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| Shaggy rug Pet-friendly alternative to a shaggy rug for room acoustics? simple. Audio room is a pet-exclusion zone. | |
| I am not a robot 1 - as many days as you have left in the matrix 2 - what objective truth do you have that you are human and not an AI simulation? 3 - Do AI/bots have to prove they’re NOT human when logging in to networks/websites? | |
| Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hide your d*ad girlfriend in a suitcase and skip the country day again? I missed another one. | |
| PART ll: To All Klipsch Heritage Fans DOH! 2023… Amp is from around 2003. Thanks. | |
| PART ll: To All Klipsch Heritage Fans I bought a good, used Tektron TK2 2A3/45 amp about five years ago, recapped it (same brand, newer generation) and used it for a couple years with a pair of new (circa 2003) Klipsch Heresy IV speakers. Sounded great for the space they were in. Goo... | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? The “one” track? One of many I use/play is Michael Hedges’ “Aerial Boundaries,” from an original 1984 Windham Hill LP, WH-1032 Having seen him play this on several occasions and played the LP a few dozen times since ‘84 I have a good sense of ho... | |
| DAC to pair with Eversolo DMP-A6 I bought an ES DMP A-6 last February, played around with various settings on it, then added a Centaurus R2R DAC. My two cents? It made a YUGE difference. I bought a Denafrips Pontus 15th and the seller never sent the unit, meanwhile there were “s... | |
| Most Paid for Vinyl LP “Elemental” from Tears for Fears. I got a mint, sealed copy for $178 two years ago after seeing the same LP selling for nearly $500 elsewhere. So far that’s the most I’ve paid for a single disc. | |
| Stretching out with other worldly and US jazz influenced music Anyone here a Go Go Penguin fan? I heard them about six months ago and took a couple days finding/buying all their albums. Also fun: Crimson Jazz Trio, and The Jazz Side Of The Moon by Seamus Blake, Sam Yahel, Mike Moreno, Ari Hoenig, | |
| Tape Preservation Article I had a patient years ago who was an archivist with the Library of Congress. He brought me copies of the Nixon WH tapes, Johnny Cash/June Carter, Duke Ellington and several other WH concert performances done during that era - things never release... | |
| Finding a Great Sounding FM Tuner I’m an FM guy since at least a decade before Steely Dan did the song for the movie in ‘78. Ive owned a handful, recapped, tuned snd fixed the drift problem on several ADCOM GFT-555 (II’s? It’s packed up) then someone mentioned Technics ST-9038 whi... | |
| Vintage Solid-State Audio Reliability I had this period where I was rebuilding Acoustic Control corporation guitar/bass amps (271/371) sets (the whole thing, recapping, matching output transistors, paint, tolex, reconing speakers, refinishing to near-new specs) about 25 years ago. tho... | |
| FM Radio, anyone? @jasonbourne71 WUSF… home of The Underground Railroad At least while I lived in St. Pete from ‘65-‘75. I LOVED that station. Attended several of their riverfront festivals too. They were the only station around playing things like Procol Haru... | |
| Reel to Reel Options I grew up around RtR decks, my brother had one (2-track 3.75/7.5 ips A77, 1971) he brought back from ‘nam (via Heidelberg Audio Club) which I inherited along with a boxload of recordings. Deck was working until I picked it up, set it down, and one... | |
| Case in point: a $90,000 power cord by ASUNZ @bigtwin or pay out of. |