1: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Can you provide a link to an ASR review of the GT-102? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-09-10, 09:24:20 (74.65.78.43)
My bad. It was in geneal about subjective 'good sounding' but bad measuring gear. .......

2: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: ASM AGAIN (Akitika) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-09-09, 13:27:35 (74.65.78.43)
When speaking of Stereophile I meant it as a general remark rather than specifically for that review. .......

3: Amp/Preamp Asylum, ASM AGAIN (Akitika) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-09-09, 11:53:18 (74.65.78.43)
Disconect between measurements and reviews: Akitika GT102 amp universally praised by multiple online users and has a Steophile'B' rating, yet amir assigns it an 'unrecommended' based on his measuremen .......

4: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Best sounding class D cheap amp (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-08-31, 12:09:00 (24.48.105.168)
Amir in ASR published numbers but no one seems to listen to these cheapo ( Which sound better than others? .......

5: Amp/Preamp Asylum, schitt Saga 2 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-08-16, 08:10:41 (74.65.78.43)
looks exciting any reason to get Kara? .......

6: Classical Court, RE: Is this the performance? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-08-03, 14:11:37 (74.65.78.43)
Thank you! Amazing finale from 27:19 .......

7: Classical Court, Chan (?) and BBC SO play Beethoven5 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-08-03, 12:25:26 (74.65.78.43)
Just heard (on the BBC) the above recording and blinding speed. Any sources for same? .......

8: Inmate Central, RE: Stellantis Threatens to Drop Car Brands That Don't Make Money (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-07-29, 14:36:33 (74.65.78.43)
Perhaps they could try making reliable cars? .......

9: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette schematic (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-07-15, 17:49:38 (74.65.78.43)
It is out with a repair guy, but I am not optomistic. You requested a photo, so here it is. He was shocked (in a negative way) by the workmanship) .......

10: Classical Court, RE: ? Mislabelled CD (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-07-09, 14:06:55 (74.65.78.43)
It happened again! Orff Carmina Burana is labelled Slatkin/St Lois but comes up Ozawa BSO! .......

11: Classical Court, RE: ? Mislabelled CD (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-07-09, 07:14:56 (74.65.78.43)
The track times are close but off by 2-3 seconds. Ghost of Joyce Hatto?!? .......

12: Classical Court, ? Mislabelled CD (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-07-09, 06:29:59 (74.65.78.43)
Just picked up the original Vox/MMG issue of Mussorgsky Pictures/Night allegedly by Slatkin/St. Louis My computer says it is actually by "Richard Van Leeuwen: Utrecht Philharmonic Orchestra" and this .......

13: Digital Drive, RE: A to D without computer? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-29, 06:36:28 (24.53.3.56)
Do A to D converters not require software? .......

14: Inmate Central, RE: How are Australian nukes coming along ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-28, 18:34:52 (24.53.3.56)
more troll .......

15: Inmate Central, RE: How are Australian nukes coming along ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-28, 07:51:59 (24.53.3.56)
troll question .......

16: General Asylum, Shipping WITHIN Canada (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-23, 10:08:29 (24.53.3.56)
Canada Post or UPS? .......

17: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Schitt Syn vs Kara (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-22, 18:14:39 (24.53.3.56)
I really only intend to use 2 channels Trying to find someone in Montreal to repair my WONDERFUL Placette passive .......

18: Inmate Central, RE: Single 600,000 IU dose of nanoemulsion Vitamin D is safe and effective... U - R (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-22, 03:28:42 (74.65.78.43)
The key is 'severely d deficient'. .......

19: Critic's Corner, RE: Engstrom Monica MK3 / FX 01 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-21, 13:19:30 (74.65.78.43)
looks like a $29 aliexpress special? .......

20: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Schitt Syn vs Kara (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-21, 09:24:30 (74.65.78.43)
Used purely in stereo mode, how do they compare? .......

21: Vinyl Asylum, Riddle me this (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-18, 17:39:46 (74.65.78.43)
It is has been said that the ideal turntable mat would mach the physical and acoustical properties of the vinyl record. Why are we not putting an expendable old vinyl record UNDER the record we are pl .......

22: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Thoughts regarding my BGW 250D (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-13, 13:45:11 (74.65.78.43)
I wonder how this 40-50 year old amp would stack up head to head with the latest flavour du jour .......

23: Inmate Central, RE: After more than six months! -nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-08, 14:00:22 (74.65.78.43)
I stand by my statement .......

24: Inmate Central, RE: 210 killed, 400 injured... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-08, 09:24:45 (74.65.78.43)
IF THEy gave up the hostages (most of whom must be dead) And thE terrorist leadership, this would be over .......

25: General Asylum, RE: Here's an old beloved standby (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-05, 12:46:37 (74.65.78.43)
$10 on discogs used .......

26: Vinyl Asylum, RE: 'New' Denon 103 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-04, 03:29:26 (74.65.78.43)
I plan to stick a YSL on my toilet bowl and eBay the contents .......

27: Vinyl Asylum, 'New' Denon 103 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-06-03, 13:55:55 (74.65.78.43)
Denon has just announced a 'designer' Denon 103. For your $549 you get a relabelled stock 103 with a clear plastic shell. Give me a break. I'll wait for the YSL. .......

28: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette schematic (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-31, 14:37:52 (74.65.78.43)
It's in Montreal right now .......

29: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Placette schematic (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-30, 09:11:12 (74.65.78.43)
Looking for schematic for placette passive (3 input) preamp .......

30: Vinyl Asylum, Natural Sound Framingham turntables (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-22, 09:25:14 (74.65.78.43)
Anyone have anything to say about Natural Sound in Framingham Ma re turntable setup/servicing? .......

31: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette repair (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-18, 15:20:23 (74.65.78.43)
It's up in Montreal, so it will have o wait a month .......

32: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette repair (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-18, 12:41:00 (74.65.78.43)
no manual controls .......

33: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette repair (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-18, 12:40:12 (74.65.78.43)
no clicking Abe should I just get a Kara? .......

34: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette repair (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-18, 12:39:32 (74.65.78.43)
no reply .......

35: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette repair (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-15, 10:34:51 (24.53.3.56)
no manual controls rest checks out .......

36: Amp/Preamp Asylum, LSA Group Hyper Drive 2 Tube preamp or Schitt Kara? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-15, 07:26:05 (24.53.3.56)
While my placette is dead or waiting for repair, looking at sub $1K preamps. Need 3 inputs. Both of the above are well under budget. ? Choice? ?others? eg Topping Pre90 + extender .......

37: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Placette repair (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-15, 07:21:18 (24.53.3.56)
My beloved 3 input placette passive preamp has died. The volume toggle still shows changes in volume, so it is getting power, but the input selector does not work. That is to say there is 'no input' a .......

38: Speaker Asylum, Purifi speakers? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-05-14, 12:43:22 (24.53.3.56)
When oh when will there be a commercial finished product made in North America? No sense in shipping monkey coffins halfway around the world. .......

39: Digital Drive, RE: A to D without computer? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-29, 14:29:30 (24.53.3.56)
Do A to D converters not require software? .......

40: Digital Drive, A to D without computer? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-29, 12:35:44 (24.53.3.56)
Looking for analogue in /(non-HDMI) digital out device that does not require additional software or a computer. Want to connect my phono preamp to a digital-only input amp Is there such a thing?? ::: .......

41: Inmate Central, RE: Fabulous autumn weather here now (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-28, 16:46:37 (24.53.3.56)
It snowed 2 days ago here in Montreal (but it did melt right away...no accumulation) .......

42: Critic's Corner, Latest Gramophone Dreams (S'phile) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-25, 07:15:57 (24.53.3.56)
This column, which began as 'Art Dudley Lite' retro/analogue has swung 180 degrees, now reviewing big bucks DACs. 'Ou sont les neiges de autant'? .......

43: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Topping PA5 Review (Short) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-23, 07:01:57 (24.53.3.56)
any reliability issues? .......

44: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The three semifinalists in my poweramp quest. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-21, 17:49:58 (24.53.3.56)
The day of the megabuck amp is drawing to a close .......

45: Inmate Central, RE: "I Do Cars" tears down the Nissan 3-cylinder.... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-14, 13:42:53 (74.65.78.43)
Question; looking at subie, honda, mazda Turbo or not? .......

46: Inmate Central, RE: "I Do Cars" tears down the Nissan 3-cylinder.... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-14, 13:41:30 (74.65.78.43)
back in the day, Chrysler engineers would, for their own use,get a big block engine with a 2 barrel carb. Lowest stress, lots of torque. PreSmog .......

47: Inmate Central, RE: "I Do Cars" tears down the Nissan 3-cylinder.... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-04-14, 11:08:34 (74.65.78.43)
K.I.S.S. .......

48: General Asylum, RE: Help with amp choice for a beginner HiFi system (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-03-29, 08:07:35 (74.65.78.43)
Cheapaudioman .......

49: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: AKITIKA (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-03-21, 08:17:10 (74.65.78.43)
It is oiced with a slight 'sweeetness' which may be what you are describing .......

50: Amp/Preamp Asylum, AKITIKA (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-03-20, 06:33:34 (74.65.78.43)
S'phile Class B amp gets terrible review in ASR: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/akitika-gt-108-stereo-amplifier-kit-review.53112/ .......

51: Inmate Central, RE: The X-15 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-03-18, 06:40:08 (74.65.78.43)
If only it had been further developed...the Shttle was a big mistake .......

52: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Hahaha. A real life experience. Still looking for gold there. nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-03-03, 07:49:54 (74.65.78.43)
? .......

53: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette Audio still operating? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-03-02, 13:52:25 (74.65.78.43)
Abe, looking for IR volume control, the thingy that gets los in the crack of the couch when you re channl-surfing .......

54: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette Audio still operating? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-03-01, 19:53:08 (74.65.78.43)
nope .......

55: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Placette Audio still operating? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-03-01, 07:34:40 (74.65.78.43)
I tried to buy an IR remote for the preamp a few months ago and my payment wa returned. Still in the market. .......

56: Inmate Central, RE: Navalny RIP /nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-02-16, 08:00:03 (74.65.78.43)
Putin=Murderer Calson and Republican hero .......

57: Critic's Corner, RE: Affordability in the Hobby (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-02-13, 12:33:30 (74.65.78.43)
If I was starting out without all my legacy boat anchors Cheapaudioman would be my bible .......

58: General Asylum, RE: SPAM(,SPAM,SPAM (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-02-13, 12:31:09 (74.65.78.43)
just google when i say i got bombed, i mean it! .......

59: General Asylum, SPAM(,SPAM,SPAM (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-02-13, 08:38:47 (74.65.78.43)
just got bombed with 300 pieces of spam that got past my spam filter, + 600 that it caught WTF? .......

60: Classical Court, RE: Seji Ozawa, RIP (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-02-10, 10:39:34 (74.65.78.43)
A beloved figure. My wife sang in his chorus when he was in Toronto and we had BSO tickets for many years and now live near Tanglewood. I am listening to his Chicago 'Rite' and agree with everything p .......

61: General Asylum, RE: Anthony Cordesman obituary (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-02-02, 09:41:28 (74.65.78.43)
;-( .......

62: Inmate Central, Putin & Pearl Harbor (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-01-23, 04:28:30 (74.65.78.43)
Reading recently published "Judgment at Tokyo" about the postwar trials of Japanerse war criminals. Their justification for Pearl Harbor reads like Putin's justification for his 'action'. .......

63: Inmate Central, RE: "If the awareness of Russian colonial crimes in places like Alaska were better known. . . " (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-01-22, 14:56:28 (74.65.78.43)
straw man fallacy ("Whaddabout....." .......

64: Critic's Corner, RE: IMHO, the 25Hz number does not add up (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-01-21, 12:01:21 (24.53.3.56)
JM: if you want to unload these terrible awful Purifi speakers, I could find a home for them .......

65: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Any reason to go for Ortofon DS-3 pressure gauge? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-01-14, 13:36:21 (24.53.3.56)
no .......

