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Hroðulf

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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #30 on: June 13, 2015, 02:24:42 PM »
Never hot swap RCA's on a working power amp. Just cost me a LS50 driver.
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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #31 on: June 13, 2015, 03:27:53 PM »
Quote from: Hroðulf on June 13, 2015, 02:24:42 PM
Never hot swap RCA's on a working power amp. Just cost me a LS50 driver.

Oh shit, really?! I'm an idiot, I did not know that.  Is this a risk for pretty much any amp?
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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #32 on: June 13, 2015, 03:29:19 PM »
Quote from: purr1n on June 12, 2015, 06:30:22 PM
So I started with vModa m100's, cuz I wanted moar bass.  I thought I was a basshead. At first I was thrilled, but it didn't take too long for me to realize that I didn't really like emphasized bass. So I learned something from that purchase. 

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Not being mean-spirited, but made me laugh. You know where I am coming from

LOL, yeah, I know, it is funny.

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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #33 on: June 13, 2015, 05:00:22 PM »
Quote from: anetode on June 13, 2015, 05:17:27 AM
With all due respect, I would not at all regret buying a pair of OMD28s for under a grand. That is quite a good deal for the tech involved.

If you want an omni. Otherwise I think you can do better. For example, I'm starting to see some Gemme speakers creep down into the sub $1500 range now that Gemme is defunct. If the choice is between an OMD-28 and Gemme Tanto V2, I'll take the Gemme.
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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #34 on: June 14, 2015, 02:20:55 AM »
And never ever reverse polarity when connecting power amps to speakers. Fortunately cost me only 8 transistors.
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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #35 on: June 14, 2015, 06:52:09 AM »
Stax 404LE and eXStatA: I bought into the head-fi hype of affordable entry-level Stax products that are clouds above comparable dynamic/planar. It took me less than 1 week that I needed to get 009.
And LHLabs stuff, of course.
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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #36 on: June 15, 2015, 07:33:19 AM »
Quote from: anetode on June 13, 2015, 05:17:27 AM
With all due respect, I would not at all regret buying a pair of OMD28s for under a grand. That is quite a good deal for the tech involved.

Not the OMD28, and have not heard this particular model, but here is the >Omni 550< for relatively cheap.

Or >these< which are sold as a pair and are actually ported.

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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #37 on: June 15, 2015, 07:57:18 AM »
HDVA600. It was a bitch to sell. And when i bought it i didnt even have a HD600, HD650 or HD800. Thank god i bought it cheap or i would've mad e an insane loss.
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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #38 on: June 15, 2015, 02:53:55 PM »
I have some mild regret with my LCD-3F because I find them uncomfortable after about 30 minutes.  They sound great but I may end up selling them if I can find a replacement that I like just as much...
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Re: Hard Audio Lessons and Regrets
« Reply #39 on: June 15, 2015, 04:39:14 PM »
Check out the Paradox Slants...
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