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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
After all, Jim Bongiorno did build a very fine flagship digital tuner (first as a GAS product, subsequently under his SUMO brand) -- and name it Charlie.
Charlie the Tuner.
Charlie the Tuner.
mhardy6647
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Re: What did you do to your stereo rig today?
Rotated into my main system a Technics SL-J33 turntable that I rescued from a downsizing friend. It's a linear tracking, automatic, quartz direct drive system with programmable playing capabilities. It scans records for size, identifies the cuts, and can be instructed to play them in select order. Also equipped with a Grado Green cartridge. Works and sounds great! Really nice for free.
agingboomer
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Re: You’re doing it wrong…
We still have one of the Eagle 4wd vehicles driving around town. Dude has taken care of it. I only see it in the summer. It obviously hasn't seen our salt lick winter streets.
pitdogg2
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Re: You’re doing it wrong…
It's wrong because they didn't caulk around the siding, right?
No, because the screws are on the same side. Ease of maintenance is critical.
CGTIII
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Re: 12 gauge wire
Going from 18 awg to 12 awg, you probably did. notice a true difference. This is especially true for long runs. I had started out with 18' runs of (caugh caugh) Monster Cable XP (they don't say but seemed like 16 awg) from BB because it was affordable, it seemed better than regular lamp cord and I was a skeptic about fancy speaker cables.
I thought about upgrading to 12 awg or maybe 10 awg Blue Jeans but found a great deal on bulk AudioQuest SLiP DB 2/14, which is nothing too fancy but is 14 awg, plus it looks better and is a more boujee brand than Monster. I also relocated my amp to shorten the run to 12'. I figured it might be a little louder and maybe a little more bass control given the lower impedance benefitting the damping factor but wasm't really expecting anything. To my surprise, the bass did tighten up, and the sound stage opened a bit. The biggest benefit was that I now liked my LSi15 that I struggled to convince myself that they sounded good and thought of getting rid of them. The bass that always seemed disconnected from the top end now integrated nicely. So I'll keep them.
Everything matters. The question is, how much?
I thought about upgrading to 12 awg or maybe 10 awg Blue Jeans but found a great deal on bulk AudioQuest SLiP DB 2/14, which is nothing too fancy but is 14 awg, plus it looks better and is a more boujee brand than Monster. I also relocated my amp to shorten the run to 12'. I figured it might be a little louder and maybe a little more bass control given the lower impedance benefitting the damping factor but wasm't really expecting anything. To my surprise, the bass did tighten up, and the sound stage opened a bit. The biggest benefit was that I now liked my LSi15 that I struggled to convince myself that they sounded good and thought of getting rid of them. The bass that always seemed disconnected from the top end now integrated nicely. So I'll keep them.
Everything matters. The question is, how much?
skrol
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