bpoletti
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| Tree in listen room disburse Mr. Lumberjack.... (Got wood?) My listening room contains around 15 or so artificial ficus trees. 5-footers. They are scattered around the room in what appears, but is decidedly NOT, random placement. They are VERY EFFECTIVE DIFFUSERS and "fix... | |
| How to tame a bright system? Cables? It sounds like you need to change toe-in / toe-out of your speakers and the distance between your speakers and distance between the speakers and listening position. That seems to track closer with your description and is more likely the ... | |
| Silver v Copper wire phono cable Oh, Raul.... Once again your evaluation and interpretation fails. Silver ADDS a 5khz to 8khz rise, even though slight, that creates a hardness / harshness to the signal. It is pollution and distortion of the signal. And I suggest that your sys... | |
| Silver v Copper wire phono cable Dear @jw944ts : With out doubt you must go for the copper . The ones that could tell you other thing has not the kind of room/system you own. Do not let the distortions of silver enter your system. | |
| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? +1 for the Herron VPSP-360. | |
| Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio cleeds: bpoletti Why a "dedicated circuit" when everything gets lumped together upstream of the comnpponent? Dedicated lines can avoid the noise and voltage drop that may result from daisy chained convenience circuits. It’s a difference yo... | |
| Help, which preamp to buy from my shortlist? "What? No ARC SP-6B?" Not on the OP's list. "Where's conrad-johnson?" Not on the OP's list. The question is "Why aren't these on the OP's list?" Maybe they should be since, particularly with the SP-6B, these manufacturers typically ... | |
| Help, which preamp to buy from my shortlist? What? No ARC SP-6B? | |
| Desk top speakers at low cost Have you thoought about building a pair of speakers small speakers using full range drivers from MarkAudio (Alpair 7's) of a couple of 5" Satori midwoofers.? No crossovers needed and they will provide a nice desktop system, especially from the Ma... | |
| Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio Why a "dedicated circuit" when everything gets lumped together upstream of the comnpponent? Separate line for digital? Horse schlockey. If the line goes through a fuse box with "analog" circuits, then the purpose is defeated. If the dedicated ... | |
| Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200 Herron VTPH-2a. Hands down the very best at any price. Might find one used around your price point, if you;re lucky. VERY lucky. Handles LOMC and HOMM carts with equal quality. Easy to manage loading. Sunds terrific. Does not get in the way ... | |
| How do you enhance a bad listening room's accoustics without breaking the bank? thoughts? Pick up a dozen or two 5' artificial Ficus trees from a big box discount home dec store like At Home (@Home). Scatter the artificial trees around the room focusing on behind and to the sides of the speakers and behind the listening position. The... | |
| A Newcomer to Digital Looking to Upgrade My Dac, Tubes? Ideas? Upgrade DAC? Tubes? Ideas? Upgrade the acoustics in your room. It's a lot cheaper than electronics and more aesthetically pleasing. Use a dozen or more artificial Ficus trees scattered around the room to be used as sound diffusers and absorbe... | |
| Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE. The OP left out another reason: The music lover was an armory specialist in the SEALS and refused to use earplugs. | |
| Why does bass have more “punch” when I stand up vs. sitting? "Standing waves" compared to "sitting waves." |