boomerbillone
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| How good does my system have to be to realize an improvement with cables? Hi danager! If you bought your gear at WalMart, cables probably won't help. If your gear is from well known, quality companies, it's worth an experiment. Are you using ordinary lamp cord for speaker wire? Lots of us do. It should be 14 gauge or l... | |
| WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Hello jiii 12. You have good gear. I think you may have a problem that can be solved by changing/upgrading cables. Here's a cheap and easy experiment: Get some ordinary 14 gauge zip cord (lamp cord) from a local hardware store. Get enough for two... | |
| Did you notice.... I must agree, a good CD player outperforms any streaming service I have used. It is handy to listening to new music that gets a good review. But I seldom agree with the reviewer. If I really like it, I buy the CD. Happy Listening! | |
| Severe short term audio distortion when watching Netflix It's happened to me too. It's something at Netflix. Not your problem. | |
| Placement of Components Hello bgchz! Is the Intel on the other side of the wall from your equipment? If so, turn it on and off while you are listening and see if it makes a difference. It might. A 25 foot run of balanced cable is no big deal. Pro sound outfits run 100 f... | |
| New amp listening fatigue: Distortion or ?????? Hello dtapo! Nobody talks about it anymore, but there is a thing called Transient Intermodulation distortion. I suspect that's what you are hearing. It may go away after about 100 or so hours of operation, as others have said. Leave the amp on al... | |
| Best interconnects from preamp to amps, within budget Hello toddsyr! Choosing the "right" cble is like finding the "right" life partner. You have to try out a few before you can make an informed decision. Used Cable.com will let you try out cables. Used cables are broken in and much less money. Supp... | |
| Vintage Stanton cartridge — extreme lean to one side normal? Hello bigmikeatl! Do not let that cartridge touch your records! Get the stylus replaced (easy to do - not too pricy). Maybe a new cartridge is a good dea. I have my doubts about the headshell. Is it loose on the arm? Be sure the arm is not twi... | |
| A rookie with 10K, seeking advise Hello llid2! Don't be in a hurry to spend your hard earned $$. Keep the Lintons! If you are not too shy to DIY, you can build amps & preamps from kits and save a bundle. If you prefer factory made gear, used is a great way to go. A classic pr... | |
| Single vs Bi-wire Speaker Cable Unless your woofers and tweeters are physically separated, in different boxes/enclosures, one good wire with jumpers should do the trick. Happy listening! | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement Yes, Class D has arrived. It took some fellows with radar experience to do it. You can buy the PuriFi modules for about $1000 (a pair, with a front end & connectors) that are used in NAD's well reviewed gear, LKV, and others. In their big amp... | |
| Basic question about power/watts Hi timintexas! Your amp is probably clipping and the Maggies will reveal that to you by sounding awful. They are unfogiving of poor input signals. The Maggies are a straight, low impedance load. Not many amps can really feed a flat 4 ohm load. De... | |
| Purifi v Gan amps? Hi mazian! I have two sterio pair of the PuriFi amp and six Starke AD4-320s. The Starkes are just a bit smoother on the top end. The are designed for smoothness. Transparency, etc will depend more on your preamp, cables etc. The amps that have t... | |
| Storage of other speakers in the room, shorting them while not in use? Myth or true? It is true! I used to be an audio gear salesman in a small room with 16 pair of speakers. When any set of speakers was playing all the other cones moved (just like your eardrums) and absorbed energy. I designed a switching arrangement that shorted... | |
| can I connect 2 sources directly to power amp (one XLR one RCA) Hello AudoCanada! If the power amp has a switch on the back for choosing the input you want to use, it's probably OK to plug in both inputs. If there is no input switch, don't do it! The inputs will be wired in parallel and they will interfere wi... |