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I woke up from a nap a few minutes ago, thinking of this - how to describe a bad speaker. I'm tired of breathless, gushy praise for speakers in audio magazines. I'll start, so you can see where I'm coming from, and please add to it. First, the superlatives: Source output and speaker output -...

Some of the stops are near the homes of some forum members. https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

The display on the CDP of my main system is too small. I got inspired today, and decided to see if binoculars would help. I tried Bushnell, Sans & Streiffe and Jason units before an Empire that just barely focused on the display. Another heck-speriment crowned with success.

I was gifted an expensive Marantz DVD/CD player some time ago. It sounds great, but it fails to load a lot of CD's. The mechanism loads OK, but it sits there flashing "LOADING" while making whirring sounds. Then "00000000000000" appears on the readout. Maybe that's too many zeroes, but you...

Folks, try to stock up on food this summer, as food prices will go up this fall:

Some weeks ago, I bought a used FX Audio 6J1 preamp. It's very simple, with one input and one output. I replaced the stock Chinese tubes with new-old-stock joint-army-navy Sylvania 5654W tubes. There was an ear-itating hum however, and it was there with all the power supplies I tried. Then...

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Be careful out there, folks. https://allthatsinteresting.com/engineer-accidentally-takes-lsd?utm_campaign=fbpdtyc&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

This man may well enjoy his music more than any of us.

A couple of years ago, I was gifted an Escient Fireball DVDM-100, along with a Sony 400-disc changer. The Escient unit is meant to control the Sony, but can also act as a DVR, internet radio tuner and preamp. I was intrigued, but gave away the Sony and put the Escient away. Yesterday, I dug...

Well, the photos in the ad looked sort of promising, so we went. In the living room was a B & O 3000, so I took a look at that. I could not see a stylus so I looked closer - no cartridge, but I could see the connector pins. $175, and I knew the cost would go up from there, if it even worked...

I bought them all at a garage sale among some other things, but only the small bookshelf speakers worked out. So...what I have is as follows: Marc Bolan in America - 1972 VBAC 3001 10-inch black vinyl with photo front and back limited edition interview picture disc disc is very slightly dished...

...so I'm listening to some Word Jazz in remembrance: https://archive.org/details/WordJazzRadio15 His was a rare talent.

Probably the most unusual record in my collection! In post WWII Russia, Stalin banned the possession of any western music. All records allowed in the country had to be of Russian composers. But there was an underground hungry for Western popular music—everything from jazz and blues to rock &...

I'm calling for a boycott on Rick's Drum Shop.

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/how-electric-guitar-was-born/580969/

The other day, I stubbed the toes of my right foot on a box I only thought was far enough out of the way. The next day, I went downstairs to close the blinds in the den, and I glided back towards the stairs...barefoot in the dark. I misjudged how close I was to the fireplace...and to the...

Months ago, I was given a Dual CS 627Q. The lift mech is frozen, but I can deal with that. The second of the "dual" problems is that the Ortofon cartridge is integrated with a plastic piece that locks into the headshell. The cartridge was broken off, but a bit of super glue fixed it. The...

The other day I ran into a fellow who lives not far away. I had gone to his garage sale and bought a tuner from him before. We got to talking, and he mentioned a Superphon pre he had, and I was interested right away. I drove him home, listened to it, and he let me take it home. It actually...

A "query" is a large hole in the ground from which we derive...answers. With that said, I have a query for the forum. Years ago, for lack of space, I stored my Cyrus amp and its PSX power supply in a shed in the backyard. Yeah...(hangs head)...summer and winter. When I eventually sent it to...