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| Bridging the Mcintosh 402 amp As a point of information, the MC402’s mono mode doesn’t bridge the two channels, it puts them in parallel. Which is actually better, as bridged amplifiers often don’t do well sonically when driving 4 ohm speakers such as yours. Although I don’t h... | |
| Where's tvad? Hi Lowrider,The last I heard, about a year and a half ago, he was doing well. But, as the saying goes, he was pursuing other interests. I believe that his most recent posts, some of which address his absence, are in this thread.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Hi Mapman,Yes, consistent with Ralph’s response it’s certainly true that our hearing mechanisms do not respond equally to all frequencies. And as shown in the chart you referenced their deviation from flatness is different at different volume leve... | |
| Mogami 3103 and Supra Ply3.4 speaker cables. Review. Not sure how a cable can cause vocals to shift to one side, unless the cable on the other side is defective, or perhaps if a polarity difference exists between the two cables or their connections. Also, you might consider providing a description o... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Last_lemming 02-02-2016 5:04pmI tend to describe a neutral set up based on hearing many different "albums". If they all sound unique, meaning if some recordings sound bass heavy, some bright, some just fine then I figure the system isn’t tilting t... | |
| I think I've Just Seen Absolute Proof That Audiophiles Are Insanely Gullible I'd imagine that its weight of 3+ pounds would certainly make a difference with some turntables. Although not necessarily for the better :-)Regards,-- Al | |
| Subwoofer cable recommendations I am considering using Vandersteen 2wq’s with 3a sigs and the M5-HT crossover. So, according to Vandersteen, I will be connecting the sub and speakers to the amp output.The manual for the 2wq sub indicates that its input impedance is more than 100... | |
| Subwoofer cable recommendations If you are referring to using the outputs of your power amplifier to drive a powered subwoofer which accepts speaker level inputs, you don't need heavy gauge speaker wire. In that situation what you are driving is the very high input impedance of... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... What does all that have to do with the price of spinach? Geoff, in case it wasn't clear my last post was in direct response to your contention that:Radio waves do not follow the inverse square law like magnetic fields. If they did we would be una... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Geoff, note the reference to a point source in the quote Ralph (Atmasphere) provided just above. The reason the amplitude of electromagnetic waves goes down in free space as distance increases is that they "spread out" to some degree. If they are ... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Hopefully this won’t rekindle a nine page debate as occurred several years ago in Bryoncunningham’s neutrality thread that I referenced a few posts back, but I thought it would be appropriate at this point to cite a few excerpts from his original ... | |
| Conrad Jognson input blled It’s possible that nothing is wrong, and that the bleedthrough is inherent in the design. But in any event the fact that there is no bleedthrough from the aux input to the CD input suggests that the issue could be resolved by putting shorting plug... | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows I usually prefer mid-hall seating at classical concerts. My one experience sitting in the very first row for a performance by full orchestra was at a concert many years ago at Tanglewood during which the BSO performed Prokofiev’s "Romeo and Juliet... | |
| Possible new Audiogon phishing scam Never acknowledge nor click any link(s)...Good advice, of course. What I do when a questionable link is involved is to simply hover the mouse pointer over it. All of the email programs I am familiar with will then show a "pop-up" indicating where ... | |
| Possible new Audiogon phishing scam Hi Jim,I received two similar emails yesterday, quite possibly relating to the same thread as some or all of the emails you received (the thread being from February 2015, and involving power cord wiring). The posts that were cited in the emails I ... |