forestg
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| Collectibles signed by musicians. What do you have? That’s fantastic! You guys have some cool stuff! Over the years, I’ve acquired a few artist signed things, mostly from being at their show and seeing or meeting them afterwards. A signed CD from Mark Wood, CD signed by Amy Helm, a couple of albu... | |
| What should I look for when purchasing a quality album? I would encourage you to create an account in Discogs (free), and even use it to catalogue the albums you have. Most albums have multiple releases, and sorting through all the releases to find the one you have is an educational experience. I learn... | |
| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? I still go to live shows, but I’m far more picky about who I go see than I used to be. I have to really want to see them. And I try to make an event out of it. If the show is in a new city, I’ll make a weekend of it and check out the area. As a ... | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Man, these are great! I have to mention Edgar Winter from the live Roadwork album, Tobacco Road. | |
| Help with hiss @2psyop Thanks for sharing. I’m really sorry to hear of your experience. Mine has been the complete opposite. I’m sure there’s stories of great successes and not so great in every manufacturer’s history. I’m glad you found your resolve and are bac... | |
| Help with hiss @campoly Similar story. These monos started life as Stratos and later upgraded to Kismet status. I think. I brought them to Klaus and said “do something”. He did. They sound great. @boxcarman Thank you for that. I do have a couple of pieces I co... | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? @chester_bunger Sure! I have the NIOSH SLM app on my iPhone and iPad. I’m sure they make one for Android. I think it works well. | |
| Help with hiss @tee_dee I may have to spend the rest of my life figuring this out! It can’t stay like this! @wturkey Thanks! I may have one left over when I had to chase a ground loop hum in my (home theater) subwoofer. @panzrwagn Thank you so much for this! V... | |
| Help with hiss @ditusa Hi Mike, The Loki does have a wall wart. I’ll unplug it to see if that helps. I have several components that use wall wart style power supplies. I’ll check them all while I’m at it. I had thought of the bias issue. I’ve read several discu... | |
| Help with hiss @audiojan Thank you so much for that! I do what I can to route the cables that way. It’s quite a mess back there without a lot of room to spread things out like they should be. I am cognizant of it, though. I will also do as you suggest and discon... | |
| Help with hiss @erik_squires Oh, I did not take it that way at all!🙏🏻 I think I was trying to address the very real issue of shielded vs. unshielded. I’m not sure which of the cables are which, but it will be very easy to get that information. I’m afraid my Bric... | |
| Help with hiss @erik_squires I had that thought as well. I didn’t so much change any cables, but I did add a cable around Christmas time. I got a Schiit Loki for Christmas, so I broke out a pair of Raven Audio cables to use to put the Loki in the system. Unfortu... | |
| Help with hiss Man, I am so appreciative for all these suggestions and help! I knew I came to the right place! @erik_squires As far as the LED thing, this is a large kitchen ceiling light that I converted from 2x4’ fluorescent bulbs to 2 LED bulbs. I didn’t rep... | |
| Help with hiss @nd1der All the rest of my gear is plugged in to a Brick Wall, which is plugged into the same circuit. This includes the Mac laptop that I use for steaming. Knowing that computers can cause issues, I unplugged that from the Brick Wall with no rel... | |
| Help with hiss @carlsbad2 I had given that some thought, and I agree that it is likely upstream from the amps/speakers. Question: my preamp is a tube pre that is not on or in standby mode. It is plugged in, but fully “off”. Could it still create a problem? Than... |