bradearles
Responses from bradearles
| old vs. new , wich one is better? Stanwal is right. He sums it up quite nicely. I would add that replacing old coupling caps and installing V-Caps in their place can be a huge improvement but they need as much as 300+ hours break in time before you recognize their full potential. ... | |
| Tube preamp for techno and other bass-heavy music? IMHO, tube preamps are good for all types of music. I listen to various styles including jazz, blues, dixieland and heavy metal. A good tube preamp will reproduce the full spectrum of audio. The reason many solid state AMPLIFERS do better bass tha... | |
| jl audio 13w7 Lots of good questions nineballg.The JL Audio W7 series (car audio) woofers are the same woofers used in the Fathom series home audio subs. Are they great you ask? In a nutshell - HELL YES. These woofers are massive and very well built and the pri... | |
| James Burgess James Burgess is a master jeweler by trade. He has owned a jewelry store in the Central Valley of California for many years and is well known for his exquisite custom jewelry. My wife has a 1 carat diamond solitaire on a platinum band that he cust... | |
| Anyone using "jumper" cables? Here is an oversimplified overview. Many better quality speakers have two inputs (or more). Typically the lower input is for the woofer and the upper is for the midrange and tweeter drivers. In these cases the crossover sections are not electrical... | |
| Help with creating 12V trigger Radio Shack used to have an IR remote control Antenna selector for about $40. You may find something used or a similar product for less if you look around. You may be able to connect a cheap 12 volt "wall wart" power supply to an RG6 connector inp... | |
| Looking to boost my 12v relay I think it was Niles that made a unit that would do the trick for you but I don't think it is made any longer. I have one and will have to look for it. It isn't on their website now. Send me an e-mail and let me know if you want me to look for it.... | |
| Silver cables and CD players I use only silver interconnects and speaker cables. I greatly prefer them to any copper I've ever used. Just my opinion. You can get good silver interconnects on audiogon at good prices. Silver speaker cables are much more costly since they requir... | |
| 2 channels Tube amp in a HT setup I use a Tripath based amp in the summer and tubes in the winter. I like the Tripath better than most solid state amps and they use very little electricity and generate almost no heat. I use both single ended and push pull tube amps in the winter b... | |
| 12v triggered outlet? There are several options. Check out the Parasound SCAMP, or perhaps the Niles AC-3. I've own a couple of both and have used them with other home automation devices with excellent results. I used to use a Sonance VT-1 video trigger that I connecte... | |
| Can speaker cabinet vibrations be fixed? I agree with both of the above but think you should combine the two. Use a brace then glue it into place once you like it, let the glue dry, then use a damping material such as dynamat and you should be good to go. | |
| ARC VT-200 Cooling Fan Noisy, nit picking? I don't think you are nit picking. It is noise that is being generated that is interfering with your music listening - which is unacceptable. I don't know if you can do anything about it but there is a way to minimize fan noise and still move some... | |
| Another Cable Burn-in Question Typically the answer is no as the input impedance is unchanged regardless if the preamp is on or off but it may vary by manufacturer. Another option is to use a tuner instead of CD player. | |
| C.d player with built in Pre amps i.e Wadia I use the Resolution Audio CD55. It has a variable analog output and I am hooked. I still use a preamp but my preamp doesn't have remote volume so I use the built in volume control on the CD player. I liked it so much I bought a second unit and ha... | |
| Legacy Audio Impulse I have never heard that model but my friend has a Coda amp and build quality looks quite good and I've heard good things about Coda overall. Legacy selected Coda after much research and they are supposed to work well with their speakers. I prefer ... |