boomerbillone
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| Beginner Question Hello 12many! You can DIY such a cable for $0.65/foot plus your choice of connectors! 50 conductor, silver plated, flat cable is available from several surplus outlets for sixty-five cents a foot on 100 foot spools. It IS a bit tedious to seperate... | |
| recommended speaker cables and interconnects Check the Internet for Zavfino. I am very pleased with their products. | |
| How do you arrange the order of your records? Performers or composers. | |
| Is it ok to stack LPs horizontally? LP records are thicker in the middle. Some outer edges are thicker than others, but generally, not as thick as the centers (labels, etc.). So, stack 'em like pancakes and they will sag and not uniformly - they warp. The warp sends a very low, sub ... | |
| Does a graphic equalizer show where your amp is lacking? Hi Scott 22! You're learning! Good for you! If an added piece of equipment increases your enjoyment, Hooray! Yes, it is like getting different speakers; and much cheaper. There is good stuff available from manufacturers you haven't heard of, but ... | |
| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? Hello lcs01.You can tell by the many responses - Great Question! By "a great system" I think you mean a system that reveals ALL of what the recording engineers give us. This is a dangerous as seeing a new girl friend without her makeup and support... | |
| Life of KT 150 Tubes Hello Vishnu. The life of a tube depends on how hard it it driven. You mentioned that the other tubes tested weak. That means they were were working very hard. Does the amp have a power rating areound 100 watts or more? That's really pushing any ... | |
| No love for Legacy Audio Legacy makes great speakers; I just can't afford them.. | |
| Prioritizing Power Cable Upgrades by System Component. Power amp, pre-amp, electronic crosovers, then signal sources: tape decks, CD/DVD payers, tuners, etc. Get good speaker cables and interconnects before worrying about power cables. Big improvements don't have to be expensive. Amazon lists serious ... | |
| 2nd systems- who’s got one? Hello Zavato! I have 7 systems in my home (and a very tolerant wife). The big rig is a 5.0 suttpund sound systen in the living room. A 5.1 surround sound system lives in the den. The master bedroom has a 2.1 package, the doube office has 3 system... | |
| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? Larger speakers play louder, but the Magnepan LRS is really a remarkable speaker and its accuracy is quite high, in my opinion. I am a musician (guitar, mandolin, uke) and regularly play five time per month with a group. My experience is with 3 mo... | |
| Tweaks, money pit or real value? Resist! Get a $$back guarantee! Believing is hearing! Cables do matter, especially USB ones. What seems obvious in a hotel room may no do the same thn in your house. By great recordings of "your kind" of music. Enjoy | |
| Speaker relative efficiency/sensitivity when using a high pass filter Most of the power in music is in the low frequencies. The speaker's "power requirements" don't change. How much power you need to drive the higher frequencies depends on where you cross-over. I'd guess that amps handling 100 Hz & up can be a q... | |
| Good cost effective USB cables for digital audio please Zafino, from Canada. Excellent results. | |
| Deals at Axpona on amps Ask the exhibitors if they will be selling their demo units on the last day. Offer to put a deposit on the one you want. Don't be shy. If you believe you are lucky, ask around on the afternoon of the last day. I saved amost $1,000 on a demo unit o... |