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| marigo cable failure Time to replace it. A lack of ground is not only bad for sound, but potentially dangerous to the equipment. Without a ground reference on the input, your amplifier could output DC Voltages, which will cook your speakers! Get yourself another cable... | |
| sota comet wobble The ball bearing is supposed to be there - that is actually the thrust point itself. Sounds like the manual is talking about the housing of the assembly itself, as opposed to the bearing. As for wobble, some wobble in a platter is normal on a lot ... | |
| Interconnect suggestions Fotopres seems to have a valid argument - on the surface. First off, the original poster is asking about analog interconnects, which is a completely different story than digital interconnects. But, I will continue the discussion of digital transmi... | |
| Good cheap silver wire? I suppose if you're happy with the current sound of MP3 music coming out of computer speakers, then silver wire would seem like a waste of money. BUT, silver cables sound different than copper cables. It's as simple as that. If it sounds better to... | |
| new sub makes my surronds hum Humn is a common symptom with home theater systems, usually cuased by multiple grounds. The first thing to try is to "cheat" the ground on the sub. Get a three-prong to two-prong ac power plug adapter, which is commonly available at any hardware s... | |
| ProAc Response 2 speakers and tube amps? Cary and Audio Research are known good matches with all ProAcs, including the Response 2. With Cary amps, you get a 3-Dimensional and warm sound, while with ARC you get a more dynamic oriented sound. Personal taste of course. Dennis Had from Cary ... | |
| Parasound DAC-Help? As for the sound, a louder volume is probably due to higher output signals on the dac than the original cd player - no big deal. The fact that it sounds cleaner is good - that's what the upgrade is supposed to do. As for the various numbers on the... | |
| Good cheap silver wire? DH Labs makes the brand Silver Sonic - can't touch it for double the price. Speaker cable is called T-14, runs $4/ft and is a thick silver coating over copper with teflon insulation in a twister pair configuration. Interconnects are the BL series ... | |
| Good cheap silver wire? DH Labs makes silver conductor interconnects, and silver coated copper speaker cable that are absolute steals. Their interconnects are under $100 for 1m pair, and their speaker cable is $4/ft. We use it extensively in many of our demo systems. | |
| Best electrostatic in smaller room? Please help! You might consider the Martin Logan Aerius or the Quad ESL's. The Logans have a small footprint, and because of their smallish diaphram, they work rather well in a 15x15 room. The Quads have a unique diaphram, which is activated in concentric circ... | |
| Pre Amps or amps for headphones The Melos is by far your best choice, if headphones are of primary concern, and it doesn't make a bad line stage preamp either. The SHA-1 and SHA-Gold use a tube / solid-state hybrid design, and have a very open three dimensional sound with excell... | |
| Problems with U.P.S. We like FedEx econo second day, and BAX Global for international shipments. The best part about FedEx is that they get you COD payments back in 2 days too! Their second day rates are quite comparable to UPS second day. | |
| RE: Tube swapping in Alpha DAC If you are ready to spend a little bit of money I strongly recommend trying mullard 12ax7 from the 50's if you can find nos go for them. They make huge improvements top to bottom. I have had very good success with this myself. | |
| RE: Tube swapping in Alpha DAC If you are ready to spend a little bit of money I strongly recommend trying mullard 12ax7 from the 50's if you can find nos go for them. They make huge improvements top to bottom. I have had very good success with this myself. | |
| Please recommend Tube pre-amp(s) CJ preamps do have a distinct sound, but the Premier series is perhaps the least guilty of this. To me CJ sound is warm in the sense of a slight glowing halo thrown around the sound. In their lower preamps like the PV12, this halo can actually see... |