bob_bundus
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| Favorite sounding interconnects? I agree with Craig regarding the Synergistic rec. I'm hardly golden-eared but have found the Resolution Reference Phase II to be quite neutral. I later noted with interest that Stereophile agrees with my neutrality experiences. In my search for sy... | |
| Problems with Passive Preamp, please Help It definitely sounds like an impedance mismatch issue. A DAC outputting in the 3V range should easily be able to drive an amp with half the sensitivity (1.4V) well into clipping. If you do not hear major distortion when your volume is cranked wide... | |
| Re: Dedicated Lines There are already numerous if not multitudes of posts on this subject; please use the search engine to locate them because there is a lot of good material already posted & you won't want to miss it. | |
| Surge suppression AC filtration for the entire house Line transient supressors are not wired in series with your load; rather they are wired parallel across your incoming line & therefor will not constrain dynamics. Larger primary wholehouse surge arrestors (such as the Joslyn gas discharge arre... | |
| 25 foot bi-wire speaker cables that won't bust the bank? For speaker cable runs that long, your best bet is a networked deisgn such as Transparent (high$) or MIT (T2 or T3 is pretty cheap). People like us who are stuck with having to use long speaker cable runs are better off with networked designs, bec... | |
| Help - my new Classe CAM350s have blown up... Good idea to check your supply voltage at that breaker's output when you reset it, & then again while driving a load (several hundred watts of floor lamp, vacuum cleaner motor, etc). The whole rig may have been drawing enough current to load d... | |
| Hubbell hospital grade outlets w/ surge protection It could (it might, or more likely might not). Properly engineered line conditioning will not limit dynamics, and the system will most likely sound better then without conditioning, but the only way to determine that is to try a good unit such as ... | |
| I've only used homemade cables.But Im ready for an upgrade Contact Bob Cohen at www.fatwyre.com for guidance regarding cable suggestions within the context of your equipment in use, as well as for demo cables available for rental/tryout at a very reasonable fee which is also applicable to any eventual pur... | |
| Conduct on Audiogon I would just forget about it & get on with life; there seems to be some considerable over-reaction above. As both buyer & seller I've had deals go sour in various ways, but never bothered to get so bent out of shape over such trivialities.... | |
| Help Cable is causing a Buzz/Hum in HomeTheatre Amp. Please refer to my archived threads on this subject; there are two easy solutions both of which have been applied successfully by members here. http://audiogo5.iserver.net/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&970547491&readhttp://audiogo5.iserver.net/cgi-b... | |
| Equipment Stand placement? Several good experiential opinions are offered above, none exactly alike. KT what that tells you is, like everything else, you'll need to experiment in order to determine what works best for you with your own equipment in your own room. I also rea... | |
| Upgrading electrical-things to do? Since you have an "long run" then a larger gauge than #12 wire is needed to realize the beneifts of reduced surge impedance. Your electrician won't comprehend this, but absolutely insist that at least #10 gauge be installed, or even #8 for a long ... | |
| Sound proofing listening room Todd you may never be able to completely get rid of the noise causing the complaints. A double ceiling may help? Alternatively you may want to look into eliminating the source of the complaints? (I doubt the Dr. Baker would be very interested in c... | |
| Lack of Bass from my BAT VK-5i Preamp... Ted this is an FAQ of interest to many users, so I'd like to elaborate a bit on Joe's comments; perhaps you've slightly misunderstood. The ratio of interest here is the preamp's OUTPUT impedance vs. the power amp's input Z (Z = impedance). The P.A... | |
| Please help me choose CD isolation Martin: many good suggestions above! For your budget range probably stick with a piece of 1/2" or 3/4" MDF (medium density fibreboard at your local lumberyard) or maple. Set that shelf on top of the vibrapods (allowing for the additional weight) &... |