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| Request recommended cables for my system. Tend to agree with 6ix_6ixty_6ix that "Starting all overÂ…is a crap shoot at best. There are so many variablesÂ…" However, if that is only alternative I would try to buy all cables from a single manufacturer (including P/Cs). They have the advantage... | |
| Can the sound of SS amp deteriorate over time?? As you purchase better & better ancilary components, a point is reached where the ancilary components become superior & the older components faults become evident. Nothing is actually wrong, but maybe that point has been reached. | |
| Tubes and Rock and Roll, Can they go together? Make one change at a time. Get used to it & go from there. | |
| How to tweak a system. I don't think a formula exists for tweaking an audio system, per se. That said, make sure your system has enough resolution for the tweak you are going to use. | |
| Speakers A and B simultaneosly in different rooms Make sure your amp is capable of driving both pairs of speakers simultaneously. Your impedance is halved. In other words, if the impedance for each speaker is 4 ohms, the ohms load is 2 ohms. The ohms load is normally a nominal figure & is sel... | |
| How is a piano recorded? Check out The Silverman Concert at stereophile.com. (See: http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/315/index.html)It documents a concert given by Robert Silverman on piano & recorded by John Atkinson of Stereophile. It gives you more informa... | |
| 1st, most memorable recording... The first was American Beauty by The Grateful Dead. The second was Pictures at an Exhibition by ELP which really opened me my ears to classical music. | |
| sensitivity Sounds to me like you could use "compression." See if school will spring for inexpensive "compander" (compression-expander in one unit) like a used DBX 2BX on eBay. Once popular in '70s, out of favor now because CDs have more than enough dynamic r... | |
| Banana to spade adapters I know Apature makes such an animal. It is a dual banana plug & spades go between where the between the screw head on back & the metal body of the dual banana plug. Banana plugs are standard .5" spacing. Would imagine most single banana's ... | |
| Bass traps: RPG Modex Corner vs ASC Tube Traps vs? Look at GIK Tri-Traps. They are are new to the market. Haven't done comparison, but numbers are good. They are basically panel-type traps with triangular pieces added to top & bottom for cornr mounting. Very attractive price to perfomance ratio. | |
| High Efficiency Monitors - List Reimer Speaker Systems, Reference 3A & previously mentioned Omega Speaker Systems are some companies manufactuering fairly efficient monitors that you might look into. Merlin might be another. But D_edwards & Audiokinesis are right, there ... | |
| How much of the front end depends on the preamp To the best of my knowledge, the "primacy" question was first launched in this country by Consumers Union, who opined back in the 1960s that the two transducers in a system (cartridge and speakers), being inherently most error-prone, made the bigg... | |
| speakers efficiency See http://www.welbornelabs.com/recomendspeaks.htmScroll down to end of Recommended Speakers & before Raw Drivers. | |
| 1cdp/ 1 int. amp/ 1 outlet.... 1) Get an audiophile Power Line Conditioner (PLC).2) If too expensive and/or speakers don't need too much current, get a audiophile power strip. Note, I did not say a computer surge strip. Something like a Brick Wall PW2R15AUD, which also provides... | |
| A good bookshelf for tubes? See Omega Speaker Systems (http://www.omegaloudspeakers.com/) |