I had bought some floor protectors/spike cups (?) for my living room stands, which killed the sound there..something specific to how the thin walled Harbeths want to freely resonate I think. Anyway, I put those things under the much heavier stands here because yes, they'd scar the floors. These stands are HEAVY, and I don't even have filling in them.
Which reminds me, my Christmas tree is still up... I was supposed to take that down today instead of playing with my stereo(s).Nice SL-10.
Isn't fun when you "discover" components previously tucked away and forgotten?
Like Christmas all over again.
Alejandra, my wife, will not be back for probably a month so I can play as long as I want. I'll see her before then, just in Chicago, not here.I want to reassure you that, in my opinion, you have your priorities in the correct order: Stereo first, tree later.
Even though today would have been our usual day to take down the tree it hasn't happened here, either. I wish the delay were do to something as fun as playing with the stereo, but my dear dog Magnus is in his last days and the focus has been on keeping him comfortable and getting him to eat a bit. The stereo gets played, but mostly just the tuner.
I have a closet like that as well. This time of year I find the usual Tetris to be in the refrigerator....
There are more important things than stereo. I'm sorry to hear about your dog, I can't imagine losing my own. Cosmo, our Scottish terrier has become the biggest part of our lives, everything we do seems to have something to do with him, and he's probably saved our marriage given the two-city thing we have going because of where our jobs happen to be. They don't live long but they pack in several lifetimes of friendship and love into what they have. All my thoughts to your family and Magnus.
Thanks for the empathy, all. Magnus and I have been through a lot together - the ending of my previous marriage, being essentially homeless for half a year after the house was hit by lightning, so many things. He really is the most easy-going, friendly creature I've met on this earth and when his time comes (as soon it must) there will be a huge void left behind. I've had a number of dogs in my life over the past quarter century, but the two of us just have a very special bond I've not experienced with a four-leg before. I never had to train him, he just always wanted to do what I asked. No bad thing in a 140 lb dog! Here are a couple of pics of him.
DSC_1459 by fiddlefye, on Flickr
DSC_8300 by fiddlefye, on Flickr
) turntable. Sounds remarkably good for an odds & sods system.
At quieter listening levels I think the Elacs are the better speaker, but the Cabasses play better louder. The Cabasses could really use a crossover rebuild, I think, though they're likely getting sold. They've been in storage for awhile, replaced in our small Chicago apartment with bookshelf speakers to save space.
The room always ends up having the final say, doesn't it?
That would be awesome, thank you. I tried just stuffing them with socks and that didn't work. Too much stuffing.
These were, in fact, dirty..grabbed from the floor. I get to live like a slob for a bit so I'm taking advantage of it.Did you compare washed vs. dirty for sonic differences?