66: Inmate Central, RE: I was a card carrying NRA member as a youth (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-01-06, 08:28:19 (74.65.78.43)
Then I grew up .......

67: Inmate Central, RE: 'This Is the Tipping Point' - Canadian Jewish Business Firebombed, Defaced with 'Free Palestine' Graffiti (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2024-01-04, 09:28:22 (74.65.78.43)
They hide behind antizionism, but it has always been antisemitism .......

68: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: How about this one? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-24, 09:07:40 (74.65.78.43)
off topic .......

69: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Down the 'chip amp' rabbit hole... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-24, 09:06:43 (74.65.78.43)
You don't say 'down the tube amp rabbit hole' .......

70: Classical Court, RE: Anyone ordering this? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-23, 19:46:52 (74.65.78.43)
bleeding chunks .......

71: Amp/Preamp Asylum, No flames please (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-23, 09:12:22 (74.65.78.43)
Snobbery aside, has anyone compared the latest chifi TI chip powered amps with the 'high priced spread'? .......

72: Cable Asylum, RE: Accuphase 40th Anniversary Edition ( Cloned ) IC's (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-23, 07:24:56 (74.65.78.43)
So, source/name? How to find these wonder-connects? .......

73: Inmate Central, RE: US military aid to Israel should be diverted to rebuilding Gaza infrastructure (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-21, 11:36:02 (74.65.78.43)
Hamas has spent billions of aid on tunnels and weaponry, yet there are no civilian bomb shelters and it is dependent on Israel for food, water, jobs. It should look like Abu Dabi considering the money .......

74: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best SS amp for $200 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-21, 11:29:12 (74.65.78.43)
..but you haven't heard them all. prejudice .......

75: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best SS amp for $200 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-21, 07:19:00 (74.65.78.43)
Fosi ZA3 just got a rave at cheapaudioman .......

76: Inmate Central, RE: The Fighting Ladies of Israel (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-09, 08:32:47 (67.241.74.101)
Wonder Women! .......

77: Inmate Central, RE: High precision shooting, you say? How about... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-08, 05:57:08 (67.241.74.101)
So, what do you guys recommend for school shootings. Need rapid fire, large magazine, knock down power. Teflon cop-killer bullets would be a plus. LOL .......

78: Inmate Central, RE: A Lesson in Christmas Tree lightbulbs (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-04, 20:53:28 (67.246.17.117)
! .......

79: Inmate Central, RE: OTOH, my car is supposed to be an unreliable piece of shit. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-01, 12:41:37 (67.246.17.117)
They are reporting on a population. We all know someone who won the lottery but..... .......

80: Inmate Central, RE: "Consumer Reports" least reliable vehicles you can (but probably shouldn't) buy... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-01, 09:14:59 (67.246.17.117)
I will not buy a car unless it is in the top third of their recommendations. Their reliability reports are generally accurate. So if they say it's an unreliable POS, no need to pursue it. .......

81: Classical Court, RE: New Ormandy Box Has Arrived! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-01, 09:11:53 (67.246.17.117)
I only heard Ormandy once, conducting the BSO at Symphony Hall, late in his career. The Boston crowd gave him a standing ovation. He looked shocked! .......

82: Digital Drive, RE: Cheap DACs (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-12-01, 09:08:29 (67.246.17.117)
They seem to be ignoring most of the chifi .......

83: Inmate Central, RE: Yep: a vehicle malfunction maybe? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-23, 11:29:34 (67.246.17.117)
Perhaps due to a nut, behind the wheel? .......

84: Inmate Central, RE: Don't forget: India is an intermediary for China (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-23, 09:42:34 (67.246.17.117)
Sanctions rarely work. Fidel blamed the results of mismanagement on US sanctions for years .......

85: Inmate Central, India and the Russia Oil Embargo (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-23, 08:55:15 (67.246.17.117)
According to Eurostat's latest EU imports and exports data, the bloc bought 7.9 million tons of petroleum products from India between January and September this year, which is 2.5 times more than duri .......

86: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Jason Victor Serinus (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-23, 08:29:18 (67.246.17.117)
Stereophile review: Is there an amp that hasn't given him an orgasm? .......

87: Inmate Central, RE: Terrible Accident (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-23, 07:07:08 (67.246.17.117)
Trying to run the border in a Bentley??? .......

88: Inmate Central, Terrible Accident (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-23, 05:47:44 (67.246.17.117)
The explosion on Niagara Falls' Rainbow bridge gives new meaning to the Bentley hood ornament, 'Flying B' .......

89: Classical Court, RE: I am told that the best recording is the "Music Minus One" version (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-22, 09:54:05 (67.246.17.117)
sorry, mine melted in the fireplace .......

90: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Recommend a DAC? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-17, 09:37:58 (24.53.3.56)
Don't spend more that $1500 as it will be obsolete tomorrow Look at Cheapaudioman.com .......

91: Inmate Central, RE: Israeli Heads Up (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-08, 22:45:02 (24.48.87.178)
! .......

92: Inmate Central, RE: Israeli Heads Up (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-08, 22:44:08 (24.48.87.178)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-man-israeli-agents-spent-hours-on-phone-with-me-to-evacuate-targeted-buildings/ .......

93: Inmate Central, Israeli Heads Up (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-08, 13:40:43 (24.48.87.178)
They called civilians warning them of an incipient bombing https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67327079 More than US did at Hiroshima .......

94: Inmate Central, RE: Long term Gaza solution announced... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-08, 06:01:52 (24.48.87.178)
'Monstrous terror organisation': Hamas committed to 'demolishing State of Israel, it's very complex' says France 24 .......

95: Inmate Central, RE: Long term Gaza solution announced... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-07, 17:13:55 (24.48.87.178)
"Let's get this straight, Hamas slaughter unarmed civilians in their houses then hide amongst the Palestinian population claiming Israel is committing genocide. Am I missing something here? ... Just t .......

96: Inmate Central, RE: They need to come to term with Iran to weaken Hamas, no? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-07, 13:49:10 (24.48.87.178)
It is hard to remeber when the alligators are snapping at your heels to drain the swamp .......

97: Inmate Central, RE: Fine summany... and... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-07, 12:37:24 (24.48.87.178)
wish we could show them the video. By the way as a student I hitch-hiked all through the West bank and visited the hospital in Ramallah. This was in between Intifadas. .......

98: Inmate Central, RE: Long term Gaza solution announced... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-07, 10:48:38 (24.48.87.178)
The arabs have turned down multiple 2 state solutions since 1948. In 2005, 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip were unilaterally dismantled and Israeli settlers and army evacuated from inside the .......

99: Digital Drive, RE: I haven't heard it so I'm not kicking myself ;-) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-05, 15:53:49 (67.241.74.101)
I had threshold, audio research etc. Still have a Gustard 26 pro in my other system, which is a as far as I would now go .......

100: Digital Drive, RE: I did something similar with the Topping E30 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-05, 15:51:09 (67.241.74.101)
my E50 is supposed to be better .......

101: Digital Drive, RE: Topping DX3 Pro+ DAC -- Insanely great value for $200 ............ (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-05, 10:46:36 (67.241.74.101)
Most owners of $2K DACs which by now have depreciated to less than half that, must be kicking themselves .......

102: Inmate Central, RE: " they love Israel but hate Jews".... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-11-01, 11:52:55 (67.246.17.117)
The haters have been hiding between the artifice of "Hate Israel, Love Jews" long enough. The mask has fallen away in the past month. .......

103: Inmate Central, RE: Nazilensky in denial about Bandera-kraine's failure on the battlefield - Time (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-31, 19:28:30 (67.246.17.117)
call me when the Russian tanks are on your front lawn .......

104: Inmate Central, accused cornell antisemite (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-31, 19:22:52 (67.246.17.117)
a student! .......

105: Inmate Central, RE: There is going to be only one state -Palestine. Jews will be assimilated (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-30, 08:37:37 (67.246.17.117)
You wish .......

106: Vinyl Asylum, Needed: a genius (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-28, 09:10:12 (67.246.17.117)
The AR turntable in its' day was revolutionary on the KISS principle: it could stand near the best yet was cheap and simple. Where is its' replacement .......

107: Speaker Asylum, RE: My idea for a TOTALLY renovated KLH 20 loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-28, 09:07:16 (67.246.17.117)
Of greater merit would be drop-in parts .......

108: Speaker Asylum, RE: My idea for a TOTALLY renovated KLH 20 loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-28, 09:06:37 (67.246.17.117)
This reminds me of grampa's hammer. Other than a new handle and a new head, it was a certifiable antique .......

109: Inmate Central, RE: When a British sports car is not a British sports car... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-27, 08:58:37 (67.246.17.117)
my 240Z melted in the salt .......

110: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Gainclone amps (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-25, 11:55:09 (67.246.17.117)
My akitika amp is a LM3886 and it made the sterophile B list .......

111: Inmate Central, RE: I had a Mazda RX-2 bought in '74 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-23, 14:32:43 (67.246.17.117)
So did I. My wife, with her hair in curlers, used to blow away the MGBs in the Laguna Hills. Gad a front spacer that transformed the steering. We also have had v. similar stereo gear. .......

112: Digital Drive, RE: New DAC suggestions (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-23, 14:30:31 (67.246.17.117)
You do realize it will be worth $1500 in 3 months? .......

113: Inmate Central, RE: For Ghost and his collection (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-21, 10:25:18 (67.246.17.117)
Victor: You drive a BMW? I thought all the BMW'ers were aggressive hopeless jerks. You must be the exception. By the way, i just sold the 911 after 20+ years. .......

114: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Looking for cartridge recommendations. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-20, 07:49:04 (67.246.17.117)
A denon 103 can be fitted with a boron stylus and a 'profile' tip and will 'punch above its' weight' .......

115: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: About the very well known and revered legacy tube amps (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-15, 11:25:27 (67.246.17.117)
They are all out of the RCA and Mullard handbooks of the 50's, with upgraded parts .......

116: Inmate Central, RE: Some Elans and Europas used Ford engines. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-14, 08:39:29 (67.246.17.117)
My 'Rotus 7' had a Mazda 13B engine (Rotary) .......

117: Inmate Central, RE: Gosh - kind of reminds you of the Warsaw ghetto uprising in WW2. . . (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-13, 21:48:26 (67.246.17.117)
Still sucking up to Putin, Chris? .......

118: Inmate Central, RE: CNN reports online (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-09, 12:33:57 (67.246.17.117)
as I was saying, the initial coverage at 11 am was slanted. Ad hominem remarks don't change anything. .......

119: Inmate Central, RE: CNN reports online (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-08, 15:18:09 (67.246.17.117)
At 11 AM that is how it stood .......

120: Inmate Central, CNN reports online (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-08, 11:57:34 (67.246.17.117)
on dead palestinians. No mention of 600 (so far) dead Israelis .......

121: Inmate Central, RE: I don't mean to divert this thread but what the hell (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-02, 08:56:18 (67.246.17.117)
It was a bit tail-happy. The real and original Tim Horton was drunk and was killed when he lost it in a police chase .......

122: Inmate Central, RE: Old car of the day (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-10-01, 17:04:10 (67.246.17.117)
How do you double the value of a Lada? Fill the tank .......

123: Inmate Central, RE: All the news from Russia (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-09-30, 10:29:22 (67.246.17.117)
Funny her being Ukranian .......

124: Inmate Central, All the news from Russia (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-09-29, 07:03:12 (67.246.17.117)
:-( .......

125: Inmate Central, RE: What kind of seats do you want in your new Mustang?... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-09-23, 13:09:26 (67.246.17.117)
Henry Ford paid his workers a decent wage on the theory that they might buy his products .......

126: Inmate Central, RE: Anti-obesity drugs can shrink more than patients (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-09-23, 08:50:51 (67.246.17.117)
Half price in Canada .......

127: Inmate Central, RE: Were you on a bike or walking? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-09-04, 14:08:22 (67.246.17.117)
15 mph on my bike. 4 blew byr, scared the hell out of me, I almost went off-trail .......

