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| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended Luis, I find that my enjoyment of this hobby stems from the fact that I can listen to music or think about physics or do some soldering or worry aobut chemistry (record cleaning) or the biology of hearing or just listen to music. I mean, it's all ... | |
| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended Mr. T: you note you'd like to find'which of the two cables seems to alter the signal to a greater degree'How do you know what the signal is suppose to be?If we take our time and listen carefully for the sound of live music in our audio rooms (crea... | |
| room design help I built a new house a few years ago and had real fun doing a dedicated audio room.Dimensions are 20w x 30l and 15ft ceiling. Lots of places can give you 'ideal' dimensions for any size room.Best thing I did was put the room on the ground floor wit... | |
| What's your speaker IQ, and the best speaker? IQ is intermediate: I have listen enough to come to an opinion about: quad63s, 57s, custom double stacked quads, little maggies (?model), Tympani IVs, Sound Labs R1, Dalquist dq1(inital model), Fried G3, Rodgers LS3/5a, shanihan oblisks, mbl 111e,... | |
| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended Mrtennis how could you ever 'know' which is more 'accurate' unless you could control (know) the input signal. And, as I am sure you would agree, more accurate on square waves (or other test signal) may not be more accurate with a musical signal. S... | |
| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended Using rapid A/B comparisons I get some info, but not a complete data set. With the theory that difference is not always better (or worse) I find I obtain more useful info by putting a given cable into the system and living with it for a while (day... | |
| Thoughts on adding a Super tweeter . My experience is a bit different than most of what has been reported here.I am definitely not an insect: my hearing dies well short of 15kHz, however the addition of the Townsend supertweeters to my Quads was a revelation: the entire sound stage b... | |
| Can I clean my records manually? tbg,Interesting: I'll try your method with LDS and no rinse. However I am using an ELP (laser) so any grunge I leave in the grooves I will hear. My current methodology (worked out with the VPI) uses a dry clean with an antistatic brush, followed b... | |
| Phono Plugs You need re termination. I am not familar enough with your set up to guide you but I am sure if you go back to your dealer he will let you know what is needed and how much it will cost. If you are handy with a soldering iron you could do it yourse... | |
| any DAC recommend for around $1000-1300? This sounds interesting. I don't really follow digital so I could use some help. I am using an Electrocompaniet MKI 24 bit with a 192 upsampling DAC. Could I improve my digital front end with the addition of an outboard DAC using the EMC as a tran... | |
| Can I clean my records manually? A couple or four comments on record cleaning.Manual cleaning works well. I did it for years until I could afford a VPI 16.5. I thought the VPI worked better than my manual cleaning but I would not rule out that another manual cleaning technique wo... | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers Opticaltee,Hmmmm... you must be as old as me :)I remember the 50% rule from way back in the Stereo Review Days!!The problem with this guidance is that one might find a 4K speaker that meets sonic needs, space considerations, WAF etc. It may not be... | |
| Recommendations for a sub $600 power strip? Yet another choice: The PS Audio Juice Bar offers a very nice 6 way power strip: no filters or regulation of any kind. I have been pleased with it's performance in my family room system. Not so sure I would want to use any power strip in my high r... | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers Wow, Wattboss, you're welcome!Yes, I really like this hobby - it does integrate well into my life. | |
| Need a warm speaker for a bright room I'm going to second photon46: treat the room first, then decide on equipment change.I've had very good results with the Echobuster products: try some bass busters and corner busters to start. If cost is a problem there is a good deal of online diy... |