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| Is anybody listening to 12" vinyl 45 rpm singles? I have Soft Cell's Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go and it's very good. Bill | |
| An Audio Amateur's question about McIntosh Audio Mcintosh has been contentious in hifi circles for decades. I think it started in the seventies. One of the biggest gurus in the hifi publishing world (maybe Julian Hirsch?) panned a Mcintosh in a review and Mcintosh took strong exception. The a... | |
| NOS tubes I worked at Intel in the 70s and 80s and processed many JAN products. They were processed to JAN specifications but were physically the same as other parts. They had a more rigorous burn-in and were tested to tighter specs than the normal produc... | |
| Anyone ever replaced a tweeter in B&W Formation Duo speaker B&W offers a help line on their website which can probably answer your questions. My 801Ns use a similar mounting for their tweeters and while I haven't removed the complete tweeter unit I have replaced the tweeter itself in one of them and... | |
| Anyone ever replaced a tweeter in B&W Formation Duo speaker Per AI you have to access the tweeter assembly from the underneath by removing the mid/woofer driver first and accessing the tweeter mounting from inside the cabinet. Apparently there is a nut holding the assembly to the cabinet. Bill | |
| Moving Magnet Phono Cartridges @travbrow Good to know there are other Empire folks. I still have my 2000Z and played around with it a few years ago with a NOS stylus. Still sounds pretty good. Bill | |
| Moving Magnet Phono Cartridges The first cartridge I bought was an Empire 2000Z which I thought was pretty exceptional at the time. Many hours of happy listening. But nobody here seems to give Empire much thought. Any other Empire fans out there? Bill | |
| Grado wood cartridge update I hope the assembly quality improves. My Ref 3 which I obtained through the trade-up program just isn't made as nicely as the old Ref I traded in. The cutout in the wood body for the motor assembly is visibly (slightly) out of line and the stylu... | |
| Can I jumper across amp speaker outs to a 2nd amp's spkr outs? Thank you @jetter. This is why I only have 132 posts in a quarter-century of membership. Bill | |
| Can I jumper across amp speaker outs to a 2nd amp's spkr outs? @devinplombier Thanks for the reply. It helps somewhat in answering my question. I realize that there is no cut-and-dried answer. Bill | |
| Can I jumper across amp speaker outs to a 2nd amp's spkr outs? @devinplombier You are correct and that was part of my answer to my great-nephew but it doesn't answer the question as to what might happen and why. Bill | |
| Can I jumper across amp speaker outs to a 2nd amp's spkr outs? I would also like to know actual outcome. My great nephew asked me about possible liabilities connecting 2 amps and using 1 at a time a few years ago. I strongly discouraged doing so but could not supply a good answer as to why other than the ce... | |
| Is there any reason not to have tube phono stage ? Lewm brought up a good point about gain. There are far fewer tube phono stages with high gain. So, for me it is situational. Bill | |
| Dahlquist DQ20 woofer refoaming Whoops--price mentioned was for DQ-12. DQ-20 kit is listed for $32. Bill | |
| Dahlquist DQ20 woofer refoaming If you are handy with your hands, consider refoaming them yourself. Kits are readily available and pretty inexpensive. I refoamed a pair of their smaller DQ speakers, DQ-12s with 8 inch woofers. It turned out to be an interesting project, not v... |