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| Whats playing on your system today? Reorganization and cleaning session. It's pretty much been Galactic and Lettuce... | |
| AA for us Like the cowboy that stopped smoking by switching to dip......I have been focusing on the record collection. I don't recommend going off trail in this manner. Do you have any idea how many variants of DSOTM are out there? | |
| Speaker wire impedance? Speaker impedance? While on the subject of speaker cables.... Do not neatly coil excess speaker (or interconnects) wire, this is, in effect, making a coil, AKA "choke", and will definitely affect impedance. If you have excess wire it is better to have that extra wir... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? splurged on a Nina Simone Picture Disc for framing, so a couple of my mono and stereo copies of "Jazz As Played In An Exclusive Side Street Club" Doris Troy "Just One Look" Real Gone Music RGM-1397 repress Jonathon Richman ATML "Back In You... | |
| Upgrade speakers or DAC SPEAKERS Speakers are where the rubber meets the road | |
| Speaker wire impedance? Speaker impedance? Impedance and resistance are not the same thing. Resistance is a fixed value, a 10 ohm resistor is a 10 ohm resistance a wire has a resistance value per foot.. Impedance, or conductance, is a value that changes in relation to AC circuit behavior.,... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Patric Leonard "It All Comes Down To Mood" Ruudy 6 Records Field Music "(Measure)" Memphis Industries MI 0149 LP Elvis Costello And The Attractions "Blood And Chocolate" Columbia FC 40518 Milan Svoboda "Cesko-Polski Big Band" Supraphon 1... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album I am currently putting Unconscious Collective's "Pleistocene Moon" on Tofu Carnage Records into Sunday morning rotation. Same Genre, more or less: Godspeed You! Black Emperor's catalog, and The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid ... | |
| What is your "holy grail song" that you cannot find? I would like to find Big Head Todd And The Monsters "Another Mayberry" vinyl LP in at least NM condition. Gave the first born for the Ducati 900 SS years ago, but I'll come up with something... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD There are many independent, off label, small label, and self release artists out there releasing on file sharing platforms, but also media. Cassettes and CD's, because of the economies of production will be around for awhile yet. Some artists I fo... | |
| What is your "holy grail song" that you cannot find? for judsauce I found a copy of Bubble Puppy "Wheels Go Round" on One Big Guitar, cat # OBGLP 9004 from a German seller. Hot Smoke And Sassafras opens side 2. It was part of a larger order for me, so was able to spread the cost. Bubble Puppy a... | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets I would suggest, that you have a qualified electrician check for voltage on the neutral, and a clean ground. If your power supply is clean, then buy whatever you want. I have used isolated ground outlets in the past, but I think most "noise" and d... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? Bare wire at the amp end; I test the compression regularly. Bananas at the speaker end, strictly for convenience as I swap speakers, and I don't have much faith in switchers. | |
| New speakers for a new start? Speakers are the most subjective component in your system. Make an effort to audition speakers at brick and mortar stores, hi-fi shows, friends, etc. Reviews can lead you, but let your ears decide. Hopefully you can get a trial period for testing.... | |
| JBL's Marketing Blunder.. I liked the little promo, except the records stored flat, thought she would know better........ |