carl109
Responses from carl109
| Do speaker cables really matter? I'd second Rockvirgo's comment; have you tried going back to the Kimbers for another listen, just to compare? Renewing the physical contact at the amp and speaker ends can make a noticeable impact on sound, often attributed wrongly to the new cabl... | |
| Digital remastering of CD's Yes Kijanki, technically correct. (From Wikipedia: "HDCD encodes the equivalent of 20 bits worth of data in a 16-bit digital audio signal by utilizing custom dithering, audio filters, and some reversible amplitude and gain encoding."My point was t... | |
| Digital remastering of CD's "Why do the record companies not smply remaster all of these older recordings to either 24 bit or HDCD?"Celtic66 is spot on. The vast majority of the music-buying public are after quick internet or store downloads of compressed files to their mp3 ... | |
| How to stop iPod Syncing? Thanks for all the quick answers; sounds like I can do it without too many dramas.Thanks Srburner for the link, that was exactly what I was after! | |
| Removing the ground on PC? Newbee, it's true that your source will be grounded via the IC (if it doesn't have it's own) to the amp's ground pin, provided your amp & source use the chassis as a common ground (usually the case), but that's under normal operating condition... | |
| Removing the ground on PC? I'm very surprised and bothered by the sheer number of people who disconnect/remove the earth from their PC to solve a hum or noise issue. That earth connection is there for a very good reason - to stop people dying from mains voltage shocks in th... | |
| Removing the ground on PC? I'm sure you already know this, but the presence of a ground connection indicates no double-insulation, so removing the ground does expose you to the small but real risk of electric shock if the casing ever became live.Is the improvement in sound ... | |
| Speaker cable length Your biggest enemy with long speaker runs is resistance, so if you're stuck with 27' runs, go for the heaviest gauge cable you can find (and is practical).If you're concerned about the different lengths (27' versus 18'), then just use two 27 foot ... | |
| Switch to silver for a treble boost? I have short steel stands (short to keep the tweeter at ear-height when seated), which have four brass spikes. Each stand then sits on a cement paver, which in turn is on my timber floor.The cement paver was an attempt to isolate the speaker from ... | |
| Best way to Connect IPOD to Hi-Fi. Belkin make a decent iPod 'Y' cable (stereo 3.5mm plug to 2 RCA's), about $30. I have one and it does a great job.For better sound, Apple make a well-regarded ipod dock for about $100, (uses the line-out of the ipod rather than the headphone jack,... | |
| Weakest Link + hardwired = ?? Your post suggests that Pro-ject don't use "half decent" cables to begin with. The cables hard wired in are quite probably very good if Pro-ject has used them, and done their testing and tuning with them.It's true that the cables from a turntable ... | |
| Switch to silver for a treble boost? Alun, after a few weeks of the silver speaker cables (locally hand made from "German surgical grade silver" according to maker), I have to agree. The difference from my previous heavy copper was small indeed, but I accept that could also be system... | |
| changing overall tone Stringreen's headphone suggestion is an excellent thought. I like my system, but it's in a difficult room (you know, wife and kids involved).A sub-$200 pair of headphones (eg Grado SR-80 or 125) can add a new dimension to a mid-fi system; I love m... | |
| Blu Ray or Oppo? I don't believe DVD is a dying format, but it's definitely shrinking just as CD's have. Download content wont eliminate disc, but it will split the market because:1. It will take a lot longer than many think for everyone to have the high speed &am... | |
| Moving ic cables around in system? Apparent changes to the sound after moving cables around may just as likely be simply due to the improved connection made at each end by the physical action of unplugging and re-inserting a cable. This can 'clean' and improve the contact between p... |