Am I the only one happy with the sound of a CD player?
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4krow
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Way to go, now there aren't more shoe puns for the rest of us. Perhaps you should be punished in a punatentery. THAT wouldn't be very punny, now would it.
I'm reminded of one of my favorite quotes (I don't know who said it):
"Some claim that the pun is the lowest form of humor. I, on the other hand, believe it is the foundation of all humor..."
And just now I came across this Edgar Allen Poe quote: "the goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.
"Some claim that the pun is the lowest form of humor. I, on the other hand, believe it is the foundation of all humor..."
And just now I came across this Edgar Allen Poe quote: "the goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.
Grainger49
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You know Poe was on drugs, heavy drugs, right?
I am a big fan of Poe's writings. Have been since the fifth grade.
I am a big fan of Poe's writings. Have been since the fifth grade.
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4krow
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Waaait a minute there buddy. Poe hadn't even written in his diary yet when you were in 5th grade.
Zimmer64 said:
The Audio Note Kit DAC is stunning and I definetly recommend it. Once I had my Parmounts and Foreplay III running/playing I wanted to implement a music server and replace my modified Oppo 83-SE.
It would have been cheaper to simply wait for the BH DAC, but I'm much too impatient. And, it was this impatience that led me to Audio Note Kits (ANK). The DAC was so impressive that I build and installed a ANK preamp into my system. Now that I've finally finished my car project, I'm saving up for the interstage monos to complete the system.
Now don't get me wrong, I've got nothing but love for BH. My Paramounts sound so good that everyone who comes over for a listen simply can't believe that they are making such incredible music. More than once, I've had to yank a speaker cable off an amp to "prove" it was actually powering a speaker (and not some hidden component).
Chris
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"It would make Amsterdam look tame." Well, before there was New York, it was called New Amsterdam.... Maybe, it was a rockin' place... I am quite familiar with the Meridian 508 player.. Nice, neutral, balanced sound...And I too, am quite satisfied with my cd playin' gear... However, I still will one day, have it all ripped onto a server like the Mac Mini... but will not sell my cd players...I will find some use for them in other rooms/systems....And having said that, I will not be buying any new cd players either... Servers and Dacs are the future for me.... uhh, and vinyl of course...
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4krow
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Here is my short story of a beautiful Phillips CD/DVD player. I bought it, but it developed bugs. One day it wouldn't give back a CD. I tried all kinds of stuff, except taking it apart. I turned it on, bent over close to it and whispered, "I don't want to do it, but if I have to, I will get an old set of rusty pliers. The CD is coming out one way or another...it's your choice." The CD drawer SLOWLY opened!!! No joke. I took out the CD, unplugged all of the cords, and walked the player out to the porch of my cabin. I raised above my head, violently threw it to the ground. "You can't hurt anyone anymore", I said. Later I ran over it with my 4 wheel drive, just to be sure.
Grainger49
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I would say you are a sick puppy but it worked. Running over it is a nice touch.
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4krow
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Now I recall, a CD club kept sending CD's to me that I didn't order. Once again the 4WD came in handy, and afterward, I sent it back to them like that. Funny, no more CD's came my way. That's how it's done in Wyoming.
Grainger49
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Back in the day of IBM computer punch cards a buddy of mine told me, and showed me how, to add some odd holes in the card to send back to them. It worked pretty well. The cards would be kicked out of the system and someone with a brain had to handle it.
fullheadofnothing
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My old co-worker hipped me to a good Phillips DVD player that can be easily made region free. The one downside to them is they under-speced the voltage rating on one capacitor, so they have a high failure rate, usually with the disc drawer. His was developing problems, so he brought his player into the office, we walked over to RadioShack and I soldered in a new cap for him. Later I found the same model at a Goodwill and I still use it for playing foreign DVDs.
The funniest part of this to me is that on a forum obsessed with fixing things that aren't broken by replacing capacitors, the broken device was smashed rather than fixed with a capacitor. Ending is better than mending. What a brave new world.
The funniest part of this to me is that on a forum obsessed with fixing things that aren't broken by replacing capacitors, the broken device was smashed rather than fixed with a capacitor. Ending is better than mending. What a brave new world.
