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| 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... | |
| Vote Your Ranking -If you have an opinion on this digital subject 1,4,2,3. The CD you want is probably available used on Amazon. Price vs quality. #3 is hideously expensive. Amazon's streaming is free with Prime and only very slightly inferior to the CD. Best price/quality ration I know of. ENJOY the Music! | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? If you have a strong enough signal to drive a power amp, why add more electronics? You need some way to switch sources and a volume control. Active electronics are not necessary, and, as you have discovered, can only make things worse! Good for yo... | |
| To Buy or to DIY, here is my question Go DIY, my friend! The satisfaction you experience will be tremendous! Every time you time your system on, you will smile. Most of the cost of "built" speakers is labor, cosmetics, and R&D. It's the drivers, the cabinet, and the crossovers th... |