128: Inmate Central, Electric bikes (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-09-04, 10:22:03 (67.246.17.117)
Got scared by several on the bike path going nowhere. They are not getting exercise, and if they want sunshine and fresh air why can't they sit on a bench? What's the point? Get a Harley? .......

129: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Abe ... ASR reviews the NAD C298 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-31, 15:04:09 (67.246.17.117)
A place to start .......

130: Inmate Central, RE: Prigozhin's Honor (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-24, 10:39:04 (67.246.17.117)
Poutine murders anyone who disagrees .......

131: Inmate Central, RE: Prigozhin's Honor (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-23, 18:53:57 (67.246.17.117)
Hey Chris from Lafayette: Here's your chance to weigh in for Poutine .......

132: Inmate Central, RE: So you think you can shoot? There is only one way to find out (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-11, 12:18:55 (67.246.17.117)
I am all for the right to arm bears. .......

133: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Topping TP RA3 Rackmount Amplifier (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-09, 11:15:59 (67.246.17.117)
What about the AMP!?? .......

134: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Topping TP RA3 Rackmount Amplifier (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-08, 09:48:54 (67.246.17.117)
Anyone heard one? Are they available? .......

135: Inmate Central, RE: Pretty obvious the pandemic bicycle boom is over, over, over. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-04, 11:32:34 (24.48.87.178)
speaking of Barbie: .......

136: Inmate Central, RE: The Toyota Land Cruiser is back! And more affordable too.... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-03, 13:37:57 (24.48.87.178)
" If you want to go out...get a Land Rover. If you want to get back, get a Land Cruiser" .......

137: Speaker Asylum, RE: Amp suggestions for Rogers LS-3/5A? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-03, 07:18:39 (24.48.87.178)
There are so many of these speakers. What ohms?? The originals were nominally 16 ohms, which sounds like you'd do best with tubes. .......

138: General Asylum, RE: Wretched excess - tonearms (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-03, 07:16:59 (24.48.87.178)
Oops! VPI has already done it, although not for pennies. Here is a DIY arm which is for pennies: https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?t=111297 .......

139: General Asylum, RE: Wretched excess - tonearms (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-03, 07:14:13 (24.48.87.178)
I am surprised that no one has 3D printed one for pennies. How much can a precision bearing cost anyway? .......

140: Critic's Corner, Talking Heads Reviews (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-08-01, 14:00:41 (24.48.87.178)
So tired of online reviews with talking heads when you could do an executive summary in a page... .......

141: General Asylum, Re: How much $ is too much$ ? Here's one we may be able to agree upon... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-30, 12:23:46 (24.48.87.178)
Average YEARLY US pay for worker in 2022 was $56K. Take it from there. .......

142: Inmate Central, RE: Looked like he had a stroke in mid sentence to me (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-26, 17:13:29 (67.246.17.117)
absence seizure post traumatic brain injury .......

143: Rocky Road, Older than Dirt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-26, 14:16:25 (67.246.17.117)
Jagger is 80! .......

144: Inmate Central, Ukraine-Bound Ships (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-19, 15:21:48 (67.246.17.117)
Poutine has declared open season on these. What are the chances of Turkish escorts? .......

145: Inmate Central, RE: 2007 iPhone sells for $190,000 USD (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-19, 13:06:54 (67.246.17.117)
gotta be money laundering how much for an abacus? .......

146: Inmate Central, RE: When I was in Hungary last year , my friend said it were Ukrainian troops massacring Budapest in 1956 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-13, 13:55:19 (67.246.17.117)
They were "USSR" troops tho .......

147: Inmate Central, RE: A very thoughtful opinion on NATO (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-13, 11:05:22 (67.246.17.117)
Free ex-Soviet countries are all opposed. Hungary has a kleptofascist government. Chechnia has fought 2 wars against the scum, speaking of war crimes in Groznyy, and is under the thumb of a puppet. Ge .......

148: Inmate Central, RE: A very thoughtful opinion on NATO (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-13, 09:17:37 (67.246.17.117)
If you lie down with pigs you will get muddy .......

149: Inmate Central, RE: A very thoughtful opinion on NATO (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-13, 09:15:32 (67.246.17.117)
It is interesting that the most aggressive "Bucharest Nine" are the ones who have felt the Russian boot to the face. .......

150: Speaker Asylum, RE: I have lost my mind (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-13, 06:39:36 (67.246.17.117)
You have lost your mind. DSM-5 300.3 Sell most it .......

151: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Adcom GFA 5400 needs new power switch (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-13, 06:37:12 (67.246.17.117)
Bypass the switch and use a switched power strip (ugh) .......

152: Inmate Central, RE: Micronutrient Inadequacies in the US Population: an Overview (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-10, 15:02:13 (67.246.17.117)
I have never prescribed cheetos .......

153: General Asylum, RE: "The BEST high-end audio from 25 years ago, does it hold up?" (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-06, 17:43:05 (67.246.17.117)
My 50 year old Tannoys still sound pretty good, as do my two rim-drive turntables, and a lot of those big buck tube amps are right out of the 1950's RCA and Mullard handbooks (although with better par .......

154: Inmate Central, RE: UFOTD (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-06, 10:51:17 (67.246.17.117)
maskirovka (маскировка) There are tactical nukes and Wagnerites near the Northern Ukranian border .......

155: Inmate Central, RE: Why not blame Trudeau for the fires? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-03, 09:21:51 (67.246.17.117)
:-) .......

156: Classical Court, Black eye? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-07-02, 09:32:35 (67.246.17.117)
Does Amanda Forsythe have a black eye in the recent Fidelio video? (Royal Opera Lisa Davidsen) .......

157: Inmate Central, RE: I owned a Mazda RX-2 for years -- nice car (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-30, 13:47:06 (67.246.17.117)
So we both owned RX2s, are probably Canadian,have Purifi amps, had Freya tube preamps, Sony players, Topping DACs... Are you my doppelganger? .......

158: Inmate Central, RE: Student loans (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-30, 13:43:05 (67.246.17.117)
For a democracy to function optimally there must be an educated voter. The policy of SPITE ("I had to pay so should they) adds to the decline of the west. I might add that these spiteful people probab .......

159: Classical Court, Bernstein Mahler on DG Vinyl (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-29, 14:21:05 (67.246.17.117)
DG is releasing the late Bernstein Mahler recordings on vinyl. Many if not all of these were digital. Neglecting psych or possible effects of dither, what is the point of listening to a vinyl record c .......

160: Inmate Central, RE: Would you travel to Moscow today? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-28, 12:44:35 (67.246.17.117)
Yes, with the 75th Rangers .......

161: Speaker Asylum, Or you could get 2 D. Juris from Harvard (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-26, 10:07:40 (67.246.17.117)
or a house .......

162: Inmate Central, Stabbed in the back? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-25, 22:12:34 (67.246.17.117)
Q: Who said this? Putin or the Germans after WW1? "This was the same kind of blow that Russia felt in 1917, when the country entered World War I, but had victory stolen from it. Intrigues, squabbles, .......

163: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Green Pen ever formally tested? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-25, 14:16:33 (67.246.17.117)
If there was a test it would receive the same reception as AudioScience Review. .......

164: Inmate Central, RE: car auction (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-25, 04:56:59 (67.246.17.117)
There are a lot of 'flood' cars and trucks out there... .......

165: Inmate Central, RE: If a Russian Regiment or 2 falls in the forest... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-25, 04:55:01 (67.246.17.117)
..meanwhile, back in the Sudetenland... .......

166: Inmate Central, If a Russian Regiment or 2 falls in the forest... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-24, 21:07:55 (67.246.17.117)
Does anyone care? .......

167: Inmate Central, RE: pukin's spokesman on Prigozhin agreement (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-24, 14:10:39 (67.246.17.117)
They all are in Russia .......

168: Inmate Central, RE: Another Russian Revolution? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-23, 21:14:59 (67.246.17.117)
Hey Chris, what's up? .......

169: Inmate Central, RE: It helps that Canada is admitting close to 500,000 immigrants per year (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-18, 13:12:39 (67.246.17.117)
The US Immigration Service is a shambles. Asylum seekers, who by the way should be legally admitted, must wait 2-3 years for a hearing. .......

170: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Benchmark AHB2 or NAD M23 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-18, 13:08:43 (67.246.17.117)
What about the topping 90 preamp? .......

171: General Asylum, RE: A new theory of audio (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-18, 13:07:04 (67.246.17.117)
Sounds like an echo chamber. If a stereo is in a locked room, is it on or off? .......

172: Inmate Central, RE: It helps that Canada is admitting close to 500,000 immigrants per year (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-17, 14:52:55 (67.246.17.117)
Yeah, "no Irish need apply" .......

173: Inmate Central, RE: Cope, man! Cope! [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-17, 14:51:11 (67.246.17.117)
your friends, not mine .......

174: Inmate Central, RE: Legal or illegal I fail to see the upside of an ever increasing population. nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-17, 13:07:07 (67.246.17.117)
Anyone wanting to read more about the population implosion should check out the last 6 weeks of The Economist .......

175: Inmate Central, RE: Any nation responsible enough to limit birthrate to replacement level... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-17, 11:26:16 (67.246.17.117)
First of all, the lack of babies is worldwide, despite price supports. Even China has abandoned the 1-child drive. The population is beginning to plateau and is expected to start falling before 2050. .......

176: General Asylum, RE: Lets take a journey into a very special place ...... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-17, 11:22:43 (67.246.17.117)
I think we entirely too tolerant of exhibitors re hotel rooms. Many of our rooms are no better, and if trained professionals can't make a go of it, it could be the gear or a lack of skill that will tr .......

177: Inmate Central, RE: Legal or illegal I fail to see the upside of an ever increasing population. nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-17, 09:50:02 (67.246.17.117)
It's not an increase, it's a redistribution. The US birthrate is below replacement numbers, hence we will have a declining older population with fewer workers. Who is going to pay into your Social Sec .......

178: Inmate Central, BooHoo (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-17, 09:29:57 (67.246.17.117)
Poor Russia. It is so hard to be a genocidal bully when people keep helping the victim, isn't it? .......

179: Inmate Central, RE: What do you call 400 dead ruSSians? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-16, 17:19:37 (67.246.17.117)
A good start? .......

180: Inmate Central, RE: I say blame California. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-06-08, 09:17:39 (67.246.17.117)
Canada is importing 300,000 refugees a year. How R U doing? .......

181: Inmate Central, Russia to evacuate children in Belgorod (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-31, 05:23:46 (24.48.87.178)
Perhaps they will be sent to Siberian orphanages too .......

182: Inmate Central, RE: Dangerous animals NA vs OZ ... chilling story for some perspective .... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-31, 05:23:11 (24.48.87.178)
Everything in Australia is trying to kill you. I found a red-belllied spider in my pants one am. .......

183: Classical Court, RE: Mandalorian (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-29, 09:27:22 (24.48.87.178)
borrring .......

184: Inmate Central, RE: Like I said - people in the know are not concerned (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-28, 06:50:48 (24.48.87.178)
I defer to the experts, but the landing gear has been a problem all along. The F16 is not a tank! .......

185: Inmate Central, RE: Where do you get that "primitive airfields" story? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-28, 06:24:24 (24.48.87.178)
https://eurasiantimes.com/f-16-fighters-jet-sitting-ducks-for-russian-missiles-us-air-force/ .......

186: Inmate Central, RE: Where do you get that "primitive airfields" story? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-28, 06:17:23 (24.48.87.178)
yahoo: "F-16s do best on long, pristine runways. They could face difficulties on the rougher, former Soviet ones dispersed across Ukraine," RAND Corp. analysts John Hoehn and William Courtney wrote in .......

187: Inmate Central, RE: Where do you get that "primitive airfields" story? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-28, 06:06:50 (24.48.87.178)
Ukranian airfield are built on the soviet model with concrete slabs. the cracks between the slabs are the problem. Landing gear may not be able to take the shock. Airducts will suck in the dirt. https .......

188: Inmate Central, F16 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-28, 05:47:41 (24.48.87.178)
Will the F16 landing gear survive landings on primitive Ukranian airfields vs the Vigen? .......

