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| Are solo efforts ever better? Why should not two heads (or more) be better than one? | |
| Zavfino OCC SILVER DART 1.5 power cable Let me help @jasonbourne52 out. He is correct, but he doesn't know why. Excerpt from Novo Hifi excerpt: An electrical anomaly known as the “skin effect” occurs when electrons move through any solid core wire. Higher frequencies travel along the... | |
| Flat Screen Television behind speakers Speakers near back wall is not good either. Simply putting big absorbing panels behnd them will null the reflections that would arise if the speakers were further from the wall. But as a needs must, compromise solution that is the best you can d... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll Have you done away with your Class A Amp due to Heat concerns? NO Will you be moving away from Class A Amp due to Heat concerns? NO Will you never buy a Class A Amp due to Heat concerns? NO Since the early 1990s I have run Krell KRS200s... | |
| Hi-end audio is a big zero @cdc $4,500 ain't hi-end. Just about into mid-fi. But you're quite correct; your dealer was crummy. Chuck him/her. Go to a dealer who lets you do a trial of a piece in your system and room for at least a week. And don't then go and buy t... | |
| Denafrips 12 anniversary Coming from China, have you all checked your Denafrips does not contain spyware? They can package it very small and hide it carefully. | |
| How to match a Cartridge with the right phono preamp? All you need to do is check the requirements of your cart for gain, impedance and capacitance and check the phono amp can match these or something close. That's the easy bit. But all phono amps sound different, sometimes very different, so it wo... | |
| Best Alignment Protractor? Best protractor is no protractor. Get a parallel tracker. Or go digital??? | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? @arcticdeth Cashflow is of course a relative thing but, looking at the cost of big Class A amps new today, the KRS200s are great value. There is a fairly ready supply at between £6k - £12k. They are nearly 35 years old now so expect service is... | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? Good point @arcticdeth Yes. I have Krell KRS200 references from late 80s, upgraded to 400w per side. They can draw up to 2kW a side. Watch the house lights dim when they power up. No arctic deth in my listening room! I run each off a separat... | |
| Counter weights on your turntable...another dirty little secret? The Shure scale and similar beam balance scales are hopeless. 60 year old technology based on pre-industrial science. The pivot carries far too much friction - if you tap one end and let it swing to a halt it never stops in the same place. I do... | |
| I've been selling heavier gear for lighter gear All digital gear should be bought by weight - the heavier the better. | |
| Power conditions for Integrated Amps A power conditioner is only necessary if there is noise on your mains. If you can't hear it, you may have it but it doesn't matter. If you can hear noise, before running to the cost of a conditioner try the simpler solutions. Isolate the noisy ... | |
| Rhodium...hmmm @charles1dad Thanks for your interest in this important topic. I do not conduct blind tests. When I am considering an upgrade I listen to the changed component in my system for a long period, say around a month. If I like it enough, I buy it.... | |
| Rhodium...hmmm Anybody sensible requires blind testing by people who allege they can hear differences that are not expected to exist according to known science. That is the basis for all science accepted by all authorities. Claims that do not respect scientifi... |