whart
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| Black backgrounds and such I heard it when i upgraded my turntable - from a Kuzma Reference/Triplanar to the bigger, much heavier Kuzma XL with Airline (lateral tracking) arm. There was less a sense of a turntable spinning-- what i'd call a 'halo' around the sound. Not exa... | |
| chinese counterfeitng It's been a big problem for a while. Think about the airplane you are flying in--what if some part had been inadvertently installed from counterfeit sources? (I don't know that there have been any instances of crash/failure resulting from this but... | |
| Am I hearing things? There are others here with real technical expertise in electrical systems, I can only respond anecdotally. When I moved to a new/old house, I installed an entire subsystem for the electrical, and even before the big isolation transformer arrived a... | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? @shadowcat2016- Right on. @n80-at the risk of appearing to shill, Jim Smith's book will help. | |
| What do people place on their platter for dust protection An unused record. | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? On sorting out the difference between different kinds of "footers" or "isolation," here's a pretty good explanation from Gary Koh that made the rounds a while ago-- you can extrapolate from what he describes beyond loudspeakers: [url]http://www.g... | |
| Polite Rules for discussing Audio related things @inna- Anarchy in the NYC bank/corporate law world was wearing a rakish necktie. It’s all relative. I have one dear friend who was part of the big firm/financial services scene- he is now an Internet muckraker who lives in the edgy part of Kowloon... | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? @n80- I guess you can ’stack’ equipment, but I always thought that was bad practice for a variety of reasons- heat, interference among components, etc. And your amp, though on wooden strips, is still cushioned by the carpeting- better, I think to ... | |
| Polite Rules for discussing Audio related things This thread is starting to get interesting. I just sent somebody that interview on Harry Dean Stanton's view of life~ in a word, there is no meaning to anything except that which we attribute to it. It's here: [url]https://flashbak.com/the-zen-of-... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? @rettrussell- Welcome to Audiogon since it appears that was your first post. The recent LZ reissues on vinyl are fine and probably better than trashed old copies found in most used record bins. But, if you compare the reissue to an RL of II (or th... | |
| Polite Rules for discussing Audio related things @jond- I don’t disagree. I just find that gear talk is different than music and takes us down a different road. Sometimes, not always, the upset is due in part to the difficulties in communication. People talk past each other, they don’t read ever... | |
| Polite Rules for discussing Audio related things @jond- I think the explanation underscores how little the discussions of equipment relate (directly) to music-- it’s gear talk. And, I suppose even if one were talking about the music itself, one could find disagreement about best performances, an... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? Amazon is probably the least granular in terms of specific issue information and if it is a third party seller, I'm not sure how easy it is to communicate with them. I have gotten a few surprises via Amazon though- buying reissued vinyl, used and ... | |
| Polite Rules for discussing Audio related things @ron1319- think of it as a giant, dysfunctional family. At least you don't have to show up for Thanksgiving or eat Aunt Tilda's 3 bean salad.@erik_squires - Erik, in my experience, snark and downright craziness has been part of the Internet since ... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? @n80- I too am a big fan of blues, both the old rural stuff (I buy transcriptions, I don’t play 78s) as well as the electric era (from Chicago ’50s era to British blues revival). If you like crushing blues rock, try Barbed Wire Sandwich by Black C... |