189: Inmate Central, RE: Stalin killed a lot more than 6-9 million. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-28, 05:43:36 (24.48.87.178)
Conquest was the best .......

190: Inmate Central, RE: Your trouble is that you think that. . . (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-28, 05:42:43 (24.48.87.178)
miserable standard of living-check KGB lookalikes despoiling government-check secret police-check murdering opponents-check long prison terms for opponents-check military stupidity-check Western Usefu .......

191: Inmate Central, RE: Outstanding article on fascism within Russia. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-27, 07:59:33 (24.48.87.178)
Chris, you would love Stalin: only 6-9 million dead .......

192: Inmate Central, RE: He's a war hero because he got shot down and captured while bombing Vietnam back to the stone age? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-25, 18:53:20 (24.48.87.178)
What have I done? I have literally saved hundreds of peoples lives. Et tu? .......

193: Inmate Central, RE: Great, Victor! That nauseating worm never saw a war he didn't like [nt] (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-25, 18:45:27 (24.48.87.178)
so anti-american .......

194: Inmate Central, RE: He's a war hero because he got shot down and captured while bombing Vietnam back to the stone age? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-25, 13:51:11 (24.48.87.178)
He is a war hero because while injured and imprisoned he refused repatriation without his men. What have you done for your country? .......

195: Inmate Central, RE: Great, Victor! That nauseating worm never saw a war he didn't like [nt] (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-25, 05:58:01 (67.246.17.117)
Chris, you have sunk too low. He was a decent human being and a war hero who suffered for his country. What have you done besides parrot RT? .......

196: Inmate Central, ChFi (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-24, 09:31:04 (67.246.17.117)
Please no rants. If you haven't owned one, avoid commenting. Any direct experience amp/preamp? .......

197: Inmate Central, RE: Porsche 911 Dakar -or- Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-22, 09:27:07 (67.246.17.117)
seriously, the Porsche is a real car, whereas every Lambo sooner or later hand-grenades their engine .......

198: Inmate Central, RE: Porsche 911 Dakar -or- Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-22, 09:25:58 (67.246.17.117)
why not get them all! .......

199: Inmate Central, RE: Go right ahead, poke the bear (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-22, 04:53:08 (67.246.17.117)
Good reason to stop them in the Ukraine NOW .......

200: Inmate Central, 30 tons of ammonium nitrate (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-19, 19:48:07 (67.246.17.117)
Remember this from the Oklahoma bombing? It 'leaked out' of a rail car....... .......

201: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Time to restart the DAC-of-the-Month club.... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-17, 15:12:31 (67.246.17.117)
Love my $200 E50 Topping .......

202: Inmate Central, RE: New Macbook for the wife. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-12, 08:14:27 (67.246.17.117)
Did you trade your wife for a Macbook? LOL .......

203: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Raw Tannoy drivers (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-12, 08:12:24 (67.246.17.117)
I have HPD 15 in Lockwood cabinet. You might try lockwood and see if they have any 'leftovers' .......

204: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Parnham 4 Pi (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-08, 07:43:26 (67.246.17.117)
Anyone hear these? .......

205: Classical Court, RIP Menachem Pressler (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-06, 21:08:16 (67.246.17.117)
nt .......

206: Classical Court, PERFECTION (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-06, 08:27:50 (67.246.17.117)
The late Tatiana Troyanos in the Met/Levine video of Tannhauser. Well sung. Beauty, love, pleading, abandonment and then anger. She was abandoned as a child and raised in an orphanage. Alas, no video .......

207: General Asylum, RE: If you had to start from scratch today ...... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-05, 17:02:35 (67.246.17.117)
See "Cheapaudioman" .......

208: Inmate Central, May 9 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-05, 06:54:48 (67.246.17.117)
? Fireworks in Red Square? .......

209: Inmate Central, RE: Thomas: time to resign, buddy... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-05, 06:53:31 (67.246.17.117)
Crickets from other justices .......

210: General Asylum, RE: Helpful Amazon/USPS tracking (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-03, 09:17:34 (67.246.17.117)
Yes, but where is the pkg in all of this? ?carrier facility" doesn't help much! .......

211: General Asylum, Helpful Amazon/USPS tracking (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-05-03, 06:44:44 (67.246.17.117)
Thursday, April 27 2:53 AM Package left the carrier facility. Wednesday, April 26 5:04 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility. 4:48 PM Package arrived at a carrier facility. 2:00 PM Package arrived .......

212: General Asylum, RE: Unboxing (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-24, 08:31:07 (67.246.17.117)
Unboxing parody .......

213: General Asylum, RE: Unboxing (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-23, 12:38:21 (67.246.17.117)
As in "Woo-woo a box!" .......

214: General Asylum, Unboxing (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-23, 11:06:46 (67.246.17.117)
What's with these 'unboxing' videos. Why would I want to watch a reviewed take something out of a box? .......

215: Inmate Central, RE: If his desk is on a high floor near a window, he's a goner. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-20, 20:05:57 (67.246.17.117)
Harder to fall out of a submarine... .......

216: Inmate Central, Russian Pacific Admiral (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-20, 12:35:01 (67.246.17.117)
promoted to a desk job. ? .......

217: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: TAS review of Schiit Loki Max (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-19, 06:22:51 (67.246.17.117)
Waiting for (pre)amps with tone controls .......

218: Inmate Central, RE: Oklahoma County Officals caught on tape complaining they can no longer Lynch Black People ................ (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-18, 15:15:53 (67.246.17.117)
They are prosecuting the whistleblower .......

219: Inmate Central, Goodenough? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-18, 09:04:14 (67.246.17.117)
Watching the Gergiev (Putin's poodle) video of "Boris G": "We are orphans! Oh God sent us a Tsar!" "On your knees!" Sheesh! .......

220: Inmate Central, RE: Kansas City Black Teen rings wrong Doorbell, Owner shoots him in the Head ...... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-17, 15:17:50 (67.246.17.117)
Is it open season on front door Mormon Missionaries yet? .......

221: Inmate Central, Want the Real Scoop about the Ukraine? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-11, 08:19:44 (24.48.87.178)
Try Minecraft (video game) .......

222: Inmate Central, RE: First New Reactor in Decades Goes Online... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-10, 07:39:57 (24.48.87.178)
The basic design dates back to the 50's. Newer reactors are about to be seen .......

223: Inmate Central, RE: Data omission (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-09, 13:32:50 (24.48.87.178)
The number to look at is "Excess mortality" as death is a hard endpoint and cannot be fudged. Per JAMA, From June 27, 2021, to March 26, 2022, the US would have averted 122 304 deaths if COVID-1 .......

224: General Asylum, RE: Oldest and newest equipment in your current system (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-07, 12:58:27 (24.48.87.178)
Also 15 inch Tannoy HPDs. Newest: Akitika amp .......

225: General Asylum, RE: Oldest and newest equipment in your current system (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-07, 12:57:26 (24.48.87.178)
Oldest: Me, definitely .......

226: Inmate Central, Comment on Recent Arraignment (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-05, 10:56:49 (67.241.74.101)
:-) .......

227: Inmate Central, RE: ?problem (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-05, 08:33:22 (67.241.74.101)
How does C*nts sound? .......

228: Inmate Central, ?problem (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-05, 08:32:42 (67.241.74.101)
The leading candidate for superintendent of the Easthampton Public Schools said his job offer was abruptly rescinded after he wrote an e-mail to the School Committee chairwoman and another female coll .......

229: Inmate Central, RE: Boo-hoo! The little girl prime minister won't be prancing around Europe anymore (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-04, 09:34:51 (67.241.74.101)
Why bother with Chris when you can read RT for the Party Line? .......

230: Inmate Central, RE: My arms collection (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-04-01, 08:16:16 (67.241.74.101)
Silly question: do you have 1-3 favourite reel to reel decks? Why not sell the ret? .......

231: Classical Court, RE: Apple Music Classical App -- First Impressions (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-30, 12:31:23 (67.246.17.117)
Does it work on an M1 Mac? .......

232: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Phono stage and passive preamp (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-30, 11:33:23 (67.246.17.117)
Will my phono stage put out enough voltage to my passive preamp to drive my amp? nagaoka MP150->musical surroundings phonomena I->schitt sys->akitka 102 amp The schitt is basically a volume control an .......

233: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Mark Levinson JC 2 ChiFi Knockoff (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-30, 07:33:10 (67.246.17.117)
closet is full of fun purchases, looking for something that sounds right! .......

234: Inmate Central, RE: The Biden War (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-29, 17:23:08 (67.246.17.117)
Yes, Biden invaded the Ukraine and personally murdered those civilians .......

235: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Mark Levinson JC 2 ChiFi Knockoff (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-29, 15:22:36 (67.246.17.117)
Anyone know anything about this preamp? Lots of mentions but Can't find a formal review online. M-L notoriously sold chifi gear as his own at huge markups, so don't feel bad .......

236: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I've heard most of the greats and this one's up there (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-29, 12:46:48 (67.246.17.117)
Sorry, should have been more specific: would go for assembled .......

237: Classical Court, RE: Waddabout Apple Classical Music? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-29, 00:21:12 (67.246.17.117)
seems to run on iPhone only? .......

238: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Preamps? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-29, 00:20:08 (67.246.17.117)
looking for reviews ?URL please? .......

239: Classical Court, RE: Waddabout Apple Classical Music? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-28, 15:11:51 (67.246.17.117)
Up till now, it's been the pop mentality holding me back, like treating each movement of a symphony as a different song Time will tell .......

240: Classical Court, Waddabout Apple Classical Music? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-28, 13:49:28 (67.246.17.117)
I'm on Quobuz now ? compare? .......

241: Inmate Central, best headline ever! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-26, 20:45:46 (67.246.17.117)
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-735473 .......

242: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Preamps? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-26, 11:34:15 (67.246.17.117)
Montreal System: Amp is Akitika Using Emotiva TA1 as preamp (not using phono or built-in DAC) Would Akitika PR102 preamp be a lateral move or a significant step up? Also ogling Advent integrated as pr .......

243: Inmate Central, RE: Oh! Canada (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-25, 11:56:37 (67.246.17.117)
define 'woke' .......

244: Inmate Central, Legal US immigration (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-23, 10:36:28 (67.246.17.117)
There is a lot of talk about illegal US immigration, but no one realizes how badly broken the legal track is .......

245: Inmate Central, Oh! Canada (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-23, 06:03:41 (67.246.17.117)
The wealth of a nation is its' people. "Canada had shaped its "national identity" around the idea of multiculturalism" .......

246: Inmate Central, RE: Another round of boosters coming our way? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-21, 20:55:48 (67.246.17.117)
6 monthly bivalent boosters for geriatric patients has been the standard of care for Canada and UK. US as usual a day late and a dollar short. .......

247: General Asylum, RE: most musically engaging system you ever heard ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-21, 07:13:06 (67.246.17.117)
1) Tchaikovsky Trio by the Beaux Arts; Spendor 100/Linn/?NAIM in live-end/dead-end room at 1970s Montreal Audio Show 2) Klipschorns/ Marantz tubed amp at industry showroom east side NYC 1970s 3) Audio .......

248: Inmate Central, RE: The chief of Moscow Detention Center died today in car explosion. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-20, 17:20:18 (67.246.17.117)
Did the car fall out a window? .......

249: Classical Court, RE: Bruckner = Broring?? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-15, 10:57:00 (67.246.17.117)
Bruckner must be listened to with the 'other' side of the brain .......

250: Classical Court, RE: Does anyone know the details about why Rafael Druian quit the Cleveland Orchestra? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-14, 15:04:24 (67.246.17.117)
D and Szell weren't getting along. There was a cancelled rehearsal that D wasn't informed of, and he took umbrage. To avenge himself D did not show for the next rehearsal. S said he was in violation o .......

