oldrooney
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| Should Audiogon forum dealers be held to a different standard? I’m not sure about instituting different standards for dealers. Should we also institute standards to differentiate between ‘experts’ and ‘noobs?’ Personally, I find I welcome posts from dealers, especially when they self-identify. When it is an o... | |
| Best turntable for the buck @audioguy85 +1 on the Music Hall products, I purchased a used mmf-5.3 for all the reasons you listed. Solved all my vinyl playback issues and looks great on the shelf. | |
| Interesting ASR review of small GR Research speaker kit @james633 Thank you for a helpful contribution to the discussion, and especially for identifying those qualities of any speaker that are important and that can be measured. Speaker designers and those who evaluate speaker designs have learned to t... | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers +1 on Sarah Brightman and whoever played Giilda in the Metropoloitan Opera’s recent production of Rigoletto (which was on PBS yesterday afternoon 6/21/22), her duets with the title character were just amazing. I would be interested in listening to... | |
| What type of wire for dedicated 20A AC lines? Install a transformer between your feed and theirs? | |
| Can moving wire location at circuit breaker reduce hum? @auidiodebe When you write I’ve had numerous electronic components hum in this particular room. In the room just next door, dead quiet. I can see why you asked the question as you did. While using a tester is a good suggestion, the tool is often... | |
| Does remote control degrade the sound of tube preamps? $600 to $1,000 for the Volume Control? Good Grief! No wonder the reviewers take the time to talk about them. I thought the cost was $50 to $100 before we start talking about ‘knob feel.’ | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy I like my original Auralic Aries, purchased used, with its ultra quiet power supply. I’ve only had it for a couple of months now to, like you, check out what this streaming is all about. Auralic recommends a wireless connection, so I bought a seco... | |
| Hey - What Happened to the Beware of Viking Acoustics Thread @rdk777 I stand corrected. I really don’t know what to think now. I don’t have any relationship with the manufacturer in question, and agree very much with @woodsage that he he should never have gotten himself in the spot he’s in. But as curious a... | |
| Hey - What Happened to the Beware of Viking Acoustics Thread David’s response above seems pretty factual to me. Case closed, as far as I can tell. | |
| High current power cables @Clearthinker Thank you for the clarification. I will add, that as a newcomer to this site, and renewing an interest in audio that began in High School, I have an interest in learning more about how these things work. But I have to say that I’m ha... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works @jea48 Thanks for the links, Jim. Upon review, rcrumps concern and method was to make certain that each hot wire and each return wire was oriented in the opposite direction so as to maximize the current-carrying advantages of the wire’s direction.... | |
| Disadvantages of buying old solid state. I found the theory of balanced interconnects and differential amplification attractive, and when I’m building my own cables, I like the XLR connectors. I sometimes find it tough to keep the conductors from shorting out within the confines of the R... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works @rodman99999 I managed to get through the first page of the discussion you referenced and there had already been two pleas to steer it off to a siding. I noted that ‘This discussion is closed’ sign. I don’t believe that discussion had anywhere to... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works I can tell I’ve gotten to the end of this thread. Disappointing, really, to witness what was a fairly edifying discussion devolve into childish ‘mine is bigger than yours.’ |