Check out Eef Albers, the greatest unknown fusion guitarist. Only know his '87 CD "Pyramids" but is it SUPERB. Albers a very fine composer, versatile stylist- it's a shame he's not better known.

upon inspection I notice a small hole ( somewhere between pinhole size & small nail size ) in my left diaphragm & the left side is giving me some buzzy rattle. I was thinking of applying a minute quantity of something like super glue to create a thin film of filler that might restore the...

My old Stax Lambda Pro's ( 80's ) are starting to rattle...they sound good otherwise. I think the diaphragms have lost tension--they appear wrinkled & not taut like a drumskin. I read somewhere about a solution that may have been intended for full size estatic speakers: take a HAIRDRYER to...

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Bought a 50-spindle of Princo CDR's & I'm getting a strong smell & raw throat when I take cover off spindle. Anyone have any ideas on source of problems? Is it manufacturing residue? Can I wash them down in soap & water ? Or perhaps it's the surface coating itself ?

Should I check the jitter control box in my Nero software??? Purity, accuracy, fidelity the elusive goal

If I had to rate my knowledge of acoustics/electronics/physics from 1 to 10, it would be about 1.5...well maybe 2 since I've been on Headwize/Headfi . Someone like Don Wilson of Etymotics would probably rate a 10. Some of the engineering students & music professionals here would be up there...

How about getting a list going of cheap mods/tweaks going? And including relevant urls to other sites or threads in headfi ? www.tnt-audio.com seems a good source...

Besides using a cleaning disk, anything else to do on an older CDP? Take off cover & spray with canned air? Grease anywhere?

I have an older Rotel RCD-855 CD player that's starting to crackle (No snap or pop yet ! ) seemingly at random. In your esteemed opinions, is it worth bringing in to the repair shop ? I've already used one of those cleaning disks with no luck-- is there anything else I can do on my own ?

Haven't had the chance to listen to Scofield's latest, "Uberjam"... anyone hear it yet...

I notice when my phones are at low volume the CD makes all kinds of clunky clattering noises-- Do I need a new CD reader for Thinkpad bay--or what....

What's the best available remastering of Django? Hopefully, it's also a great performance.... Some of 50's jazz remasters sound great; how much can be accomplished with 30's & 40's recordings?

I found a significant sonic improvement in upgrading "Kind of Blue" & "Blue Train" CD's to newly remastered ones. I'd like to upgrade more of my jazz collection as well as buy new CDs that have been remastered using 20 or 24 bit technologies. ("Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section" &...

Could I get a brief description of solderless terminating? I've read on this forum that "banana plugs" are superior to soldered connections-so solder is superfluous, or even interferes with current?!?! & are Radio Shack "banana plugs" acceptable? Will clerks know what these are ?

I spoke to someone claiming he has a pair of hi-end cans bought between 10 & 15 years ago...that have 5 electrostatic diaphragms per side !! He didn't remember brand name. Does this beast exist??

Picked up Tan. Dream's 2CD anthology, "Dream Sequence" Disappointing to me--am I missing something? They're more interesting sonically than musically. Mike Oldfield or Frank Zappa (Jazz from Hell) do interesting things with synth in the service of the music. T. Dream just seems to gradually...

Older pair of Stax Lambda Pro's (late 80's?): there seems to be a slight buzz that's continuation of instrument sound fading off, especially noticeable on poorly recorded music. Any guesses to cause (plain old age[of cans!], notorious "etch" of older electrostatics, poor...

I'm replacing damping material in the casings of Stax Lambda cans(the outer part). A Head-fizer suggested cotton gauze. How does one determine how much? Apart from silencing sound to outside world, what role does this play in audio dynamics for listener?

I have to repair an XLO termination. So, I thought why not cut the 1 metre length to 1/2 m. in the process? Theoretically, infinitesimal length should be best signal transport, right? & I got some "silver-bearing" solder from R.Shack--should I use this for repair?

I'm going to look around for a carry case--perhaps kind used for power tools--for my Stax phones/amp/wall-wart. Then I'm going to search for a big block of high-density foam to line case. The question I have is: How would I cut foam to get smooth-edged compartments for each piece? It's not a...

There's a potential buyer for my ER4S, but I don't have any selling history w/attendant positive feedback. Paypal's personal account seems to be limited to $100. Any suggestions to put buyer&seller's minds at ease? (that is not prohibitively expensive!)

A search revealed a paucity of material on FZ in this forum. I do think a lot of his instrumental stuff is brilliant, but maybe he frittered away some of that talent on songs with adolescent "shock" themes, e.g. the gross, lewd, & profane. What do y'all think?

anyone have any info on price/availibilty for Canada/U.S. on these interconnects? they were highly praised in a Brit Hi Fi mag.

Think of this posting as a continuation of shivohum's post re: Stax initial impressions. I've had Stax couple months, just received ER4S. At this point, I wholeheartedly agree that there is an issue of dynamics vs. resolution. ER4S sound crystal clear but thin (I'll have to give em time for...