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| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! A manufacturer is merely a sophisticated DIYer. All manufacturers started off that way.As to life-changing improvements to SQ from a power cord, poof.You get taken in by emperor's new clothes if you're that gullible.This is how that tale goes in ... | |
| Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad? I live on a hill near a larger hill that often stops rainstorms.The house is tall and has a lightning conductor running from the top of the roof down to an earth rod.Lightning will always take the shortest/easiest route to ground so it goes that w... | |
| Diffuser or absorber behind listening position....and is it worth doing?? Erik, you nailed it; said what I was going to say and others had missed.OP, for the same reason you know not to put the speakers too near boundary walls, you really don't want to sit right against the back wall, or even 2 or 3 feet forward. You w... | |
| Equalization for vinyl nirvana The OP is not speaking of RIAA equalisation. Yes that is vital to restore (very close to) equal volume at all frequencies from what is a very unequal cutting process.The producer had a very big equaliser panel in front of him when the recording ... | |
| Can someone please explain Compare the sound of a speaker with the sound of live music.What are the differences?Then all these descriptors snap into focus:The speaker is 'brighter' than the performance.Or 'warmer'etc | |
| The two most common mistakes are bass and treble OP: Always run a long-term home test before buying speakers.Give yourself plenty of time to climatise yourself to the sound.You will have years to enjoy your choice not years to regret it.I am sure you know this.To all the posts about low ohms an... | |
| Have I got the wrong amp? or the wrong speakers? Hi Miller, Russ, SteveYou got a down on receivers.Please tell me why an amplifier coupled to a radio will have inherently poorer sound quality than a lone amplifier.Assuming the present cables are not faulty and correctly connected, they cannot be... | |
| 30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs? Multiple posts here say balanced must be fully balanced or there is little or no benefit. I agree. Don't waste the extra $$$ on expensive balanced cables if all your components are not fully balanced. 30ft is a long run and you will have SQ lo... | |
| What phono preamp are you using? Van den Hul Grail SB with vdh Colibri and others, Ortofon A90, Audio Technica ART-1000.The Grail and the ART-1000 are the big discoveries here, both little known and of the highest SQ. Grail isn't cheap but the equal of much costlier top-end stuf... | |
| Which amplifier should i buy If you like Audio Research and can stand the heat, your budget is more than sufficient to buy a pair of big reference monoblocks used and re-valve and re-cap.Currently on eBay: Ref 210s at £7995, Ref 600s, re-valved, at $8,490. | |
| A bit of an epiphany...with humble embarrassment Morning Miller. Boing boing!And sometimes the speakers need to be not quite symmetrical and equidistant to compensate for uneven room effects that cannot easily be corrected.@speakermaster. Stones or bricks. NOW you're talking! | |
| 2 Ohm Tekton Pendragons Whatever happened to Apogee Scintillas? They certainly sounded good driven by limitless Class A that doubled up power down to 2 ohm anyway.I guess 1 ohm speakers may not catch on again? | |
| Bang for the buck vs. “money no object” cable recommendations Hi Iseland.Mostly a rant! But I did address an explicit part of OP's question so I was on-message.Yes, I do like the low-end part of Siltech's offerings and generally the sound of silver interconnect.I would like to hear from any member who has s... | |
| Looking for speaker advice-$10-20k Where are you Miller? Taking Easter off?Hope you're OK, we'd miss you here and all the Tekton plugs. | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year Stereophile is a much better read than this thread.That's why people pay (not much) money for Stereophile.But their recommended products is a bore and a waste of their valuable editorial space. They only include current gear and say nothing of t... |