251: Inmate Central, RE: Not enough Prozacsky? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-13, 03:17:20 (67.246.17.117)
Partial list of recent dead oligarchs 2022- Name Leonid Shulman 60 Igor Nosov 43 Alexander Tyulakov 61 Mikhail Watford 66 Vasily Melnikov 43 Vladislav Avayev 51 Sergey Protosenya 55 Andrei Kruk .......

252: Inmate Central, Not enough Prozacsky? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-12, 11:01:16 (67.246.17.117)
A top Russian defense official has died after reportedly plunging out of the 16th-floor window of a high-rise in St. Petersburg. Marina Yankina, 58, the head of the financial support department for th .......

253: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Terrific Can. jazz album - Moe Koffman Live At George's! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-11, 10:32:40 (67.246.17.117)
My then-fiance' now-wife of 52 years spent many a happy evening there in our UoT student days .......

254: Inmate Central, RE: In your dreams, fstein (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-07, 17:06:44 (67.246.17.117)
It's about the hundred thousand Russian troops they hosted last year... .......

255: Inmate Central, RE: Special Delivery (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-07, 07:14:23 (67.246.17.117)
If you click within the post you can get POV .......

256: Inmate Central, Special Delivery (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-07, 07:13:15 (67.246.17.117)
? doordash? .......

257: Inmate Central, RE: There is tendency to see Belarus as "better ruSSia" in this conflict (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-07, 00:46:55 (67.246.17.117)
it was irony .......

258: Speaker Asylum, RE: Poor man's Audio Note? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-07, 00:44:11 (67.246.17.117)
SNELL!!!! .......

259: Inmate Central, Meanwhile, in Freedom-Loving Putin Ally Belarus... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-03-06, 15:28:49 (67.246.17.117)
:-) .......

260: General Asylum, RE: biggest choices when putting together a hifi system ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-02-22, 07:58:43 (24.48.87.178)
Never buy a speaker on spec, listen Speaker first as it is the most variable in output/voicing .......

261: Inmate Central, The true meaning of Democracy (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-02-21, 08:26:07 (24.48.87.178)
It's pants .......

262: Inmate Central, RE: New tire time. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-02-18, 09:21:52 (24.48.87.178)
Consumers reports, tirerack evaluations are a must .......

263: Speaker Asylum, RE: Best Bargain in loudspeakers under $20,000? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-02-17, 17:44:05 (24.48.87.178)
4 Pi .......

264: General Asylum, RE: Schiit Lokius (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-02-17, 17:43:15 (24.48.87.178)
Preamps and Integrateds Back in the Day had a radical invention. We called them T-O-N-E- C-O-N-T-R-O-L-S. .......

265: Inmate Central, RE: What happened to Covid?... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-02-14, 06:30:29 (67.246.17.21)
If you are over 65 and have any medical issues you are still at high risk, and it may not be mild, and if it is you are still at risk of 'long covid' .......

266: Classical Court, RE: The Dude to NY! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-02-07, 15:34:15 (67.246.17.21)
Orchestra has a rep as 'conductor-killer' .......

267: General Asylum, ? catspaw for the bling biz (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-31, 15:14:06 (67.246.17.21)
I agree to disagree .......

268: Inmate Central, The Lesson of Vietnam and Desert Storm (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-24, 08:28:12 (67.246.17.21)
The US should apply overwhelming force rather than allow the enemy to adapt to a trickle of escalation .......

269: Inmate Central, RE: fstein - did you intend to post that here? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-23, 14:04:47 (67.246.17.21)
oops .......

270: Classical Court, There are Hundreds 'On Ice" (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-23, 12:35:47 (67.246.17.21)
Rep. Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Sunday that the U.S. should send at least one of its M1 Abrams tanks .......

271: Inmate Central, There are Hundreds 'On Ice" (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-23, 12:35:47 (67.246.17.21)
Rep. Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Sunday that the U.S. should send at least one of its M1 Abrams tanks .......

272: Inmate Central, RE: Side View Sunday (Warning: pic of my car...) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-23, 04:32:26 (67.246.17.21)
why? .......

273: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: What do you guys think? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-21, 11:20:53 (67.246.17.21)
Ter are the rigid spike school of thought and the mushy isolate school of thought. If the difference is that great it should be immediately apparent .......

274: Cable Asylum, RE: USB type C to USB type B DAC cable question (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-21, 11:19:18 (67.246.17.21)
get a c to usb adapter from amazon for $10 .......

275: Inmate Central, RE: That's why you need M1's, with their one moving part engines (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-21, 09:10:00 (67.246.17.21)
The M1 has in fact consistently failed five of its six Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Durability (RAM-D) requirements, according to the last operational test, and actual use data colle .......

276: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: How many watts pe channel for a Phase Linear 700B Stereo Power Amplifier (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-13, 14:12:46 (24.48.87.178)
Zero if it's on fire .......

277: Inmate Central, RE: Ratio of US National Debt to Tax Revenues 1791-2019 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-10, 15:01:54 (24.48.87.178)
Over the last decade true interest rates were near or less than zero, and given the depreciation in the US dollar, these debts would have been repaid in dolarettes .......

278: Inmate Central, RE: Update on natural gas prices.... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-06, 09:50:02 (24.48.87.178)
Portillo was early in noting the headwinds natural gas faced, telling Barron's in November that U.S. production outstrips demand by roughly three billion cubic feet a day.(Marketwatch) .......

279: Inmate Central, 280 miles from Ukraine to Moscow (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2023-01-02, 20:29:00 (67.246.17.21)
that is the old border anything in the armory with that kind of range? .......

280: Inmate Central, RE: One thing Snyder said about 'empires' blew me away... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-30, 15:26:51 (67.246.17.21)
ask the indigenous Americans, the Hawaiians, the Puerto Ricans, the Phillipinos.... .......

281: Inmate Central, RE: More ignorant trash (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-26, 11:31:19 (67.246.17.21)
Yeah, lets send US troops to Nato Ally Poland LOL .......

282: Inmate Central, RE: ahh, yes - the aptly and somewhat ironically named 'terminal velocity' (nt) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-26, 07:01:14 (67.246.17.21)
fell out of a basement window? .......

283: Inmate Central, RE: Putin says he's ready to negotiate. Nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-26, 07:00:24 (67.246.17.21)
"Give me everything" .......

284: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Just read through the Dac Forum at ASR. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-25, 11:39:47 (67.246.17.21)
It's a good place to start. Harsh to say, but no relationship between competent engineering and price .......

285: General Asylum, RE: Schiit Lokius (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-25, 11:36:48 (67.246.17.21)
Amps are 'voiced' to be warm or cool. What freqyency/lokiusn setting would this correspond to? .......

286: Inmate Central, RE: Oligarch dies suddenly (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-24, 19:56:43 (67.246.17.21)
Who will be left to try for war crimes? .......

287: Inmate Central, Oligarch dies suddenly (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-24, 19:56:02 (67.246.17.21)
The head of Naval Shipyard, Alexander Buzakov, died suddenly this week. Said to have fallen out of submarine window. .......

288: Inmate Central, RE: Here is a paper on the subject (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-24, 17:06:04 (67.246.17.21)
All that shows is that 10 ml is too small a blood sample. That's 3 oz. .......

289: Inmate Central, RE: that's called "evidence based" (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-24, 13:28:39 (67.246.17.21)
Early detection reduces mortality in many cancers. How many will die while waiting for the evidence? eg: Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening a simple google will .......

290: Inmate Central, RE: that's called "evidence based" (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-24, 13:21:24 (67.246.17.21)
I guess we should stop doing pap smears and mammograms too? .......

291: Inmate Central, Health Insurers strike again: ctDNA Test (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-24, 10:20:11 (67.246.17.21)
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is found in the bloodstream and refers to DNA that comes from cancerous cells and tumors. As a cancer grows, cells die and their contents, including DNA, are released int .......

292: Classical Court, VPO and the Nazis (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-23, 10:16:27 (67.246.17.21)
https://slippedisc.com/2022/12/vienna-philharmonic-offers-very-late-apology-to-its-nazi-victims/ .......

293: Classical Court, RE: fever dream (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-22, 12:40:43 (67.246.17.21)
All gone when I woke up Coleridge wrote Kublai Khan under the influence .......

294: Inmate Central, RE: Biden's surprise present to Zelenski (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-22, 08:41:06 (67.246.17.21)
Don't fund the Ukraine Instead send US troops to die in Poland, Latvia,..... .......

295: Inmate Central, RE: Mexico has a problem (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-21, 19:34:20 (67.246.17.21)
Mexicans view the narco issue as exported from the USA along with the guns .......

296: Classical Court, fever dream (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-21, 19:27:11 (67.246.17.21)
dreamt I wrote prequel to The Valkyrie (Not Rhinegold), had it performed .......

297: Inmate Central, RE: Covid boosters and arrhythmia (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-15, 04:17:12 (67.246.17.21)
Myocarditis seven times more likely with COVID-19 than vaccines .......

298: Speaker Asylum, RE: Ever heard of the 1801? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-14, 10:15:51 (67.246.17.21)
worst measurements ever! .......

299: General Asylum, RE: Glenn Gould's Humming (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-07, 11:57:03 (67.246.17.21)
Hum along .......

300: Inmate Central, RE: Promising Young Woman was on hbo max for just one night and it was pulled (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-12-02, 07:08:32 (67.246.17.21)
? .......

301: Speaker Asylum, RE: Which is the one speaker that you.... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-26, 06:41:27 (24.48.87.178)
Systems approach: apogees driven by Krell monster amps original AR3's (Now probably obsolete) driven by Dyna Mk 3's AR5's driven by Sherwood tube amp .......

302: Classical Court, RE: How about splitting the difference: quarter note = about 66-70? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-17, 06:45:21 (24.48.87.178)
Try to listen to the Ravel piano roll on youtube unique! .......

303: Classical Court, Ravel Pavane tempo...help! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-16, 20:12:48 (24.48.87.178)
The tempo continues to elude me. The original score metronome marking has a quarter note at 80 but subsequent editions at 54. Ravel's own piano roll recording is all over the place, although brisk. Va .......

304: General Asylum, RE: PS Audio FR 20. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-14, 09:22:46 (24.48.87.178)
Hire a band instead .......

305: Cable Asylum, Figure 8 (Infinity) connector (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-07, 04:20:09 (24.48.87.178)
My Emotiva TA100 integrated came with an 18 gauge detachable power cord. The connector is the so-called figure 8, not IEC. Is there any point to upgrading? Unable to find larger gauge, nuch less bette .......

306: Vinyl Asylum, RE: there used to be someone else who made a decoupler (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-03, 07:48:36 (67.246.17.21)
? origin live? .......

307: Vinyl Asylum, Funk Firm's Houdini Cartridge Decoupler (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-03, 07:24:00 (67.246.17.21)
This was reviewed in M. Fremer's new rag. All he could conclude was that it made a difference. Improvement? Who knows? Even if I wanted to blow $350 on this, would most of it's 'benefit' be duplicated .......

308: Inmate Central, RE: Here's some news for you (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-02, 18:35:47 (67.246.17.21)
ask Navalny .......

309: Inmate Central, RE: Damn Jews! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-02, 12:41:06 (67.246.17.21)
You sound like the comments section of RT. Frightening .......

310: Inmate Central, Poland Buillds a Wall (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-02, 12:40:13 (67.246.17.21)
LOL .......

311: Inmate Central, Saudis tell US that Iran may attack the kingdom (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-02, 10:25:27 (67.246.17.21)
Let'm burn .......

312: Inmate Central, RE: Another NATO fan-boi who can't dispute points of fact or logic. . . (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-11-01, 07:28:01 (67.246.17.21)
Chris, you are oblivious to the last 70 years of history and what the Russians (and the powers of the USSR were Russian) did to Eastern Europe. Of course they want to join NATO after getting a boot to .......

313: Inmate Central, RE: "Nobody forced Putin to annex Crimea" - LOL! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-31, 19:33:17 (67.246.17.21)
black is white white is black Chris .......

314: Inmate Central, RE: Putin rails against 'Western elites': will it work with ordinary conservatives? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-28, 08:42:32 (67.246.17.21)
Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson bought it .......

