paulwp
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| Are You Satisfied? If you have tubes in your system, can you ever be satisfied? First off, they start wearing out immediately and you always have to worry about when do they need replacing. Secondly, there are so many different flavors of NOS tubes, you can never be... | |
| Have you tried the ART SLA-1 amp yet? Sean, your post is too long. Frankly, I was surprised that someone who worries so much about the ethics of audio reviewing wasn't offended by the original thread. I was glad to see your apology above The problem here is that everyone (me too, now)... | |
| Where does one obtain lead shot to fill stands A product called "Soundbytes" is supposed to be good. I use unscented kitty litter, which you can find at your local supermarket, cheap. Works fine. Oh, and it was recommended to me by a friendly high end retailer, not one of those "wire is wire" ... | |
| Calculating Wire gauge? Oops, I meant 23, and I could have edited it if Sean weren't up at 3 am. | |
| Calculating Wire gauge? No, more like about 22. Find the the cross section area in this chart for the awg and go up the same column to double the area. (I just found this chart with a quick search, and don't mean to recommend the website. It's just that this chart shows ... | |
| 8 Time Grammy Award Winner? For Real? Just saw Norah singing on Willie Nelson's birthday party tv show. Really enjoyed her performance on my no-fi tv. I like her a lot more now. | |
| 8 Time Grammy Award Winner? For Real? Hmm, I thought it was clear from the structure of my response, but in the first point "2" of the message to which I responded, DB said the lp is better than the cd. I have no idea if that's true, or care, but just to be friendly I thought I'd poin... | |
| 8 Time Grammy Award Winner? For Real? DB, some comments, but first let me say that I just played this cd again, first time for my wife, and she thought it was pretty interesting and enjoyable. She thinks Diana Krall performs elevator music, has a very good ear and knows a lot about mu... | |
| 8 Time Grammy Award Winner? For Real? First, Grammys are awarded for performers, doesnt matter if they write songs. Second, they are awarded for commercial successes - some of the best albums ever didnt receive Grammys because that's not what it's about - it's a way to promote the ind... | |
| Soundstaging and imaging are audiophile fictions. "Rich timbre" ??? What on earth is that? Jeff, I agree that timbral accuracy, tonal accuracy, clarity and dynamics are what's important. But surely, soundstaging in the sense of depth and general localization are heard in live performances, unless... | |
| Speaker stand height It depends on the speaker. Ask the manufacturer, and don't listen to people who generalize from their experience with other speakers (except Sean's comments above are good because he talks about some of the variables). I have two different models ... | |
| What's more important; sound or brand name? You seem to have all name brand components. Although I have no opinion regarding your cables, I wouldn't find fault with any component in your system. The Sony's are great speakers, and I think you can safely ignore anyone who says your system isn... | |
| Harbeth C7- Tube or solid state power? Mark, I don't think you can get more or better bass doing anything to the stand, except de-coupling the speaker from the stand by just using someting soft like a towel or a computer mouse pad might help. I doubt that filling the stand will give yo... | |
| Why the limit on warranty to subsequent purchasor? A warranty to an original purchaser is a cost of marketing a new unit. A manufacturer usually doesnt need to offer a warranty to the original buyer's buyer to get the original buyer to buy the unit in the first place. Some, like Bryston, use the l... | |
| Your favorite three Rolling Stones songs? I just saw this thread and took out my recently purchased 40 Licks cd (at Costco), but one of my favorites isnt on it.If you don't limit yourself to their own compositions (following Rosstaman's example above); It's All Over Now, Satisfaction and ... |