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    Sound levels in your listening space

    Using a simple Dynaudio SPL app on my iPhone, confirmed with Radio Shack digital meter, the background sound level in my living room with no music on and forced air system off, is 30db. When I listen to my system as background music, the level is 50-55db. When I sit down for serious listening...
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    Subwoofer placement

    After a several year, covid-caused hiatus, I took my family to the Metropolitan Opera last night for the final 2022 performance of Mozart’s Le Nozze de Figaro. The performance was wonderful, most especially Ying Fang in the role of Susanna, an incredible young talent. But I write here to share a...
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    Anti Skating?

    Retired and Covid-bound, I am spending more time listening to vinyl. Years ago, my beloved, original Transfiguration Temper somehow lost its tip and was replaced with a wonderful Lyra Skala cartridge. This recent deep dive into my record collection led me to revisit the Transfiguration situation...
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    What it's all about?

    I have loved records for as long as I can remember. The music is the main thing, but the technology was always fascinating. What voodoo magic is it that allows a diamond dragged through a spinning piece of plastic to elicit a very good facsimile of the real thing? I’ve also always been...
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    XDS1 V3 Upgrade

    Anyone had this upgrade done?
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    Audio note cables for the maximally self-indulgent

    SOOTTO interconnects - 99.99% pure silver in 110 strands - Big, bold, clear, and still beautiful – arguably the most ‘real’ sounding AN cable - not at all clinical, just stunningly present - scary good stuff. Even just one pair near the head end of a system can be an existential joy: I’ve got...

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