315: Critic's Corner, RE: Estelon XB Diamond Mk2 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-22, 12:35:21 (67.246.17.21)
another speaker I will never buy. .......

316: Classical Court, RE: Wretched excess - Gould's 1981 Goldberg Variations (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-20, 13:54:38 (67.246.17.21)
get the first mono recording in vinyl .......

317: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Wretched excess - darTZeel NHB-468 Monoblock Amplifier (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-20, 13:52:11 (67.246.17.21)
They will sell 6. all to china. They will never be turned on. .......

318: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best Integrated under $1K? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-12, 04:43:59 (24.48.87.178)
Thinking Cambridge Audio CXA81 .......

319: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Best Integrated under $1K? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-11, 12:08:49 (24.48.87.178)
Need phono and DAC (prefer USB) Streaming/bluetooth irrelevant .......

320: Inmate Central, RE: She had a 2018 S-class already... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-09, 10:00:48 (24.48.87.178)
She sold a 3 year old MB with low mileage to save $10 at the fillup? ?Peer pressure? The ecological cost of building a new car far outweighs the benefits. .......

321: Inmate Central, RE: Stupid "features" that you don't need in a vehicle... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-09, 09:58:20 (24.48.87.178)
The bells and whistles are ONE of the things that make German cars so unreliable/expensive to service/own. I had Audi, Porsche, MB and went Japanese. The designers are geeks who probably don't have a .......

322: Inmate Central, RE: Happy 70th Birthday, Mr. Putin... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-07, 13:29:08 (24.48.87.178)
More lies upon lies .......

323: Inmate Central, RE: It was the tracks that broke, scum didn't send spares. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-04, 19:58:16 (67.246.17.21)
This lemon broke down in the moscow parade! .......

324: Inmate Central, RE: Does burning people (civilians) alive count? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-04, 18:40:31 (67.246.17.21)
Look at the article. Hardly nut cases. And you choose to believe RT? .......

325: Inmate Central, RE: Why would anyone give ANY attention to claims, coming from the scum? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-04, 11:25:17 (67.246.17.21)
ask Chris L .......

326: Inmate Central, ? Genocide vs Russians in Ukraine 2014?? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-04, 10:08:53 (67.246.17.21)
It never happened .......

327: Inmate Central, RE: Ukraine captures one of the scums best tanks. Research begins (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-03, 19:52:24 (67.246.17.21)
If the Russians couldn't keep them going.... .......

328: Inmate Central, RE: are their other kinds of "Zionism" besides Jewish? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-03, 10:44:50 (67.246.17.21)
Winston Churchill was a zionist! .......

329: Inmate Central, Hey Chris, read what Pravda Sez (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-03, 07:30:38 (67.246.17.21)
An editorial in Pravda that is headlined "Why Biden had to Start the War in the Ukraine" (LOL) says that the Ukraine is a hotbed of Jewish Zionism, which I guess is the source of their Naziism,and quo .......

330: Inmate Central, RE: Have you had your Spam today? I wonder how many tons are going to Ukraine? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-10-01, 11:28:30 (67.246.17.21)
mmmmm...tastes just like missionary... .......

331: Digital Drive, RE: PowerDACs like the NAD M2 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-28, 11:39:07 (67.246.17.21)
My old TACT .......

332: Inmate Central, RE: What??? A ballot with more than one "choice"??? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-24, 20:12:00 (67.246.17.21)
yes or no .......

333: Inmate Central, Russian Voting (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-24, 11:56:45 (67.246.17.21)
Armed cop or soldier comes to your home. One ballot per family/home (?). He watches you mark the ballot and sees your vote .......

334: Inmate Central, RE: It all has consequences (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-22, 10:46:28 (67.246.17.21)
Given that 3-400 US are dying everyday, it ain't over. And Long Covid does not respect vax status or severity of illness. Dropping the precautions was premature. And who will bear the burden of decrea .......

335: Inmate Central, RE: Weird. Dealer lots are full here. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-22, 10:13:30 (67.246.17.21)
perhaps they are asking $10K over list? Where R U anyway? .......

336: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: "Polite" speakers (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-22, 10:05:01 (67.246.17.21)
You may be experiencing dynamic compression, remotely found in many English bextrene speakers. Bextrene had high mass and needed to be stiffened with even more plastic.Or not. That is why I have a sem .......

337: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I thought that with the Euro falling against the Dollar. . . (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-21, 08:05:31 (67.246.17.21)
Yes, I can just see Porsche lowering their prices 20% LOL .......

338: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Tannoy 385 efficiency (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-21, 08:03:47 (67.246.17.21)
Unfortunately I have the Tannoys .......

339: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: You have limited knowledge .. asking Here ..reveals far too much (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-21, 08:02:32 (67.246.17.21)
Of course I have limited knowledge, which is why I am asking for help. Thanks for nothing. .......

340: Inmate Central, RE: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-20, 12:23:48 (67.246.17.21)
Always the whip .......

341: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Tannoy 385 efficiency (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-20, 11:18:30 (67.246.17.21)
10 feet from speakers, a little more from corners. Because of liveness of the room I could never get bipolar/planar speakers (Martin-Logan Requests) to sound right, and a very directional speaker like .......

342: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Tannoy 385 efficiency (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-19, 14:07:50 (67.246.17.21)
Correct, but I'm not sure buying and shipping an amp and hoping is the answer .......

343: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Tannoy 385 efficiency (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-19, 12:47:09 (67.246.17.21)
yes, but will I be able to play both amps at the same level without peaking? .......

344: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Tannoy Westminster Royal GR vs Canterbury GR (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-19, 11:59:14 (67.246.17.21)
Tannoy 385 efficiency This is a copy of my recent post. Perhaps you could answer my question? "These are in commercial Lockwood bass-reflex cabinets. These were popular as studio monitors in the UK .......

345: General Asylum, RE: HiFi World magazine is kaput. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-19, 09:30:37 (67.246.17.21)
I have a pair of their kit speakers based on dale drivers that I gave to my son .......

346: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Tannoy 385 efficiency (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-19, 09:25:53 (67.246.17.21)
These are in commercial Lockwood bass-reflex cabinets. These were popular as studio monitors in the UK in the 70s and 80s. Tannoy re-engineered the hpd 385 with a foam surround, more suitable for high .......

347: Classical Court, RE: Source? [nt] (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-16, 12:36:08 (67.246.17.21)
my wife the keyboardist and haydn fan .......

348: Classical Court, RE: Lovely Mozart Sonata playing by Orli Shaham (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-16, 00:33:08 (67.246.17.21)
I thought Richter found Mozart boring .......

349: Inmate Central, RE: Did you choose a *black* car, suv, or pickup ?? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-15, 12:06:52 (67.246.17.21)
Car companies are charging more for non-black-and-white paint .......

350: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Anyone keeps track of "mileage" of your cartridge? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-13, 08:54:29 (67.246.17.21)
Of course, you must decide on how many hours are enuff! .......

351: Inmate Central, RE: Oops! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-12, 13:27:28 (67.246.17.21)
What about Russian-speaking separatists in the East? .......

352: Speaker Asylum, RE: Is Fyne related to Tannoy? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-10, 15:02:51 (67.246.17.21)
The engineers left and started Fyne .......

353: Speaker Asylum, RE: Stop reading when... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-10, 15:01:55 (67.246.17.21)
Just keep your eyes open. They keep posting the "what to mate to the amp I just bought.." .......

354: Speaker Asylum, Stop reading when... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-10, 12:21:29 (67.246.17.21)
..the OP asks what speakers to get with a certain amp. Speakers first, then amp! .......

355: Inmate Central, RE: Tax Credits, fed or state - the money has to come from somewhere /nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-08, 11:07:08 (67.246.17.21)
What about the subsidies to oil companies? .......

356: Inmate Central, raising the flag (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-07, 11:11:46 (67.246.17.21)
! .......

357: General Asylum, RE: Learn To Make a Violin! ..... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-05, 15:26:39 (67.246.17.21)
I prefer to make a viola, as they burn longer .......

358: Inmate Central, RE: Red Army since the Russian Civil War? Better aircraft & guns. Same levels of human brutality. n/t (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-05, 12:34:14 (67.246.17.21)
They still use peasants as cannon fodder to soak up the bullets .......

359: Inmate Central, Nothing has Changed (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-05, 10:54:45 (67.246.17.21)
Trotsky (creator of the Red Army)Chapt. 2 ,"History of the Russian Revolution" on the Tsarist Army:...a serious force only against..small neighbors...no correspondence between the cultural level of th .......

360: Inmate Central, RE: Wojciech! Poland claims Germany owes $1.3 trillion dollars in WW2 reparations! Whaddaya think? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-02, 13:27:01 (67.246.17.21)
One should read John Maynard Keynes on WW1 reparations. He was a participant at the peace conferences, and he predicted economic chaos, which we got in spades. .......

361: Inmate Central, RE: Paxlovid Rebound (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-02, 13:24:36 (67.246.17.21)
It is unknown because all the research was done with a 5 day endpoint as 'good enough outcome" but incidence of rebound was then felt to be only 10%. It is at least twice that, probably more... I woul .......

362: Inmate Central, Russia Warns Ukraine (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-02, 12:30:53 (67.246.17.21)
that attack on Crimea would be seen as declaration of Special Military Operation .......

363: Speaker Asylum, RE: Magico Titan 15 $32,000 active subwoofer overview (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-02, 12:08:42 (67.246.17.21)
For half that get a dog to woof .......

364: General Asylum, RE: Rolling Stone's 100 greatest country albums (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-02, 12:07:27 (67.246.17.21)
Is this the same list as 100 worst country albums? .......

365: Inmate Central, Paxlovid Rebound (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-02, 11:58:55 (67.246.17.21)
What idiot decided that a 5 day course would be adequate? Do you take 5 days of penicillin for a strep throat? .......

366: Inmate Central, RE: Guinness - warm or cold? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-02, 11:36:30 (67.246.17.21)
The temp of horse p***(urine) .......

367: Inmate Central, an Insult to our Intelligence (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-02, 11:22:18 (67.246.17.21)
Russia to Keep Nord Stream Pipeline Shut, Citing Mechanical Problems .......

368: Inmate Central, RE: Read on Boris Savinkov (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-01, 15:40:13 (67.246.17.21)
Did he need a ladder to get up to street level? Are they leaving windows open at HDQ? .......

369: Inmate Central, RE: This may be a far fetched idea... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-01, 15:38:51 (67.246.17.21)
Agreed .......

370: Inmate Central, Putin Opponent has Accident (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-09-01, 05:36:45 (67.246.17.21)
Russian Executive Maganov-Whose Company Urged End To Ukraine Invasion-Dies After Reportedly Falling Through Hospital Window. Alexander Subbotin, a former top executive at Lukoil, died in May at the ho .......

371: Inmate Central, Russia moving mideast missiles (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-29, 20:45:05 (67.246.17.21)
? cupboard emptying fast? .......

372: Inmate Central, RE: An unbelievable conceit which is nothing but BS (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-29, 15:18:00 (67.246.17.21)
Chris: Your kinder gentler Russians, much nicer than USSR (2014): Massacre of Ilovaiskan: agreement with Russian commanders in Ilovaisk to allow Ukrainian troops to withdraw from the city.[34] ..... n .......

373: Inmate Central, RE: I'm well aware of the incidents you mention. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-29, 05:21:26 (67.246.17.21)
Same players, different shirts .......

374: Inmate Central, RE: Putin looks to hire 137K cannon fodder (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-28, 15:27:20 (67.246.17.21)
Chris, you should learn some Russian history, beginning with what they did to Grozny and the invasion of...Georgia, Czechoslovakia, Poland.... .......

375: Inmate Central, RE: Remarkably candid for such a rabidly anti-Russian publication as The Economist (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-27, 13:29:37 (67.246.17.21)
If you still RT you are lost .......

376: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class D recommendations (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-24, 08:43:57 (67.246.17.21)
Is anyone aware of a listening test comparing state-of-the-art class D like Purifi against 'the high-priced spread? .......