Chris
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Haha , you are too much 4k... and that is EXACTLY what should be done!!! Fix it???? I think not... Demolition is the ticket.... and I too, remember the huge PITA company that would send me cds to send back.. They would NEVER send me anything I liked either....and let me see, Cabin, violence, destruction.. You are "Jason" (Friday the 13th) to the electronic component world... Did you make the "chooo chooo chooo" noises as you were terrorizing your component?? 
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4krow
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OMG Chris, um, no, I I I didn't make those noises, but stranger than fiction, a train ran through the mountains where I lived, casting an Erie light through the trees at night. Me and the elk got nervous at it's arrival. "Hear me! electronic devices, witness your fate after your mediocrity!" Two light bulbs instantly blow themselves...
"The funniest part of this to me is that on a forum obsessed with fixing things that aren't broken by replacing capacitors, the broken device was smashed rather than fixed with a capacitor."
Speaking ONLY for myself: I don't really understand the circuits, I just follow directions. Swapping in a (inevitably more expensive) component is something I can do without much brain power. And whether it improves the sound or not, the modding (which, again, doesn't require much in the way of understanding) is fun. This is a hobby, after all.
Fixing something requires understanding, unless it is a wholly obvious mechanical failure of a part that is physically large enough that I have a hope of seeing it and being able to fix it. I never would have thought that a sticking disc drawer on CD/DVD player was due to a faulty or under-specified capacitor, and I wouldn't even begin to know how to go about diagnosing such a problem.
It is easier to throw money at something than it is to gain knowledge. It isn't just a question of effort, it is a question of time. I don't mind putting in the effort to learn something, but I don't have the time. While I can post on BH during the day, corporate realities being what they are, I cannot sit at my desk and read electronics textbooks, nor can I tinker with projects and conduct experiments. That has to be done at home, when I make it there, and where I have a host of other competing priorities (primarily my kids and wife).
It is no exaggeration to say that as your income rises, you tend to spend less money on things/objects per se, and more money on things that you could probably do yourself at little to no cost if you had the time.
None of which takes away from the fact that you are right: it is funny that people here "fix" things that aren't broking by inserting capacitors where they aren't needed, but break things that could be saved by inserting capacitors where they are needed!
Regards,
Adam
Speaking ONLY for myself: I don't really understand the circuits, I just follow directions. Swapping in a (inevitably more expensive) component is something I can do without much brain power. And whether it improves the sound or not, the modding (which, again, doesn't require much in the way of understanding) is fun. This is a hobby, after all.
Fixing something requires understanding, unless it is a wholly obvious mechanical failure of a part that is physically large enough that I have a hope of seeing it and being able to fix it. I never would have thought that a sticking disc drawer on CD/DVD player was due to a faulty or under-specified capacitor, and I wouldn't even begin to know how to go about diagnosing such a problem.
It is easier to throw money at something than it is to gain knowledge. It isn't just a question of effort, it is a question of time. I don't mind putting in the effort to learn something, but I don't have the time. While I can post on BH during the day, corporate realities being what they are, I cannot sit at my desk and read electronics textbooks, nor can I tinker with projects and conduct experiments. That has to be done at home, when I make it there, and where I have a host of other competing priorities (primarily my kids and wife).
It is no exaggeration to say that as your income rises, you tend to spend less money on things/objects per se, and more money on things that you could probably do yourself at little to no cost if you had the time.
None of which takes away from the fact that you are right: it is funny that people here "fix" things that aren't broking by inserting capacitors where they aren't needed, but break things that could be saved by inserting capacitors where they are needed!
Regards,
Adam
Great story Greg... It reminds me of my reaction when 750gb drive failed. I had it backed up. So, the sinking pit in my stomach was short lived. It did cause a reaction though. I had read about these drives failing. In a way I was indignant. "How can this happen to me".
Well, it wasnt long after that. I took it out to the garage. Thats where my trusty sledge awaited.... Well you can picture the rest. What did amaze me though.. was how TOUGH they build those 3.5" drives! I had to beat the living shit out of it to even dent it. Steel. I wanted to make sure NO one could get to my data. If I cant have it nobody can...
Well, it wasnt long after that. I took it out to the garage. Thats where my trusty sledge awaited.... Well you can picture the rest. What did amaze me though.. was how TOUGH they build those 3.5" drives! I had to beat the living shit out of it to even dent it. Steel. I wanted to make sure NO one could get to my data. If I cant have it nobody can...
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4krow
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we are brothers Eric......I may not have mentioned that the offending DVD player had a bunch of issues, probably due to the many power problems in that area.
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