Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread gizek
> > Others have pointed out that the improvement may have been the result > of clean connections from unplugging & replugging cables. But it may > have also been the culmination of various unconscious influences that > day. Some you might be able to understand (getting your "good sound" > back wa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread Phil Leigh
tedfroop;609473 Wrote: > Pink pencil eraser works wonders for cleaning. Works very well for card > edge connectors etc in your computer as well and there are no chemicals > involved either. True, but it won't shift certain types of oxidation an dyou can't get it in between (and thus onto) the c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread tedfroop
Pink pencil eraser works wonders for cleaning. Works very well for card edge connectors etc in your computer and there are no chemicals involved either. -- tedfroop "Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement." -- Fred Brooks --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread magiccarpetride
guidof;609403 Wrote: > Goo gone (Home Depot) and, like Phil Leigh, De-ox-it (Radio Shack). > > Guido F. Great, I'll be making a trip to these fine establishments later today. Thanks guys! -- magiccarpetride magiccarpetr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread guidof
magiccarpetride;609388 Wrote: > Hi Guido, > > How do you go about cleaning your interconnects? > > Thanks. Goo gone (Home Depot) and, like Phil Leigh, De-ox-it (Radio Shack). Guido F. -- guidof *Front End*: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge; Cambridge Azur 840C CD Player;

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread magiccarpetride
Phil Leigh;609392 Wrote: > de-oxit and de-oxit gold works for me > > http://www.caig.com/ Thanks Phil! -- magiccarpetride magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread Phil Leigh
de-oxit and de-oxit gold works for me http://www.caig.com/ -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Akti

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread magiccarpetride
mlsstl;609198 Wrote: > RE: Expectation Bias > > It is a common misconception that any subjective influence we > experience only involves what we expect or want. > > Our brains aren't quite that simple minded. Psychological studies show > that while we are often easily influenced by subjective

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-08 Thread guidof
mlsstl;609198 Wrote: > > > Others have pointed out that the improvement may have been the result > of clean connections from unplugging & replugging cables. But it may > have also been the culmination of various unconscious influences that > day. Some you might be able to understand (getting yo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-07 Thread mlsstl
RE: Expectation Bias It is a common misconception that any subjective influence we experience only involves what we expect or want. Our brains aren't quite that simple minded. Psychological studies show that while we are often easily influenced by subjective factors, they are often subliminal a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-07 Thread guidof
Cleaning interconnects will do it every time! Guido F. -- guidof *Front End*: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge; Cambridge Azur 840C CD Player; Oppo BDP--83 Universal Player; Squeezebox Touch Music File Player (digital out to Cambridge Azur 840C DAC) *Preamps*: Conrad Johnso

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-07 Thread gizek
Believe or not, I "reboot" my system at leas twice a year and I could swear it sounds better then. Dusting and resetting components, cleaning connectors, taking apart those rat nests of wires, properly rerouting them, and probably ten other things you can do, makes my system sound better and "clea

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-07 Thread magiccarpetride
garym;609161 Wrote: > I don't know about the stereo system reboot wife's tale, but the dusting > off and taking out for a walk/airing works wonders for my wife herself. > ;-) Wonderful! -- magiccarpetride magiccarpetrid

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-07 Thread garym
magiccarpetride;609159 Wrote: > Any truth to this old wife's tale? I don't know about the stereo system reboot wife's tale, but the dusting off and taking out for a walk/airing works wonders for my wife herself. ;-) -- garym --

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rebooting your audio system

2011-02-07 Thread magiccarpetride
I've conducted a failed experiment over the weekend (basically, spent most of the day moving my audio system from one part of the house to another part of the house). Once I made the move, realized that the new room acoustics were dismal, and was forced to take everything back to the old room. At