377: Inmate Central, RE: Polio Found In NYC Wastewater ! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-17, 04:26:55 (24.48.87.178)
Welcome to the Developing World .......

378: Critic's Corner, RE: Jason Victor Serinus (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-17, 04:25:56 (24.48.87.178)
waste of time .......

379: General Asylum, Tinnitus Breakythu? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-17, 04:10:06 (24.48.87.178)
iPhone based! sorry about the 'y'... pre-coffee typing .......

380: Inmate Central, RE: Why Russia will lose (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-16, 13:30:56 (24.48.87.178)
"In hundreds of battles between 1898 and 1987, the more economically developed side consistently outfought the poorer side" .......

381: Inmate Central, RE: Wat was your Major? French Romantic Poetry? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-16, 13:25:54 (24.48.87.178)
You can't even spell .......

382: Inmate Central, RE: WTF, Indeed? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-16, 13:24:53 (24.48.87.178)
1) Ad hominem remarks are the lowest form of debate and are never appropriate. 2) We all agree that Hitler attacking Russia was stupid, no? 3) In a war of attrition, the one with the most marbles wins .......

383: Inmate Central, RE: Wat was your Major? French Romantic Poetry? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-16, 13:10:12 (24.48.87.178)
WTF? .......

384: Inmate Central, RE: Fortunately for russia, it is not fighting NATO (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-16, 07:07:28 (24.48.87.178)
Armnaments? .......

385: Inmate Central, Why Russia will lose (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-16, 06:22:53 (24.48.87.178)
Besides the will of the Ukranian people, the GDP of NATO is 10X that of Russia. It has become a war of attrition. If Hitler had thought about that, he would never have started WW2. .......

386: Cable Asylum, Rings all the right bells (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-12, 08:47:25 (24.48.87.178)
? comments? .......

387: Digital Drive, RE: DIRAC? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-10, 18:46:48 (24.48.87.178)
sub $1k .......

388: Digital Drive, DIRAC? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-10, 08:13:08 (24.48.87.178)
looking for sub $1k amp or receiver with dirac room eq. any such thing?? .......

389: General Asylum, RE: I just made a great sound discovery. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-09, 11:44:36 (24.48.87.178)
Heisenberg uncertainty principle .......

390: General Asylum, dirac? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-08, 22:09:15 (24.48.87.178)
looking for sub $1k amp or receiver with dirac room eq. any such thing?? .......

391: Digital Drive, RE: I NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-08, 19:00:09 (24.48.87.178)
thank you! .......

392: Inmate Central, RE: My new new ride (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-08, 09:34:40 (24.48.87.178)
WELCOME BACK! .......

393: Digital Drive, RE: I NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-08, 05:45:17 (24.48.87.178)
Just listen to the music and be glad you are not going deaf (like me) .......

394: Critic's Corner, RE: AnalogPlanet email before and after Michael Fremer's departure (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-08, 05:43:13 (24.48.87.178)
"The best is this disc of which there are only 3 copies (I own 2) at $20,000 which can only be played on my $100,000 turntable..." .......

395: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Mofi debacle even makes the Washington Post (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-08, 05:40:27 (24.48.87.178)
I have been dumpster diving (eg Salvation Army) for old vinyl for years and saying that the 'improvement'on a $40 record vs a WELL TREATED and ultrasonically cleaned $2 disc was marginal .......

396: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Your go-to archival grade inner sleeves? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-08, 05:37:52 (24.48.87.178)
Which ones sound best? .......

397: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Poor man's Stein Music mat? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-08, 05:37:28 (24.48.87.178)
No rush to replace the acrylic mat I put on my Garrard 301 .......

398: Inmate Central, Paxlovid rebound (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-02, 01:59:06 (67.246.17.21)
Why only a 5 day course? Wouldn't 10 days be better? .......

399: Vintage Asylum, ? progress (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-08-01, 07:43:34 (67.246.17.21)
Would a hafler 110/200 setup still be up to contemporary standards? .......

400: Inmate Central, RE: Let's look at Ontario, Canada (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-29, 10:54:10 (67.246.17.21)
You are assuming they are all marked on the same curve .......

401: Inmate Central, RE: Just another reason russia is a shithole country (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-29, 10:20:50 (67.246.17.21)
so do the Ukranians, the Poles, the..... .......

402: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Gimmicky Garish Mesh of Gears or Cool New Integrated ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-28, 07:51:57 (67.246.17.21)
inside view .......

403: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Gimmicky Garish Mesh of Gears or Cool New Integrated ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-27, 16:20:53 (67.246.17.21)
Needs an American flag .......

404: Inmate Central, Tour de France (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-27, 06:07:22 (67.246.17.21)
Is their anything sillier than watching a wedge-shaped traffic-jam of bikes and calling it a race? 1 bike, 1 rider per team would make it real. .......

405: Inmate Central, RE: In shock (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-27, 06:04:35 (67.246.17.21)
So, what isit? .......

406: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Arcam Delta 290 vs Rega Brio? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-24, 08:59:12 (67.246.17.21)
The arcam input selector is fragile and irreplaceable. Use it as a power amp with a switching box or preamp .......

407: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: First Impression of a Borrowed VTV Purifi power amp. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-19, 07:39:20 (67.246.17.21)
The big buck amps are dead except for 'bling'. They just don't know it yet. .......

408: Inmate Central, RE: Finally, a GOOD guy shows up with a gun! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-18, 08:12:49 (67.246.17.21)
400 police with guns at texas shooting .......

409: Inmate Central, RE: That piece of shit is working hard for his pay (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-16, 14:46:29 (67.246.17.21)
Last Poutine speech was straight imperialist colonialism and could have come from the mouth of Hitler, Mussolini, or for that matter, Kaiser Billy. .......

410: Inmate Central, RE: Dimitri K. Simes point of view (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-16, 14:44:37 (67.246.17.21)
nilknarf: huh? .......

411: Inmate Central, RE: Dimitri K. Simes point of view (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-16, 13:43:49 (67.246.17.21)
"For months we have been suffering under the torture of a problem... which has deteriorated until it becomes intolerable for us. As always, I attempted to bring about, by the peaceful method of makin .......

412: Vintage Asylum, RE: Link. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-15, 13:18:05 (67.246.17.21)
Miss Peter Breuninger .......

413: Vintage Asylum, RE: New Projects --Preamp Selection (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-15, 11:41:58 (67.246.17.21)
If you must have a 12AX7 tube based unit and in particular the M7, I suggest you look at chifi kits on aliexpress. These are kits, so little slave labour. In particular look at the modified (Wada Shig .......

414: Vintage Asylum, Classic reviews (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-15, 11:27:28 (67.246.17.21)
Does anyone review classic gear in comparison with the newer stuff? I am prepared to be surprised. .......

415: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: VTV claims 40A for this module (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-14, 20:55:11 (67.246.17.21)
I thought that this conversation was laid to rest with the demise of Flame Linear! .......

416: General Asylum, RE: Strom is German for current, which btw is a scalar quantity. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-13, 15:38:44 (67.246.17.21)
bvut 'tank' translates as 'panzer' .......

417: General Asylum, RE: It's "Stromtank". nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-13, 15:38:15 (67.246.17.21)
Yes, but 'tank' = 'panzer' .......

418: General Asylum, Stormtank (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-13, 13:39:23 (67.246.17.21)
Whilst reading WW2 history, this caught my eye in Stereophile. Leave it to the Germans to build a $15-50,000 battery array/power source and call it a Stormtank .......

419: Vinyl Asylum, Fremer's Latest (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-12, 20:03:45 (67.246.17.21)
Using a $20K tt/arm with no US dealers to play a video game soundtrack....... .......

420: Speaker Asylum, RE: Speakers for Naim (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-12, 11:08:45 (67.246.17.21)
you already have it! .......

421: Tube DIY Asylum, FU50 tube (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-07-08, 18:09:05 (67.246.17.21)
This is an ex-military (?)Russian tube that Chinese amp builders claim is very very close to the legendary and expensive 300B in performance. ?Comments? .......

422: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: New Amp - Crown XLS 1002 (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-26, 11:18:42 (67.241.74.101)
Please a-b against your Mac .......

423: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Wretched Excess! Heavyweight division (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-20, 12:40:52 (67.246.17.21)
HAHAHA! .......

424: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Interesting interview with retipper Joseph Long. Link. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-20, 12:02:30 (67.246.17.21)
Has done multiple retips for me, recommended .......

425: General Asylum, ChiFi Vendors USA (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-19, 15:53:07 (67.246.17.21)
Other than all the US names sourcing hardware in China, is anyone selling and servicing it in USA other than APOS? No flames plase .......

426: Critic's Corner, RE: Yet another peice of evidence that "professional audio journalism" is an oxymoron (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-10, 08:25:25 (67.246.17.21)
The idea that at $50 K piece of gear could be seriously misadjusted like D'Agustino, or that the mfg will set up then geat in your house, is just nauseating .......

427: Inmate Central, RE: Another national record blown away, AGAIN (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-09, 12:39:20 (67.246.17.21)
Americans are still buying pickup trucks and enormous suv's .......

428: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Apple WWDC 2022 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time today (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-08, 23:24:19 (67.246.17.21)
Ports!? .......

429: Digital Drive, RE: A to D conversion (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-03, 09:48:38 (67.246.17.21)
Don I have to record? I'd be happy just to play a record. .......

430: Digital Drive, A to D conversion (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-02, 06:24:27 (67.246.17.21)
Gear: I have a MM turntable going into a Furtech alpha 40 phono preamp/ADC. The Amp is a TACT Digital ONLY. and I am using it with my Macbook to play Quobuz and iTunes (from hard drive). The furtech i .......

431: Amp/Preamp Asylum, second system integrated (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-01, 14:13:31 (67.246.17.21)
yamaha s-801 or peachtree nova 150? Power not an issue .......

432: Inmate Central, RE: Canada Bans Handguns: Hunting OK. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-06-01, 06:26:01 (24.48.87.178)
This is about freedom. People should be free to go to the supermarket, their school or their place of worship without fear .......

433: Inmate Central, RE: What's The Situation With Gasoline Prices Where You Are? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 16:52:39 (24.48.87.178)
about $8/gallon (metric) here in Canada. Can't blame Biden for everything, can we? .......

434: Inmate Central, RE: So gun restrictions in Mexico don't work? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 16:51:26 (24.48.87.178)
Overflow from USA, like COVID .......

435: Inmate Central, RE: Data (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 16:50:09 (24.48.87.178)
US News: It's also not a common outcome in previous active shooter episodes, according to the FBI. From 2000-2019, 119 of 345 active shooters committed suicide, the bureau said in a long-trend report. .......

436: Inmate Central, RE: "When there are fewer guns, our communities are safer." Wrong, of course (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 09:49:18 (24.48.87.178)
Anf the US does not have the Maniac Market cornered .......

437: Inmate Central, RE: "When there are fewer guns, our communities are safer." Wrong, of course (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 09:48:42 (24.48.87.178)
Number of Mass Shootings Developed Countries 1998-2007 US 101 France 8 Germany 5 Canada 4.... And so on. Under the definition used by the Gun Violence Archive, by the end of 2019, there were 417 USA m .......

438: Classical Court, RE: Moooo! (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 09:20:43 (24.48.87.178)
Cowpats ahoy! .......

439: Inmate Central, RE: Why not, Afghanistani defeated Kamala diverse occupational force (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 09:20:08 (24.48.87.178)
That's why they murder each other?? LOL .......

440: Inmate Central, RE: Why not Mexico where civilians are in the mercy of Drug Cartels and inept police (nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 09:19:28 (24.48.87.178)
Mexican cartels, who serve the US market, get their guns from US/. Mexicans feel US has exported its' problems (guns, drugs) to Mexico. There is a gun store along US borderwithin 20 minutes of Mexico .......

441: Inmate Central, RE: "When there are fewer guns, our communities are safer." Wrong, of course (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 09:16:46 (24.48.87.178)
? Canadians drink less? .......

