twl
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| Who R U? My name is Tom Lyons, I'm 46, single, and live in East Tennessee. I started in audio at about 12 with the usual junk and progressed from there. I've lived in NJ,MI,IL,DC,VA,FL,and TN. After high school I joined a privateer Lotus 23 racing team and... | |
| Which Stax headphones- best bang for the buck I had the Lambda/Class A amp combo and thought it was great. I also used the headphone amp as a preamp for my regular system since it was also designed for that purpose. I eventually got out of headphones because I preferred to feel the music thro... | |
| What are the best sounding classical CDs The Mercury Living Presence Label is back on CD. As many viny-philes know, the MLP recordings are some of the best ever made. Judicious care was taken in the recording process, including using a single pair of Neumann tube powered mikes(no multi-m... | |
| B&O Beomaster 8000 The 8000 is a pretty good receiver, but it is not going to give much of todays audiophile gear much competition. Even when the 8000 was new, it was just a higher end mid-fi. If you don't already have one, I don't think I would go trying to search ... | |
| Do "Tube Rings" really work? They work, but some people do not like the result. Some say it makes the music sound sterile and lifeless. Others are very happy with them. The only way to really know is to try some and see(hear). The Hal-O brand that is advertised here on the Au... | |
| What is your most anal audio habit? I do something to mess up my imaging, just so I can fix it again and say,"Ahhhhh!" | |
| What's wrong with my system? I read your last question on this topic and really have no ideas on what is wrong.I don't want you to think your being ignored, so all that I might recommend is to try to remove one of the sources at a time and see if the problem clears up. If it ... | |
| Determining Bad Tubes Joe, all tubes will do that when you tap on them. Don't do it anymore. It is not good for them. The sound you heard is microphonics and all tubes are subject to various levels of it. This generally is not heard when the source is muted, although i... | |
| rave review on AR home theatre speaker system If you check around to find out how much a "piano finish" costs to have done professionally, there isn't much money left for the rest of the speaker. Think about it. This is eye-candy for the living room. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1988 Jaguar XJ-S V-12 convertible. Love it. It is the most car for the money on the used market today. My dream car? A 1966 Ferrari 275GTB4 NART Spyder. | |
| Turntable/arm short list suggestions, please. Ejcj, I do not own a Linn, but know about the design. I don't understand your comments about it being outdated. Just about all the newer tables out there are merely copies of the Linn with fancy looking plinths. The precision bearing assy. with po... | |
| Burning in my Sony DVP-S9000ES -- best approach Dw00, Thanks for passing on that emergency history screen info. I tried it and got exactly what you stated. That was a great thing to know. I wrote it down on the back of my user's manual. Thanks again. | |
| Have you tried "doping" your speaker cones? Sean, this is great fun. I am noticing large heighth improvements also. Sometimes, I think it might be too high. The drums are low, where they should be, and the instruments and voices are at middle height and about natural proportion and location... | |
| Info on compound/isobaric woofers for DIYers? The primary purpose of Isobarik bass loading is to achieve deeper bass response in a smaller than ideal cabinet by isolating the radiating woofer from the air "spring" in the box by a second driven woofer mounted in a sealed chamber behind it. Thi... | |
| speaker cables for carver amazing III - help My advice is to try various things to get an idea what the system sounds like and where you need to go. This may sound ludicrous to some out there, but I would start with some heavy cheap zip cord or budget cable, and then compare to a more "prope... |