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| Speakers that are RAP music proof What you want is a large array of 6X9 Spark-o-Matics, for that 20% bass pre-distortion, to easier emulate the sound of rattling car interior panels. I just love that distant farting sound that so tunefully emits from a 95 Lexus...maybe it's the fa... | |
| Hurricane Irene ...annual washing? Eew... It was rather wet and rainy here in Albany. My rain gauge read 6.4", and the local NWS office recorded a peak wind gust of 59 MPH. Everything stayed in one piece, the power stayed on, and the sump pump ran. Now if the Moh... | |
| Saw Steely Dan I agree with your assessment regarding Steely Dan, Bill. Not so much with Dylan; while I've seen him several times over the years with performances ranging from OK to mesmerizing, the last time I saw him (around 8 years ago) the SOB played for 55 ... | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? "...with the ability to drive long cables also came the ability to obviate the artifact of the cable itself- so the length and cost of the cable has no bearing on the sound of the system".Ralph, Are you suggesting that Atmasphere owners could sell... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... Keithr - As much as I want to like it, the new Bon Iver LP just isn't doing it for me. While I enjoy some of the tunes, there's something rather detached and distant about it, and it simply doesn't give me the emotion that the first LP has in spad... | |
| Teflon washers for cart, were can I get these? Agreed regarding source of Teflon washers, and the superiority of stainless steel in that application. Most metal washers are stamped, and hence have a perfectly smooth side to them, which should face the headshell - the other side has a slight ra... | |
| Tri-Planar with no anti-skate? Lewm, I am talking about an increase in VTF by a tiny amount - considerably less than a hundredth of a gram. At the same time, when we speak of measuring THD as it relates to AS what is it exactly we are hearing? I think on the TP, the AS dogleg c... | |
| Tri-Planar with no anti-skate? Same cart, same arm, different table. Ultimately, I found that I preferred the increased resolution over the added sense of body, weight or gravity to the note; as such, I've removed the monofilament and dogleg completely. I've found that adding a... | |
| A good start on selecting cables? Mceljo- I agree. In fact blind recommendations (usually via forums, magazine reviews, etc) plus the placebo of 'it costs more so it must be better' have kept many a cable manufacturer in business for a long time. Being purely objective in one's as... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 Thus Far:Cave Singers - No WitchBill Callahan - ApocalypseDestroyer - KaputtPaul Simon - So Beautiful or So WhatOkkervil River - I Am Very FarFleet Foxes - Helplessness BluesAll on LP. | |
| A good start on selecting cables? The Cable Company seconded; you can go through a lot of cables, listen, and finally decide which you'd like to buy - in a situation like yours, it's the only way to go unless you enjoy spending a lot of money for naught. Every system is different,... | |
| Phono preamp comparison: Herron vs. K&K While I can't comment directly, as I've always owned the fully "Maxxed-Out" version of the K&K - I will say that every incremental upgrade I've installed over the years has reaped huge dividends on the overall sound - better from top to bottom... | |
| Hammond b-3 organ I agree fully with Zaikesman's assessment of Potato Hole. I literally played it twice (to make sure), and sold it. | |
| Phono preamp comparison: Herron vs. K&K One thing I point out to everyone who tries the K&K: give it time to break in. The change up to around 200 hours of actual signal time is monumental. Things continue to get better up to about 4-500 hours. There's a lot of transformer wire in t... | |
| Pink Floyd "I've had the Pink Floyd library in hi-rez for decades. It's called vinyl."Too funny, and spot-on accurate! |