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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #944: That's a whole lotta work... by clarkjohnsen on 2011-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
...I recommend you take notes as you proceed.Also you might consider running specialty AC cable (not Romex), to wit this item from JPS Labs:Power AC In-Wall CableThe first high-end power cable for home or professional dedicated AC wiring. Dramatic im...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A wonderful experience! by clarkjohnsen on 2011-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: There is Bruckner and there is all the rest music. in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
It's the way of the siddhas....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #902: Too weak even for dolly? (NT) by clarkjohnsen on 2011-11-08 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #891: Indeed so by clarkjohnsen on 2011-11-03 
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Noise on the mains line, external electromagnetics in the air, and galvanics in the ground. Who's to know what's going on, and how?clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Although Romy raises two intriguing options... by clarkjohnsen on 2011-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MTT’s Mahler at 180 ghram or 180 degree? in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
...there is a third: The two versions are in opposite polarities, meaning that one will sound better on his (or anyone's) fixed-polarity system. And no telling which!This is quite apart from any possible problems (and they are rife) in conversion....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Live music makes the best radio by clarkjohnsen on 2011-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio source EVER! in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
Face it, there's more life in live music.LPs and CDs that bring that stuff to us are also superior.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Let me know what you find... by clarkjohnsen on 2011-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
...but I don't hold out much hope. Especially with the mod meters! You might get most everything in a pair of packages tho'. But you should also look for preamp-out RCAs.By the way, last time I was there you had a JVC projector too...clarkPS Totally ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It seems by clarkjohnsen on 2011-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Playing bad recordings using the "B" system. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
It seems that Romy is coming around to a wider view of things. Hip hip hurray!cj...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: My (unique) P.O.V. by clarkjohnsen on 2011-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Interesting discussion, guys. My own view on HT opera is simple: While the productions can often be extraordinary (the Barcelona Ring for instance) the singing can truly suck. For Wagner one must go back to the brilliant Keilberth and Krauss Bayreuth...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Alisa (cont'd) by clarkjohnsen on 2011-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The wonderful Alisa Weilerstein!!! in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Last week at Tanglewood she was superb in Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Rach too by clarkjohnsen on 2011-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
Elsewhere I read that Romy has put the Golovanov Rach 2 onto his server. I recommend that everyone download it... now!The BSO's performance last night was thoroughly enjoyable, but not exactly a keeper.What he omitted was how fine the Paganini Rhapso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #852: Salesmen by clarkjohnsen on 2011-04-26 
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The sales guy was insisted about the super-isolation quality of adeptResponse but it is all BS, he did not understand what he was talking about. You are arguing that the unit can't be much good because the sales guy was talking like... a s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: VB B8 by clarkjohnsen on 2011-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A stunning contra-Bruckner 8 Symphony. in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
I used to top-list the van Beinum, then I demoted it. Guess I'll have to go back now... Also, I have it on an old LP so maybe the remastering brings out more. And I am just assuming it's the '55.I'll have to give a listen to the Wand... always though...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #827: A huge area by clarkjohnsen on 2011-03-29 
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"This is a huge area of absolutely not explored territory and no one look into it. Unfortunately.. It is very possible that we need less engineers but more doctors and physicians to understand what bad and good electricity does to us."Yes. One ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #826: Of course by clarkjohnsen on 2011-03-29 
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"So, boys, next time you note some especially bad or especially good Sound then hit the SOHO data and see what is doing on."Another variable: Mercury void of course....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #825: Mooning by clarkjohnsen on 2011-03-29 
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The moon makes things different for me too, on a personal level. No denying it. Fortunately, possibly because the moon is my birthsign, the full moon is my friend.But I have not yet assessed its effects on hifi sound. Could be!So how could I separate...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #764: A reply to A Message by clarkjohnsen on 2011-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Quite agree. I have found that most guys (customer guys anyway) are obsessed with a single element -- most usually a piece of gear -- that they imagine (not always falsely) will cure their ills or at any rate afford a terrific improvement. Good luck ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Franz! by clarkjohnsen on 2011-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The List: Let age publicly in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
Interesting. While I'm not going to compile one myself, certainly Schubert would be high up on my own list.As for older people's changing tastes... I am told on good authority that as wine lovers grow into their golden years they tend to go for stron...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #727: A "heavy snow storms emulator." by clarkjohnsen on 2011-01-19 
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What a concept!clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #720: Rat Shack 3400 by clarkjohnsen on 2011-01-17 
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This reminds me. Back in the days, twenty years ago, when we were experimenting with small portable players like the 3400 -- we found they sounded best with a quality battery shunted with capacitors. We used oil types. The results were better than al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #679: ??? by clarkjohnsen on 2011-01-02 
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 "It is way beyond the sophomoric solutions like... AC polarity."From that remark one may deduce that the writer has already tried this solution and found it wanting, or has not tried it but dismisses it out of hand, or doesn't know what he's talking...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #676: A possible explanation by clarkjohnsen on 2011-01-02 
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Audio equipment can be enormously sensitive to AC polarity. I do not mean correct "hot" and "neutral" in the outlet, rather which way it enters your electronics. (I and others have tried for decades to alert the world.) Worst, there is no standard an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: OK by clarkjohnsen on 2010-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The industry-embraced audio and classical music. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
While one has some quibbles with Romy's post, and must also ignore his sometimes bilious tone, the principal thesis is grand indeed: The process that led to a playback industry where a $50 tabletop (in my case a fine $180 Sony "minisystem") sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: "Bruckner is in it for the long haul." by clarkjohnsen on 2010-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
That's the best in-six-words-or-less description of any composer I've ever read. Thanks!clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: "Not Vienna Philharmonic either." by clarkjohnsen on 2010-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
Actually it may be! At that time, and to some degree presently, the VPO had perhaps 250 members who played on a rotating basis; in fact a person didn't even have to attend the rehearsal to play in a concert. Those who weren't playing the VPO formed t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Persian dynamics by clarkjohnsen on 2010-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Bruckner Sound in Audio. in Playback Listening  16 Replies 
"...persian classic music does not need multi-chanelling but it needs good micro dymanic."I know exactly what you mean and I agree.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Bicycles vs. BMWs by clarkjohnsen on 2010-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
Great story... and analogy.Happy to see you have found Hr. Andreae. His Bruckner set is as good as it will ever get (as a set by one conductor) and moreover represents an inheritance of decades of original Bruckner performance, although it was made l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Why people don't like Bruckner by clarkjohnsen on 2010-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
I think this relates to the diminishing popularity of baseball. Yes. Baseball is "America's National Pastime"... and called that for good reason. The operative word is "pastime". Baseball properly speaking is not a sport (nor is cricket for that matt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #664: My 2 cents by clarkjohnsen on 2010-12-14 
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I've been following this sometimes acrimonious controversy from afar -- Florida, in fact. But I've not read everything. Now I have a suggestion re: solar. I have an ad for discount solar panels from http://www.harborfreight.com/ where they offer a 45...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Pretty much agree with Romy by clarkjohnsen on 2010-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: In defense of Mikhail Pletnev in Musical Discussions  9 Replies 
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