jhills
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| Cable curmudgeon There is a reason the OP likes the bell wire: Single strand copper conductors in a. thin sleeve - usually PVC, but can sometimes be found with the much preferred polyethylene sleeve. It’s cheep and in short runs, does a great job at transmitting a... | |
| Cable curmudgeon @erictal4075 Looking forward to it :-) | |
| Cable curmudgeon @newbee In my younger days, I spent many of long nights of practice and most weekends on stage doing gigs with our local rock band to earn extra money. We set up and mixed all our own equipment and at the end of a three hour show we had to tear ... | |
| Cable curmudgeon @thyname This is funny and ironic. Apologizing to the OP? 😂😂 Never occurred to you that the OP is the issue here, and the subsequent follow through. Disgusting 🤮 Wow, judging from this post and many of your others, here as of late, I'm starting ... | |
| Cable curmudgeon @twoleftears So would a whole bunch of bibs and bobs be a month of sundries? Professionally or subjectively speaking? | |
| Cable curmudgeon @terry9 +++ It seems that, on this forum, those who have an opinion based on their experience as a musician, recording engineer, equipment technician or otherwise professionally involved in music or it’s production, receive the most amount of ire... | |
| “House” Character of Popular $20-$30k Speakers @nyev my main issue with panels is that they ONLY sound good (and really good) in the sweet spot. Not at all what I've found. In fact, I find my Maggies, after detail to placement and set up, to image off axis better than any box speaker I've hea... | |
| The Law of Accelerating Returns @ghdprenticeThe incredible positive reinforcement I have received by attention to detail and paying attention to what stuff sounds like has been so rewarding it is amazing. I can agree. I greatly enjoy exploring and auditioning fine audio gear, ... | |
| The Law of Accelerating Returns I Can't quite determine if OCD is a pre-requisite to becoming an Audiophile or is an affliction brought on by being one. Not that I don't believe in matching components and speakers to work together; not that I don't believe in proper set up of r... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? Just my 2 cents: Worked with several internationals from India (all very intelligent and well educated) some had family come over from India for a tour of USA and spent a few days at our work site. Joquime introduced his family visitors by name a... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? @Ryder In general, I think your assessment is pretty accurate. Regardless of cost or allocation of costs, I think, aside from one's overall budget, some important things to consider: 1) Matching your speakers to the size, aesthetics, and overa... | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 Sorry if already mentioned and I missed, but, if you can find used anywhere available to you, an Ayre AX-5 or AX-5e (not the newer 20 series) The original AX-5, to my ears, for ultra detailed diamond speakers like the B&W Ds and the Raidho dia... | |
| Fedex and Ups Damage thread @coltrane1 Even with very good packing, trusting the shipment of high dollar Jazz Archtop guitars to Fedx or UPS and never having an issue, I would say not only were you lucky but maybe charmed. Except for the speakers mentioned, which were total... | |
| Fedex and Ups Damage thread Small, double boxes well packaged items ie. CDPs, CD transports, etc I’ve had good luck with. Several years ago I bought, from a seller with a record of good feedback, a pair of B&W 802, Matrix II Speakers, to be shipped half way across the c... | |
| Electric cars will ruin late night listening? Sometimes I think we spend more time listening for and obsessing about noise than we do listening to music. I live in sunny hot AZ where everyone has large power hungry HVAC units. I also have one that, in the summer, day and night, runs most of ... |