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| Tweak Pink Himalayan Salt Lamps. Guess I need to check the telegraph wires coming into my cave.....I had to go on Amazon just to see what the hell a Himalayan salt lamp was 🤔 | |
| Question/Help Needed: Boomer who is totally inexperienced with DACs and streamers. Another boomer here who also recently got into audio streaming. I went with the Cambridge Audio CXN-V2 network streamer for the simple reason that most of the reviewers stated that it was an excellent first unit with surprisingly good sound. I wil... | |
| Hooked up Shiit Mani incorrectly horsestuff OP No guarantees, but amps generally have fairly robust input circuits since they are designed to work with variable volume. They might have survived the onslaught. It's definitely a good sign that the hum is absent with no input source. | |
| Hooked up Shiit Mani incorrectly perkri The output of a phono cartridge is much lower than a standard line output, so it needs to be boosted for the preamp stage to be able to process it. The phono inputs on preamps and integrated amps sends the phono signal to an internal phono ... | |
| Are you on or off? What say you?  I'm with llg98ljk. At my age, all I would be doing is buying it for someone else, and I have no heirs who would even know what half the gear is for, including my wife. Luckily, I am also very content with my current setup, and the 'maybe I shou... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? If it was earned through good, honest work and/or innovation rather then inheritance, I have never felt inclined to begrudge a wealthy person their prosperity. They were willing to work a lot harder than I ever cared to, so they deserve to reward ... | |
| Have you asked yourself this question? I don’t actually own a ’streamer’. Aside from a few LP’s, the upgraded 2 tb SSD in my Sony HAPZ1ES holds every single track I own. I run a toslink feed from my Spectrum receiver to my system for their music channels for when I want the random ’rad... | |
| Scent of an Audio Store I miss the true audio stores from the 60's and 70's. I would hit one several times a year to peruse the latest gear I couldn't afford. | |
| Running a Vacuum Cleaner near Tubes erik_squires I use the Furman SPR-20i conditioner regulator in my system. Our neighborhood power grid has a bad habit of just blinking off and on for no apparent reason. I have actually found that the protection switch has tripped on it after tha... | |
| Running a Vacuum Cleaner near Tubes I've got my system about as isolated as possible while still relying on the grid. It runs on a dedicated 20 amp circuit through a one to one isolation transformer into a line conditioner/voltage regulator before being passed on to my gear. Even wi... | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? I would have to go with James Taylor, for both his lyrics and his playing style. Watching him on a stage by himself, it's amazing how much musicality can come from just one single artist. A runner up would be Randy Newman, an amazing wordsmith and... | |
| 10 gauge power cord. Too much power for tube amp? Just to clear up any misconceptions about AC supply from a wall outlet. If you connect a properly operating tube amp, or any other amp to a 20 amp AC wall outlet, with a 20 amp rated cord, and that device only requires 3.5 amps to run, all it’s go... | |
| Can you touch the tubes? For those of you who would still rather wear gloves to pull tubes, these are perfect. A pair came with my PrimaLuna amp. They have gripper 'dots' on the thumb and fingers for a nice positive grip on the tube. I use them even though I agree with mo... | |
| Warm Up Time/Cost of Operation dinov There really is no need to run an amp 24/7 unless you’re listening to it. Apart from the electricity usage, there’s too much wear and tear on the components in terms of heat. I know A lot of audiophiles leave ss gear on but not me. That’s m... | |
| Primer on SSD and internal hard drives As others have noted, HDD (hard disc drives) are yesteryear gear and SSD (solid state Drives) are current technology. Another bonus of the SSD is that it is pretty much impervious to outside interference like vibration. Stick with good brands like... |