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    Think...CHEAP! :D

    I realize these are at the top of your price range - but damm these sound good for the money. The same sorta joy that I used to get from selling and installing really cheap Gardo carts 25 years ago - maybe not the worlds best - but really amazing for the bucks spent. Downside is comfort - you...
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    Repair some old headphones

    I would suggest finding someone in the area who has a ohmmeter or DVM multi-meter and simply measuring the resistance of the two speakers in question? Get the measuring device's probes as close to the vioce coil wire as possible- so you are not measuring thru any potential bad solder joints -...
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    I drove my Koss from the AMPS speaker out!

    If you look at most older - quality - integrated amps/receivers headphone sockets you'll see that they are run off the amp outputs - but each channel has reasonably heavy duty series resistors in line with the amp channel outputs. These are sometimes as small as 1Watt - usually around 5watt ...
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    B&K Video 5 input impedance?

    Does anyone know for sure if 33Kohms is the correct input impedance for a B&K Video 5 ( 80 wpc X 5) ? A freind of mine is having a truly weird problem with one of these and a Magnepan XO-1 box - the only thing I've been able to come up with is if the actual input impedance of the Video 5 is not...
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    Hafler 120 amp questions?

    Thanks Rickcr42 - the pdf manuals that fosgate has on their tech support link do the job. Really have to appreciate Fosgate for providing this information on products they either never made ( DH-120) or made over a decade ago (SE-120). Does anyone know if the MOS-FET output devices used in...
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    Hafler 120 amp questions?

    Couple of basic questions about the smaller Hafler amps: 1.) Does the SE-120 phase invert? 2.) Does the DH-120 phase invert? 3.) Input impedance of SE-120 is ? 4.) Input impedance of DH-120 is? 5.) Voltage for full output of SE-120 is? 6.) Voltage for full output of DH-120 is ? Even...
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    Just got Thorens TD 166, but I think there is something wrong with it

    I sold these back in the day: 1.) The anti-skate was pretty much as you describe it - you moved the monofilament to different notches to acheive differing amounts of anti-skate.If memory serves - they diid have a heavier weight that was only used at something like 3 grams tracking force...
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    Toshiba SD-6915 basic reliability?

    Anyone have first hand experience with this piece? Not expecting the world in terms of sound or picture - but has anyone had one of these that has continued to work for a week or two?
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    China (PRC) audio ?

    A friend of mine is spending some time working in China. The only audio shop he has passed so far was advertising brands he had never heard of before - promenint was "CAV" - anybody know anything about this stuff or does it stand for Cash Always Valued. Although evrything seems to be...
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    CD RE-mix / re-issues

    Does anyone know of a listing of artists who have re-issued new(er) digital re-mixes ( or whatever they want to call 'em) versions of previously hideous or at least un-inspired and un-inspiring older CD's? Some artists/ labels make a big thing out of this ( Stones,Joni Mitchell) others ( Bruce...
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    Which phone would you keep?

    I currently own a really old and recently rebuilt set of DT-990, SR-60 and CD-3000. Listened to 600 senhiesers ,Sony CD-2000's and some lesser Sony and senheisers before I bought the 3000's. CD-3000's sound great to my old ears and can be comfortably worn for hours. The SR-60's are simply...
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    what kind of beyers are these?

    The picture is not the most revealing - but they look a lot like my older dual cord 990's. I just had these refurbished by Beyer - price for both pads , headband cloth , cord and service/shipping came to a reasonable $85.00. Un-fortunatly - while waiting for repair I went headphone shopping...
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    Newbie Question:What does "Frequency Response" Tells u about headphones?

    I spent 25 years in the audio buisness. At least in terms of transducers (speakers,headphones ,microphones) - a good rule of thumb is the worse the spec the better the product. Real crap will frquently have either worthless "specs" ( no db deviation listed) or stunningly un-likely specs (20-20K...
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    Riverside ,Ca. audio attractions?

    I realize this may not be the proper place for this question - if it isn't - I would appreciate it if the moderator would either re-post it to the correct place or notify me via e-mail (stackpol@execpc.com) as to where I should post it. A good freind of mine is moving to the Riverside ,Ca...
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    SO how much do cans really cost?

    Although I have been out of consumer electronics for a decade now - the figure i heard quoted repeatadly during 25 years in the industry was that you multiplied the raw manufactored cost ( materials plus assembly labour) by seven (7) to get to a retail price. I suspect that on shorter run...
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    Headphone Jack Ohms

    O.K. - I find this entire subject real world confusing. My Grado SR-60 definetly sounds better driven off the headphone jack of my Marantz DR-700 cd burners (8-2Kohm @0-5V RMS). Sony CD-3000's are definetly best driven direct off my EAD 9000's output (50 ohm output impedance). Both are 32ohm...
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    CD-3000 impedance plot

    I've run into some listening experiences that I find somewhat strange. Use Beyer DT-990 ,Grado SR-60 and Sony CD-3000 phones. Grado's and Sony's are recent acquisitions. Have driven 990's off of either the line out of my EAD 9000 or out of a Senheiser DSP box - this worked fine. Tried Grado's...
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