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| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Speaker Cables @millercarbon Which sure enough is what I hear. Soon enough we will know if that is what you hear too. I trust what you are hearing is true. 😀 That’s one of the reasons why I am enamored by these cables. We have been in this hobby for ... | |
| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Speaker Cables “there is no RLC network,” I would tend to agree with you; however, Townshend Audio has allowed this review which I cited above to remain on their website. Not doubting that it is not a Zobel network, but, perhaps RLC, which might be something tha... | |
| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Speaker Cables Instead of spouting the mantra can you explain exactly what “ next generation Fractal treatment process “ actually means ??? … as for the rest its merely a Zobel network and RF filter in a box I read in one of the European reviews that the cabl... | |
| Taking a 110v Luxman Integrated to Europe If it’s a permanent move, get a local electrical technician to do the conversion, or Luxman Spana to assist in doing this conversion. If short term, then use a step down transformer and enjoy. Lived in Europe for 25 years and used step down transf... | |
| Beautiful listening rooms He’s also sitting in a Herman Miller Eames chair. Timeless creation. | |
| Words and Sound @mahgister I read nearly all of Ray Kurzweil's books and studied AI. It is a fascinating subject for sure. Two books I recommend reading about the subject of when AI and humans will have equal intelligence, The Singularity is Near, and the ot... | |
| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Speaker Cables Thank you for posting the technical paper. Very good read. I will be interested to see how these compare to my reference Neotech speaker cables. http://wp.neotechcable.com/up-occ-silver-cable/ His paper states that multiple close connector... | |
| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Speaker Cables How are the F1 speaker cables sounding now after some more time has gone by? I am expecting mine to arrive soon. I ordered a 2.5 meter pair and plan on using them on the midrange/tweeter connectors on my 101db efficient field coil 16 ohm speakers... | |
| Words and Sound Hearing and translating what is heard from any component, cable, rack, etc., …is, well, so subjective, that it is not even funny. Let’s all adjust our hearing aids and measure our ears to add to the subject of what we “hear”. One persons brightnes... | |
| Unidentifiable popping sound Have you isolated all of the tube equipment to determine if anything else that has tubes in it might be the culprit? I had a very similar experience with some NOS tubes in my preamp years ago. Yes, they were the correct values and exact same type ... | |
| Not sure Rumor or Truth that Max Townshend has passed? It is true. A close friend posted this note on another forum and I linked it here https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/rip-max-townshend | |
| Transrotor turntables This is a cool explanation of some of the technology that is used with the Free Magnetic Drive versions of Transrotor turntables. Might be my next upgrade. | |
| What'd You Get For Xmas? James Bond, The Best of James Bond record set, Rush 2112 Box Set In-bound: Air Tight Opus 1 cartridge, Transrotor TRA9 tonearm | |
| Phono preamp suggestions; can I improve upon my Aesthetix Rhea Sig ? @skinzy Glad that your new turntable and cartridge are settling in nicely and sound better than your previous configuration. Agree, love the experience of listening to new equipment and being happy after hearing improvements. | |
| Experience with DS Audio Optical Cartridge Systems @lewm , I agree. Did you go to CAF? We might have passed each other in record alley. Let's continue this dialog for sure. |