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| 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... | |
| Tube amp question Hello Falconquest. Tubes work by making electrons flow from the cathode to the "Plate" (or anode). "Plate voltage" refers to the amount of attraction (positive voltage) we apply to the plate to get the electrons to flow. The higher the voltage, th... | |
| Magnepan and Bob Carver Raven amps Bob Carver is my favorite guy in the biz. I would trust his amps anywhere; BUT in case they don't work out, try the Starke AD-320. I'm driving the LRS with the Starke in the two channel mode (300+ watts per side) and they sound fabulous. | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? The recording engineer is the key person in the operation. Given a good recording, the LXmini's that Prof. Linkquitz designed are famous for vanishing. You can build a pair for around $400. Madisound has a kit. | |
| Problem with one channel going out..... Since it's always the same channel, think about the slip on connections to the phono cartridge. One at a time, slide the connections on and off.a few times to clean up the contact between the cartridge and the tone arm wire. You can put a little m... | |
| Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas? Maggies need great speaker cables and power amps. I'm an owner and fan (started with the MG2s) and now have an LRS in my "must hear every detail" lab and "experiment here" system. (I have five systems in the home and a very tolerant wife!) I use S... | |
| Do high end manufacturers need retail outlets? Do youo really want to spend $10,000 or so (and up!) for a product you have not seen, touched, or heard? And some guy who sees as just another heavy box is going to drop it on your porch? Fragile Smagile, he's got ninety mor stops to make today. I... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. I am snooping alll the time. What the cartridge does with a record is similar to what the DAC does with the digital signal it recieves. What has schocked me is how important the USB cable is. I have 5 DACs near my writing position. With a particu... | |
| How do you play music on a Marshall speaker? Musical Instrument amps and speakers are not made to faithfully reproduce music. They are made to create music. See if it has a CD or High Level input. If so, find or make a cable that will allow you to plug into your signal source and also into o... |