442: Inmate Central, RE: What's The Situation With Gasoline Prices Where You Are? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 06:47:55 (24.48.87.178)
Good disincentive for going electric: states billing extra taxes on EVs to make up gas tax revenue lost. .......

443: Inmate Central, Canada Bans Handguns: Hunting OK. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-31, 06:46:25 (24.48.87.178)
When there are fewer guns, our communities are safer. Data clearly shows that "good guys with guns" doesn't work. No one should fear for their safety when going to school, their place of worship, or w .......

444: Inmate Central, RE: US will not supply Ukraine with rocket systems capable of hitting Russia. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-30, 10:36:24 (24.48.87.178)
You might get hit, being in Moscow as you are .......

445: Inmate Central, RE: NATO claims immunity for war crimes against civilians. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-30, 10:35:47 (24.48.87.178)
How are things in Moscow? .......

446: Inmate Central, RE: I agree, the Nato personnel ship's and aircraft should be a target (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-30, 07:28:20 (24.48.87.178)
Let's see: Joined Jan. No equipment listing = Riussian/BOT!!!!! .......

447: Inmate Central, RE: I agree, the Nato personnel ship's and aircraft should be a target (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-30, 07:26:09 (24.48.87.178)
commie .......

448: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Benchmark/Purifi vsAmp$$$ (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-25, 07:49:23 (24.48.87.178)
Has anyone AB'd the over $10K amps against the state of the art sanely priced stuff eg Benchmark/Purifi? .......

449: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Good survey of integrated amps (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-25, 07:45:09 (24.48.87.178)
Or especially the Purifi NAD M33? .......

450: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Good survey of integrated amps (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-25, 07:40:31 (24.48.87.178)
Just curious Has anyone AB'd one of these megabuck amps against a 'popular-priced' amp like eg the Denon PMA 1600NE or for that matter the new $10K Yamaha? .......

451: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The untold story of the White House record collection... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-19, 12:44:41 (67.246.17.21)
Presumably stored with the Lost Ark (see last scene movie) .......

452: Cable Asylum, RE: Warm Side of Neutral Interconnect (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-18, 08:56:01 (67.246.17.21)
Here we go again: using cables as tone controls. Why can't we engineer az modern tone control.? .......

453: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: 60-100 watts budget $500- power or integrated recs (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-18, 08:54:29 (67.246.17.21)
Go USED .......

454: Shady Lane, starbooks (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-12, 20:41:12 (67.246.17.21)
advertising hi end gear at sillym low rices on a'gon. anyone? .......

455: Digital Drive, SACD vs CD/DAC (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-12, 12:55:35 (67.246.17.21)
Played a couple of SACDs through my Sony UHPH1 BlueRay player directly into my preamp vs same disc CD layer->Coax->Gustard X26Pro, the CD sounded flat and lifeless. Improvement due to the medium or th .......

456: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Why so many short pivot to spindle arms? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-10, 12:08:32 (67.246.17.21)
lenco .......

457: Vinyl Asylum, Which arm? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-05-10, 06:51:57 (67.246.17.21)
Have a choice of 3 turntables, with the following arms: Jelco 750D Project 9cc (carbon fibre) SME 3009 (not sure which) with detachable headshell Cartridges range from Modded Denon 103 (wood shell, bo .......

458: Vinyl Asylum, Garrard 301 Service NE (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-04-19, 15:47:34 (67.246.17.21)
Any recommendations for Garrard 301 service near Tanglewood or Montreal other than Soundsmith? .......

459: Vinyl Asylum, Garrard 3012 tuneup (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-04-07, 15:48:37 (67.241.74.101)
looking for suggestions re best tuneup/repair shop in NE for Garrard 301. .......

460: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I'm assuming he means Fremer's Stereophile review (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-04-05, 09:22:35 (67.246.17.21)
yup .......

461: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: What are you hoping for in a Phono Pre ? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-04-04, 14:06:34 (67.246.17.21)
I have been lurking and certainly respect your ear and opinions. Looking for an audible step up from my Phonomena I. Rogue? Whole bunch at various prices not mentioned (and at various prices: Sutherla .......

462: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamp (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-04-04, 06:25:22 (67.246.17.21)
? is it in the same league as Sutherland 20/20 and Chinook? What about Hegel V10? Haven't seen a decent price on Pass. .......

463: Amp/Preamp Asylum, PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamp (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-04-04, 06:23:56 (67.246.17.21)
There seem to be an awful lot of used ones out there...the review mentioned picking up extraneous noise as an issue ? .......

464: Vinyl Asylum, RE: better phono preamp (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-04-02, 10:34:09 (67.246.17.21)
I recently bought the tubes4hifi preamp on your recommendation (we have similar listening prejudices) and love it. Running a modded (Boron cantilever) Denon 103 in a Fidelity research arm and garrard .......

465: Vinyl Asylum, better phono preamp (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-30, 14:21:44 (67.246.17.21)
Looking for the next step up from my Phonomena I phono preamp. Thinking dynavector P-75 or Project tube. Budget $1K. Suggestions? .......

466: Digital Drive, RE: How to measure absolute polarity? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-29, 18:19:11 (67.246.17.21)
Hmm. Difference if done right? Only 2 choices? Hmmm...what to do? .......

467: General Asylum, Lirpa Labs Latest (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-28, 06:11:59 (67.246.17.21)
As we know, the simplest circuits with the least amount of components are the best. Going beyond direct-to-disc, Lirpa labs eliminates everything between you and the signal. Look for masterpieces l .......

468: Inmate Central, RE: Car of the Day (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-19, 10:19:35 (67.246.17.21)
Greenhouse of new Camaro could be from a nuclear shelter. or a tank .......

469: Inmate Central, RE: Biden hasn't even spoken with him. nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-19, 10:18:21 (67.246.17.21)
not for lack of trying .......

470: Classical Court, RE: The Symphony That Disappeared From The Repertoire (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-19, 10:16:14 (67.246.17.21)
Monteux is too matter-of-fact for my taste. Wallow in Lennie's NY recording .......

471: Inmate Central, RE: Car OTD: Jaguar F-Type P450 AWD R-Dynamic Cabrio (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-14, 08:35:40 (67.246.17.21)
Where's the onsite mechanic? .......

472: General Asylum, RE: You have $20,000 to allocate to amplification and speakers. What % do (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-13, 11:59:07 (67.246.17.21)
You could spend more on speakers eg ELAC or Fluance or Emotiva .......

473: General Asylum, RE: You have $20,000 to allocate to amplification and speakers. What % do (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-13, 11:46:41 (67.246.17.21)
Plus $100 for mogami cables .......

474: General Asylum, RE: You have $20,000 to allocate to amplification and speakers. What % do (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-13, 11:38:46 (67.246.17.21)
How about: speakers Sony SSCS5 $168/pr but usually on sale at deep discount Amp NAD C320BEE $400 DAC Topping BC3 $70 Blu-Ray (Transport) Sony UDP-X700M $200 TT/preamp Fluance RT81 $250 for $1100? .......

475: General Asylum, RE: You have $20,000 to allocate to amplification and speakers. What % do (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-13, 11:10:57 (67.246.17.21)
Now do it with $2000 .......

476: Inmate Central, RE: Stephen Kotkin, the great biographer of Stalin, puts Putin in historical perspective. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-12, 13:10:19 (67.246.17.21)
yup .......

477: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Nothing better to do during snowstorm (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-12, 09:49:55 (67.246.17.21)
please, no deep philosophical discussions as to "best" etc. .......

478: Inmate Central, Re: The Mac Mini thread down the page. (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-12, 09:42:45 (67.246.17.21)
The biggest thing to look forwards to is not faster processors, as with the M1 most have speed to burn. For me the big issue is adequate number of non-proprietory ports, which is why most recent annou .......

479: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Nothing better to do during snowstorm (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-12, 09:39:23 (67.246.17.21)
Just to stir the pot, what is the best integrated amp out there from a mainstream manufacturer that is commonly available? ?biggets bang for the buck? ?best value? .......

480: Inmate Central, RE: Hey, you Mac guys... (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-10, 19:42:21 (67.246.17.21)
Wait. There will be a mini release later this year with a useful number of ports. .......

481: Propeller Head Plaza, RE: I was under the assumption audiophiles often think cables ARE tone controls. Nt (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-10, 19:34:14 (67.246.17.21)
very pricey ones .......

482: Inmate Central, Chechnyan solution? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-10, 11:30:52 (67.246.17.21)
Putin had the same problem in Chechnya: unexpected resistance. He leveled their capital city. "They make a desert and call it peace" .......

483: Propeller Head Plaza, RE: Some serious questions concerning audio cables (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-10, 11:27:34 (67.246.17.21)
Put an end to it, bring back tone controls / EQ .......

484: Digital Drive, RE: I thought we already covered this (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-08, 20:48:04 (67.246.17.21)
My TACT preamp with the analogue board died. My TACT amp only has digital inputs, but also has a volume control. Can't afford to replscer this now, so A to D converter is only way I can listen to reco .......

485: Classical Court, RE: Agreed. But, that doesn't mitigate my concerns over the banning of art and artists. n/t (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-03, 10:03:23 (24.48.87.178)
" A liberal is someone who sees everyone's point of view but his own" .......

486: Classical Court, RE: How do you decide if a musical composition is ordinary, good or whatever? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-01, 09:47:13 (24.48.87.178)
How do you decide if a woman is beautiful? .......

487: Digital Drive, RE: Here's an option (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-03-01, 09:46:13 (24.48.87.178)
My Phono lines are not balanced, hate to add adapter .......

488: Digital Drive, RE: Why? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-28, 19:32:38 (24.48.87.178)
tact amp is pure digital, no analogue inputs .......

489: Amp/Preamp Asylum, TACT RCS2.0 ?service? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-28, 18:32:04 (24.48.87.178)
This digital preamp with an analogue board switches on and off repeatedly quickly. It usually has to warm up first. Initially it would switch from the analogue board to the digital, now it does it all .......

490: Digital Drive, RE: Inexpensive A to D Converter) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-27, 20:30:58 (24.48.87.178)
what's worse is I need a coax output .......

491: Digital Drive, RE: Inexpensive A to D Converter) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-27, 19:18:17 (24.48.87.178)
don't see one on their website ??? .......

492: Digital Drive, Inexpensive A to D Converter) (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-27, 15:37:28 (24.48.87.178)
Need an A to D to play my LPs: LONG story. Did a search here but posts are not recent. ? Recommendations for inexpensive A to D converter? Is it pass-through or will I need editing software? ::: TOPIC .......

493: Vinyl Asylum, Cartridge decouplers (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-27, 13:16:54 (24.48.87.178)
Every few years this comes up. You can buy a device or a shim made of the material du jour to fit between the headshell and the cartridge, with 'hallelujah' results. Do they do anything other than cha .......

494: Vinyl Asylum, RE: do you have the extra TA weight? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-27, 08:54:05 (24.48.87.178)
Think so .......

495: Vinyl Asylum, Magnepan Unitrac arm, pinging Moisin (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-26, 17:51:32 (24.48.87.178)
Clearaudio Maestro are lower compliance cartridges than what I have been using (ADC XLM II). Would they work in this arm? Pinging Moisin .......

496: General Asylum, RE: Choice of Seating (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-23, 21:48:43 (24.48.87.178)
or you could try one of these...if you can keep it .......

497: Inmate Central, RE: Will Putin invade Ukraine? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-18, 18:19:49 (67.246.17.21)
So, where are the UN? .......

498: Digital Drive, RE: Wretched excess - CH Precisions D1.5 disc player (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-18, 15:37:02 (67.246.17.21)
The OP was not about blind testing .......

499: Inmate Central, RE: What are my chances of finding a new Mazda CX-30 awd turbo for sale? (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-17, 12:54:05 (67.246.17.21)
She hates the car she has. Did she test drive it? Has she ever driven the Mazda? Test reports indicate interior gets shabby fast, unacceptable highway noise. .......

500: Classical Court, RE: Sticking it to Wagner (0.00)
Posted by fstein on 2022-02-17, 12:00:48 (67.246.17.21)
Woops! Saw it! .......

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