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Audiophiles, I Summon Thee

gellman
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 08:13 PM UTC #
vansmack wrote:
BrettnotBritt wrote:
Might just be a bad capacitor.


Are you saying his capacitor is in flux?


Great Scott, you might be right.
Yada
Joined: February 05, 2003 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 08:43 PM UTC #
BrettnotBritt wrote:
Yada wrote:
useless wrote:
Yada wrote:
My Peachtree iNova amp of nearly 11 years blew out over the weekend…due to a home improvement project.  Fuck me.
wha happend…were you getting the led out or did you drop something on it?


So we had a small project taking place in our home that was creating a TON of dust… we left town for a week and I took apart/unplugged everything and packaged it away.

Hooked up everything Sunday and BOOM… right when I turned on the record player the speakers kind of crackled and and electrical burn smell came from the amp. Not sure if it's coincidental, bad timing, caused by dust, or I didn't thoroughly ensure everything was good to go before turning it back on.

I bought a cheap Sony amp for $150 last night at Best Buy and everything is working… so now I just need to decide if i want to

1. Trade in the old amp for a $200 credit for a new one
2. Attempt to get it fixed
3. Say fuck it and keep the cheap sony


I would try to get a repair quote. Might just be a bad capacitor.


Peachtree direct doesn't repair this product any longer and Gramophone is charging $150 just to look at it but will put that fee towards repair IF it can be fixed.

Any other DMV suggestions?
Sidehatch
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 08:45 PM UTC #
not at all my field of expertise, but I will say in IT/Pluming…typically it's going to be $150 to even have them take a peek
Yada
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 08:58 PM UTC #
useless wrote:
not at all my field of expertise, but I will say in IT/Pluming…typically it's going to be $150 to even have them take a peek


Hence my reluctance based on age of product and original cost.
grateful
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 09:41 PM UTC #
Yada wrote:
Any other DMV suggestions?


Try turning it off and turning it on again. That usually works.

If not, give it a good, swift kick in the side.
Starsky
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 09:43 PM UTC #
Everything breaks now…even the good stuff

I would just take the credit
Yada
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 09:44 PM UTC #
Starsky wrote:
Everything breaks now…even the good stuff

I would just take the credit


He has spoken.

I think I'm fine with this cheap Sony thing I got yesterday.  Headhunters (my go to testing record) is thumping.
Sidehatch
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 11:14 PM UTC #
So what difference, if any, did you notice (besides appearance)

I get the concept of what a good amp can provide for the sound, but I’ve never heard the difference the amp makes
grateful
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 11:17 PM UTC #
It adds clarity, detail and the potential for volume. It is well worth the investment.
grateful
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 11:19 PM UTC #
You'll hear things you've never heard before, in songs you've listened to your whole life.
grateful
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 11:21 PM UTC #
The difference between any amp, a good amp and a Julian's America amp is 100% incremental, and far superior than having no amp at all.

Its kind of like guacamole. Even mediocre guac is far superior to no guac, and excellent guac is only marginally better than good guac.

Guac.
grateful
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 11:24 PM UTC #
Oh sure, you can claim that a vintage tube amp provides more nuance than a Sony doodad, but can you really hear the difference. Can you?

Are you listening to Spotify?

Did you convert all of your MP3s to FLAC because now they're lossless?

Do you still have your college roommate's JBLs from 20-years ago?
vansmack
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 11:25 PM UTC #
Santa's on the sauce again.  I love it!
Sidehatch
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 24, 2022 at 11:35 PM UTC #
vansmack wrote:
Santa's on the sauce again.  I love it!

What a brilliant retort to that threaded manifesto

Bonus points for the guac 🥑 soliloquy
sweetcell
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 27, 2022 at 04:30 PM UTC #
Off-season wrote:
Did you convert all of your MP3s to FLAC because now they're lossless?

this made me laugh way more than it should have.
jrpa
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 27, 2022 at 07:18 PM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
Off-season wrote:
Did you convert all of your MP3s to FLAC because now they're lossless?

this made me laugh way more than it should have.
FLAC may be lossless but it really can’t replicate the warmth you get with SHN files with checksums.
vansmack
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Re: Audiophiles, I Summon Thee June 27, 2022 at 09:04 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
Off-season wrote:
Did you convert all of your MP3s to FLAC because now they're lossless?

this made me laugh way more than it should have.
FLAC may be lossless but it really can’t replicate the warmth you get with SHN files with checksums.


There's an MC5/MD5 joke in here somewhere, but I'm too tired to think of it.
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