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| We are buying and reviewing gear all wrong The joy is about liking to listen. And liking to listen to other systems. Yet I would be bummed if I could not A/B test speakers or amplifiers every now and then and revert back if I wasn't super-happy with an upgrade and talk to someone about i... | |
| DC Offset Blocker/Killer - where to buy in the USA This experience is saddening. I have direct experience in Residential Electrical as well as solid state electrical design and build. Do not buy extraneous equipment to solve this issue if you live in a house. I know the Mac is heavy but are you... | |
| KEF LS50 or Wharfedale Reva 2 -- which would you buy? OP, nice DRA-825R...big toroid transformer. The 825 and the 1025 had the 'round' black transformer covers conspicuously inside. I bought an 825 brand new back when they made them (ahem) but found a DRA-1025RA a few years ago and that has been i... | |
| Looking for suggestions on best small footprint speaker under $4K For the OP I think its a matter of deciding do you want a bookshelf 2-way sound or do you want to approach full range (and how the listening room will accept the acoustics of either). Even from Monitor Audio or B&W, it changes the product lin... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl Vinyl destroys itself every time you play it. That's why "in the day", enthusiasts would put the 2nd or 3rd needle drop on reel-to-reel and listen to that while keeping the source material carefully filed away in the plain view 'collection'. | |
| Filter capacitor issue I've never seen mention of buss bar in solid state circuit design, only in reference to service panels which go on the outsides of homes. But to your query, I hope you can create a safe working environment for yourself before doing any more work.... | |
| CD ripping for the lower end. Get an Airport Express to sit with your stereo system. Or you can have a really, really long optical cable. Airport Express has a jack on the back that takes a mini-cable, but also takes a slim size optical out in the same slot...not everyone kn... | |
| Another amateur in need of advice It depends on if your vinyl is new pressings of newer music or vintage or repressed older music. During late 1980s the common media to the public shifted from 'records' to CDs. During that crossover period, many sound engineers where thinking vi... |