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| best cd's to impress your friends with.. Depends upon what music your friends like? Telarc's Time Warp CD is one of my favorite old demo's covering a range from synth to classic; a lot of orchestral fireworks! Then there's the 1812 Overture which has recently been re-recorded. Alan Parso... | |
| RS 232 A recommended cable for an RS232 data interface is CAT 5. We use it all the time here at the earth station. I can probably spring you some scrap cable, but you'll have to terminate it of course. Send me an email if interested. | |
| Star Grounding In the interest of not blowing yourself sky high should a lightning transient come slamming in, it seems very dangerous to connect water pipes to electrical ground. Washing hands or showering during a storm could be lethal! | |
| Nice Warm AC cord for a PLC 847-329-8975 is David Blair's # for Custom Power which is valid. Dave is great to talk with & will help you out if he possibly can, even to the point of building custom cords as he has done for me. While I liked his Model 11 on amps, the Top G... | |
| HUM dilemma Can anyone solve This one? Baz I replied privately to your email inquiry, but it came back twice as "undeliverable". I then sent the same reply thru Audiogon emailer; of couse I dunno if it was received. If not then give me an email address that works OK? | |
| "Whole house" surge protection. You're probably safe to accept their offer; these devices are typically shunt-protection types so would not cause any series-current limiting or ground hum. Be aware that there are different models of primary arrestors. Carbon block types are real... | |
| Aloia's and Power Even if the Aloia is conservatively rated, bear in mind that the V3 is similarly rated. I believe that you would lose about 5dB of dynamic range; a significant reduction indeed. Conversely I just went from a V3 to a Perreaux 350, also about a 5dB ... | |
| Tuners to audition under 700 Magnum Dynalab | |
| How many dedicated lines? Read again: "consider isolated grounding". I am not recommending it, but many users do so from experience so I just threw that in. However think about what is your objective? Are you more intersted in good sound or in meeting code? Poor analogy: W... | |
| Hardwood floors vs Carpet I had my entire room's ceiling sprayed 1" thick with bleached-white cellulose insulation fiber. This is the same gray stuff found on warehouse ceilings, etc. It improved the echos & reflections considerably & was not very expensive, althou... | |
| How many dedicated lines? Yes that is correct & it's another good point! All the evens are on one of your 120V phases and all the odds are on the opposite phase. Best to use the same side for everything, hopefully most all the noisy loads in your house are wired on the... | |
| Bass traps/room treatments Steve thank you for sharing this info: much appreciated | |
| help me improve my sysyem Viridian I can't agree more. The preamp should be the best piece in your system such that it's not your limiting factor(1) in order to get all that is available from your source components (2) in order to drive the downline equipment with the best... | |
| NOS Tubes for Cary SLP 98 Cary suggested using Phillips 6SN7 nos tubes when I called them with this question; said that's what they're supplying with new equipment now. | |
| What is your OTHER passion? I'd rather be waterskiing |