thick maple platform under my VPI Scout with a 3" thick one, there was an improvement. It was not nearly the order of magnitude of improvement that I got going from no platform to the thinner platform though. My listenin... | |
| PS audio hca 2 feedback... I would say the differences in my system were well worth $800. Of course, the better the rest of your system resolves, the more you will hear the differences. With that caveat, I'd say that all of the problems that 10Audio.com groused about in the... | |
| New VPI Scout. Output balance question I have a hard time believing it is anything other than a cartridge related issue. When you are looking straight towards the front of the cartridge, if the cantilver is deformed only in plane/axis that's parallel to the surface of the record, you c... | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? If you are of a mind to DIY, Cryo-Parts sells excellent quality materials for a DIY cord that will cost you about $120.00 each. I built two five foot cords with their Cryo-Max II ac cable and Furutech cryoed connectors that bowled me over with the... |