240zracer
Responses from 240zracer
| What happened to my bass? Yeah, it was not ideal. It was the best room I had in that house though. There was insulation to the right only, and a big reflecting window, no insulation up above or in the left wall. I had a wider and deeper soundstage there than I do in this s... | |
| What happened to my bass? My former, larger room is still what you see when you look at my "system" photos. It was very unusual with all the exposed insulation and floor joists and 2x4 walls. While it was probably a dead room, it also must have been a sound-absorbing room.... | |
| What happened to my bass? Magfan, you are absolutely right. I didn't know about the Rives CD till about a week ago when I stumbled on it here. And my meter is analog. | |
| What happened to my bass? Paulsax....I'm doing all this critical listening (which might be a bad habit) because I had the idea of upgrading parts on my crossover boards. I even built a second order crossover with slightly different crossover points in case I might have a n... | |
| What happened to my bass? Results from playing Stereophile Test CD #2 frequency tests and measuring db with a Radio Shack meter, listed as freq/db: 20/64, 25/69, 31/73, 40/76, 50/76, 63/70, 80/72, 100/72, 125/71, 160/72, 200/68. Midrange: 250/62, 315/64, 400/68, 500/74, 63... | |
| What happened to my bass? I hear ya, Foster 9! There have been times that I have looked at something 20 times and saw that it was wrong the 21st time. Crossovers are really bad that way. Brand new cartridges with the stylus mounted way out of whack. Imaging seems to play w... | |
| What happened to my bass? I posted this on Ethan Winers forum as well. His response: "Yes, it is probably one or more deep nulls". And he also says to measure the room. | |
| What happened to my bass? Thanks for responses! And sorry, I have been out most of the day. I'm 99 percent sure it is not a phase issue. I reserve the 1 percent, because I build crossovers and have discovered many ways to make mistakes. So much so, that the first thing I t... | |
| Phono Cable "breakout" Tricon sounds interesting even though I cannot find one picture of the phono version, and no mention of it on the Synergistic website. Once again, I wonder if Tricon and Tricon phono are the same cable. | |
| Phono Cable "breakout" I thought of that, Schipo, but it would be bad for resale, I think. So, Bill, and trust me I do not know this, is there no real difference between interconnect and phono cable? I have been doing what you say to do for quite some time, but I have b... | |
| Musical Fidelity XLP2 upgrades What an idiot. What I thought was a goofy symbol is the upside-down 4 in the 1N4007. Getting crosseyed. | |
| Musical Fidelity XLP2 upgrades One more time, Viridian. About the rectifiers. This is the layout on each of the two boards. 2 1000uF-35v caps, 2 regulators (can't read them), another 2 1000uF-35v, 2 diodes/rectifiers (looks like "symbol of some sort" and then N4000), 2 100uF-35... | |
| Musical Fidelity XLP2 upgrades Thanks for the suggestion Veridian. This is the 3-chassis version of the Mobile Fidelity phono preamps, just to be clear. Only thing inside the power can is a fairly heavy torroidal transformer. It is not the one with the plug-in-the-wall power su... | |
| Has anyone ever cried listening to your system Mansions of the Lord from We Were Soldiers has made me cry a couple of times, but goose bumps is my main thing. | |
| Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best? I found all those Linn upgrades to be stressing. Kind of like putting disc brakes on my old GTO and then wondering if I also need to make them power brakes or buy radial tires. I bought a Scoutmaster and a very good cartridge. An upgrade is now a ... |