photon46
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| Pulling the trigger on pricey equipment +1 on what Roxy54 said. I always want to talk on the phone with someone from whom I'm buying something expensive. Arranging palletized shipping is not something I'd want to be nonchalant about. Paypal offers the most buyer protection of any paymen... | |
| Jimi Hendrix on PBS "American Masters" Thanks for the heads up. | |
| Does anyone like country Not a huge fan of the genre, but for whatever reason, I REALLY like Dwight Yoakam. Except for a couple of minor releases, I've got every cd or lp he's issued. When George Jones died I was listening to NPR's coverage of his life and it piqued my cu... | |
| Objective vs. Placebo relating to system changes In the sort of test you propose, I'd be willing to bet money on hearing the swap of my amp, preamp, phono cartridge, or speakers. The differences between my Luxman and Arcam cd players don't make themselves immediately obvious. Nor do changes to c... | |
| Replacing the stock power cable of the TT A number of P3 owners weighed in on this subject here: http://forums.naimaudio.com/topic/rega-planar-3-upgrades | |
| Replacing the stock power cable of the TT The job of your turntable motor is to do one thing only, spin accurately at a given speed. I don't see how a power cord upgrade that provides noise isolation is going to improve speed accuracy. Comparing a cd player or other component that creates... | |
| Why is Dynaudio so much cheaper in Europe? There are a number of posts here that seem based on incomplete understanding of the difficulties involved in achieving long term longevity if you are specialty manufacturer of goods with a limited market. If a manufacturer's parts cost to retail r... | |
| Has anyone tried making their own interconnects? Here's a thread on this subject that was running last year on Audiocircle. The packing tape/Kapton interconnect is a very good sounding bargain interconnect IF you can get away with using unshielded wire in your location. Not everyone can, obvious... | |
| Joseph Audio Pearls? Goldprint, you are correct. I shouldn't respond to threads until my morning caffeine has kicked in! | |
| Joseph Audio Pearls? I went back to Joseph Audio's room at Axpona several times to listen to the Pearls. They were a very well balanced speaker but (naturally for a monitor) lacked gravitas in the lower registers. Supplemented with a good subwoofer, I could live with ... | |
| cd player that forgives bad cd recordings It seems to me that these are contradictory goals. A system or components that reveals great recordings in all their glory isn't going to undergo a sonic transformation and suddenly roll off the sharp transients and sweeten edgy sound that mars su... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Williewonka, sorry to have misinterpreted your post and hijacked your thread. Needfreestuff, GIK was one of the firms I consulted and they did indeed recommend fat bass traps on the wall immediately behind my heaad. Problem is, they are visually i... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Peter, the acoustic designers I consulted seemed to feel that unless one uses massive amounts of bass trapping behind the listening position, one can't effectively ameliorate the total adverse influence of the rear wall. Out of curiosity, how clos... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? After corresponding with a couple of acoustic treatment purveyors, I have despaired of finding any aesthetically acceptable rear wall treatment. Everything recommended is always some four inch or greater thickness monstrosity that looks like someo... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 and Nuforce Reference 18 If I were still a Maggie owner with worries about what my unsupervised kitty would do, I'd think about making something like a protective sandwich of Gatorfoam that could be quickly attached and removed with velcro tabs. The veneer fascia on the G... |