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| Speaker wire guage/current draw ? The thinner you go, the more resistance you face, and the more resistance you face, the more likely you are to suffer sonically (typically from rolled-off highs). Of course, that's only suffering if you don't want rolled-off highs. Certainly 10 AW... | |
| 8 Gauge Speaker Cable JV: Not to worry. The guy says he's using Thiels. Sean: Fair points all. Perhaps we should have asked what amp he was using; I assumed it was a pretty conventional SS. I personally don't know anybody who's had an RFI problem with speaker cables, s... | |
| Am I assuming too Much? I think what you've noticed, Artemus, is that LPs and CDs sound *different*. And, as these posts indicate, everyone has different preferences/tolerances/etc. So predicting how you would like a better TT, as compared to your CDP, is impossible. But... | |
| 8 Gauge Speaker Cable Leo: That chart is pretty conservative. Especially if it's your surrounds that require the length, and you don't use them much, you can get away with smaller wire. 8 AWG is almost certainly sufficient, and Sean's pseudo-11-gauge might even do the ... | |
| Is "The Audio Critic" magazine still around? Sean: Like you, I have seen only excerpts, which suggested that he was basically upfront about his interest in the speaker. Only a complete original would settle this question, and it's too old to be worth settling.If you are right, I would agree ... | |
| 8 Gauge Speaker Cable Sean's mostly on target here. I didn't mean to ignore factors other than resistance, but to provide a simple guide that was more meaningful than the one Leo had been using. Capacitance can be a factor in longer runs of ANY cable, though I'd tend t... | |
| Is "The Audio Critic" magazine still around? Sean is referring to a very old issue, that Aczel started a speaker company and then wrote an article about his speakers for the magazine. This story has taken on a good deal of embellishment over the years--alleging that he did not reveal his int... | |
| 8 Gauge Speaker Cable I wouldn't put any faith in a chart that told you to base your cable gauge on rated amplifier power (which is an almost meaningless number in any event, and a completely irrelevant number for this purpose). The proper gauge is a function of loudsp... | |
| Need more bass response One thing you're absolutely right about, Ax: None of us is the Oracle (who, it turns out, was constantly high, so maybe some Agoners may have more in common with her than they think!). You gotta make your own way. Others will tell you to be openmi... | |
| Is "The Audio Critic" magazine still around? It's as around as it ever was. Just spoke to Mrs. Aczel last week, who assures me that a new issue will be out "soon." It's what she always says, and sometimes she's right. Apparently the new corporate partnership has not solved the basic problem,... | |
| How do you decide on new music to buy? Despite it's limitations, I'm a big fan of allmusic.com myself. Generally, I hear of an artist that I'd like to check out, and I use their recommendations to decide which albums to start with. As you said, not foolproof, because sometimes a group'... | |
| Rock musicians with musical education. The documentary "Goodbye Cream" includes an interview with Jack Bruce in which he tells of being a conservatory student, studying cello and composing. He really wanted to be a composer, but his instructors (apparently less impressed with his talen... | |
| Need more bass response If jazz sounds great but not rock, it's probably not the system but the recordings that are causing your consternation. "From the Cradle" is hardly a mastering wonder. (Not to brag, but I've heard EC do most of that material in a club, so I have s... | |
| Good Audio System for Living Room Ah, the living room problem. Three issues predominate:1) There isn't room for racks and racks of equipment.2) Speakers generally have to go closer to the wall than is good for them.3) Room treatment meets interior decorating, and guess who wins.Fo... | |
| Jazz with less horns?? I'll second everybody on Mr. Campbell's list and add three other piano trios: 1) the early Nat King Cole Trio (which is available in a number of compilations, I believe);2) "Money Jungle": Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach--definitely ... |