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| Why do cables need break-in? Why do amps, pre-amps, cd players, speakers, cartridges, and everything else in your system need to be broken-in? The reasons are complex, but the simple answer is that the wire has a crystaline structure that presents many options to the electron... | |
| Anyone Familar With ESS Speakers? Yo Lpsforever, the AMT 1B is a little better than the original AMT 1, but they were not great speakers. A friend of mine had a pair back in the 70's. The tweets were too good for the transistor junk that was available at the time. They would drive... | |
| help me sound proof my dorm room Yo Chet, You might try using half inch thick fiberglass insulation with foil on one side. Spread a thick layer roofing mastic on the fiberglass side and cover it with a burlap or cotton duck cloth. These come in 4 x 8 sheets and the cloth will com... | |
| Turntable or Cable Upgrade? Yo B, Try some Purist Audio Elementa, Aqueous, or Maximus. The Elementa will take really the edge off but the midrange is not as good as the Maximus. | |
| How to hook up Subwoofer ? Yo Kitty, There are several ways to hook up your sub. Lets look at line level first as it is the best, and then speaker level. If your receiver/amplifier has an RCA "subwoofer" output you can use it if: the receiver/amp has a built-in crossover to... | |
| Cigarette Smoke Harm Solid State Unit ? Yo Fbi, The components that usually require a thorough cleaning are the ones with moving parts...potentiometers, variable capacitors, relays, and switches. To do a complete and thorough job will require complete disassembly of all circuit boards f... | |
| Jeff Rowland amps, any coments? Yo Tireguy, the best way that I can describe the sound of a Rowland is that it has no sound. They don't sound warm or dry or lean or anything...they sound like music. I will say that they sound better when you are driving them with a Jeff Rowland ... | |
| Does DigiVision Pic Enhancment work ? Yo Roger, Without knowing what DVD player or what model Mitsu TV you have, it's impossible to know if your setup is capable of delivering the s.o.t.a. picture from the DVD medium. If you have a recent progressive scan DVD player and a TV that has ... | |
| Pre-amp for a NYAL Moscode 300? Steve Sank in Albuquerque NM has bought the rights and Moscode name from widow of the guy that started Moscode. He repairs them, he modifies them (upgrades the caps, wiring, connectors, etc.), and he is very opinionated about what works with them.... | |
| CD Players with volume controls Marantz CD-17, all the older Yamaha single disk CD players and changers, a few of the Denon CD changers (DCD-460,DCD-360), the Audio Alchemy D/A converter DDE v3.0, one model of Luxman (can't remember the model #), the Rotel RCD-990/991 (but the s... | |
| Bad room, bad tunes Yo Ohlala, As for the modes (standing waves), you have two ways to go...treat the room or treat the bass problem electronically. The first thing you need to do is the math. Your room is resonating at 100hz & 110Hz from the primary and the firs... | |
| Genesis APM 1 Speaker Yo Accel, By class do you mean Stereo-pile Class A, Class B etc? I don't think that they have been reviewed yet. I have heard them and thought that: 1. They are overpriced. It seems the only way dealers are able to sell them is by discounting them... | |
| Newbie to HT - Optical vs Digital Coax Yo Scot, The difference between Toslink and coax is far more apparent on CD audio than on Dolby Digital because the stucture of the digital signal is more of a steady data stream than a series of 16 bit words as it is in CD audio. So the type of c... | |
| the most simplistic stereo you have had Yo Bemopti123, I brought home a modified Dynaco ST-70 ($150 used) recently and hooked it up to a pair of Radio Shack Optimus PRO LX4's ($100 pr. new + upgraded crossovers and Deflex) with zip cord. I fed it with a Rotel RC-971 pre amp ($25 used) a... | |
| DAC at us$1000 Yo Ken, Read the review by Robert Deutsch in Stereophile (Dec 2000) of the Bel Canto DAC1. He likes the MSB Link Dac III better for about the same price. Robert raises a good point about the DAC being a means to an end...what do you want your syst... |