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| Expert Glare Tamer Required And More Depth Please Hi CW you don't mention anything about AC line conditioning. Your old M1 cables were very good in their day; cabling changes might be worthwhile experimenting, but what about AC line noise, and are you using any upgrade AC cables? I mention this b... | |
| Sibilance -- that last little bit... Sounds like a tricky situation; you might achieve some better setup results with the HiFi News & Record Review test record, stylus alignment protractor, Wally Tools etc. With a cantankerous arm like that you'll need better than the existing gu... | |
| Breaking in a new amp Power dissipation in the output devices is actually at its' highest level at 1/3 rated power output. If you really want to torture-test, that's where it's done. | |
| what causes the sss in words like 'thisss'? AC line conditioning helped cure sibilance issues I had in one of my systems | |
| Does your system have jump? if it's dynamics that you're seeking, then go with horns | |
| Cleaning with minimum fuss and cost ? An archive search turned up 92 posts on the subject of record cleaning that ought to keep you busy for awhile. | |
| Better AM reception.... any ideas? The ARRL amateur "ham" radio manual can help you out with the plans to build a longwire AM antenna. You'll need some room in your yard and a tree or pole for mounting. If you don't wish to go to that extreme then you might try lengthening the feed... | |
| VPI Scout Placement wall mont is rarely a good idea anyway unless it's solid brick. A drywall board wall flexes in & out w/ bass-freq SPL; it muddies up the sound & can even sound like bad flutter, like a dirty capstan /roller on a tape drive.I use an Arcici ... | |
| Mark 383 try moving the unit to another location; a different building etc. plug it in there & bring along some headphones to monitor the output. You may have some AC line noise issues? If it still acts up then I'd suspect a problem; this doesn't sound... | |
| Do I need to use a speaker selector? Hi Tin it's just a minor issue & I wouldn't worry about it; your main concern is operating the amp safely. When the selector box is switched out (no speakers connected) then your B&W's are being controlled exclusively by the amp, so no com... | |
| Do I need to use a speaker selector? If I correctly understand that you want to parallel both the Niles box and the B&W's across the amps' outputs; theoretically this should be safe to do with a 1.5 ohm minimum amp load spec. It's a sonic compromise of the amp's damping character... | |
| Good preamp for Vandersteen and McCormack I have experienced outstanding results when driving the McCormack DNA1 Dlx. with a Golden Tube SEP-2. It even comes with a remote, but is no longer manufactured although tech support for GTA products is still fairly readily available. Beautiful de... | |
| Is this normal? normal for tubes ... sure.We all know how tubes are microphonic. This is a sort-of similar mechanism, but where the tubes' plates are actually physically vibrating along with the music. You don't notice it of course when the indoor speakers are on... | |
| Radio Interference - HELP Could likely be that the player is radiating RF energy (hi-freq clock) back out of its' AC cord. Clamp an Audioquest RF Stopper on the AC cord as close the the component as possible. Perhaps another on the TV's AC cord. RF Stoppers are detachable ... | |
| Opinions, Is this better for the Members? AGon staff I agree with most of your above remarks. There seem to be numerous concerns from members who feel that they should (still) be able to post feedback when in fact no transaction ever occurred; money/property did not exchange hands. Appare... |