abstract7
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| If you Bi-Amp a 4 ohm speaker = Ohms???? Sedond is right about the active cross-over. Only use this if the internal cross-over has been disabled (bipassed). I'm using an active cross-over, but my speakers were designed to use an active cross-over--in fact, if bi-amped they must use an ac... | |
| Upgrade Advice I would upgrade your 38 to the 380S. Of course the 32 is better, but I'm not sure it's cost justified in your system (there's an aweful lot you can do with $15k). I have Martin Logan Monoliths and upgraded from a 38S to the 380S--huge difference. ... | |
| What is SACD? SACD is Super Audio Compact Disc. It uses a disc similar to the DVD in that it can be multi layered and multi sided. It can store up to 17 Gigabytes of information as compared to a CD which stores only 640 Megabytes. It also uses a completely diff... | |
| Gold disk VS regular disk? Jadem6--thanks!! I love that album. I have about 3 copies of that piece, but I don't have it on CD at all. Which label released both the gold and aluminum at the same time? Was this the version when they corrected the speed on the second side of t... | |
| If you could... I wouldn't recommend a rectangle at all. Although that's what is mostly written up--it's done so because acoustic calculations for standing waves are pretty simple, and most rooms are rectangular. If I were building a dedicated listening room ther... | |
| The best digital hook up? I have tried several different methods with different equipment and found they all perform differently. In one set-up toslink (a cheap one at that) outperformed a moderately priced digital coax cable. Currently I'm getting my best results with AES... | |
| dedicated power circuit for amp Interesting about the 100A breaker. I have heard that replacing the breakers with actual fuses has a similar effect--with the same amperage rating. You might try it. You would have the protection and perhaps the full sound you have acheived at the... | |
| Speaker Mounting and Placement I would recommend spikes. You want ridged coupling for speakers. If there are books (heavy ones) on the shelf this can also help. The shelf material is likely to be the biggest problem. If you can replace the shelves that the speakers are on with ... | |
| Gold disk VS regular disk? My comment about direct comparisons I think is pretty important. Take two aluminum CD's, one that was released at the dawn of the CD age and then the remastered version. I have a couple of these. The remastered ones are so much superior to the reg... | |
| Where to shop for music? the Elusive Disc http://www.elusivedisc.com/Acoustic Sounds http://www.acousticsounds.com/Music Direct http://www.amusicdirect.com/CD Now http://www.cdnow.com/The first three cater to audiophile recordings. CD Now has few LPs, but has just about e... | |
| which output for cd s on 9000es? I have been pretty disappointed with the D/A converters on the Sony. I've read a few reveiws that say just the opposite--use the analog out's when possible. I'm using a Levinson 36 D/A and although I don't use the Sony as a CD transport, I have tr... | |
| DTS or Dolby Digital? I agree with the above posts. But it sounds better in ALL aspects. The low level details in DTS are just buried in DD. I wish there was more material out there on DTS. | |
| Gold disk VS regular disk? I do not know of any direct comparison. If anyone does I would love to know of it and try it. As previously pointed out the gold disks are remastered. I have always assumed that the gold was somewhat of a gimick to attract attention, but the reaso... | |
| Is copper different? Liguy is right, but there's more to it than that. First is the purity of the copper. Many high end cables use 6 nines (99.9999%) pure copper. Then there's the oxygen free part--it has to be pulled and assembled in an oxygen free environment or it ... | |
| More Dumb "Classical" Stereotypes For relaxing most of Bach and Brahms are soothing and relaxing. But you also mention music to work to--you don't want to fall asleep (or maybe you do)--but I would recommend Mozart's work for that. There have actually been studies that showed list... |