clearthinker
Responses from clearthinker
| Soundstage gone Yeah. The mono issue is definitely incorrect connections at the cartridge or two wires/connectors touching.If you are in full-time mono that will explain the loss of soundstage!!!If it persists after you get stereo back, it is likely then down do... | |
| Shipping. Hard Lesson. ALWAYS keep the manufacturer's original packaging with the piece.The manufacturer had the packaging developed and proved fit for purpose and shipped hundreds of pieced to prove it.I have original packaging for pieces I bought in the 1980s. Kept i... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial Sorry pjr801 and wolfie, there's no remedy for this recording.Agree entirely with jctf and mozartfan.Right from the get-go this was a poor recording showing terrible distortion in the repeated sung choruses towards the end.I bought the LP when iss... | |
| Does It Even Matter? In digital all the bits ARE the same. Even a cheap disc reader will make less than one reading error in millions of bits. Same with wire transmissions assuming a good connection.It that were all, it would be perfect sound forever.The differences... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws In a properly designed speaker, the drivers will not be fixed to the cabinet with wood screws. Obviously these will work loose very quickly because of the vibrations of the driver.They should be fixed with bolts running right through the cabinet ... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Small amounts of other metals are often added. Crucially the proportions of all the contituents is variable. So the content of brass is not fixed as for say iron.Point no.1 Not all brass is the same, ... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws What about gold-plated brass screws?Remember the first Krells? KSA50 and KSA100. They have these fixing the front panel to the chassis.Now I had always thought they were there as decoration???? | |
| Poor value vs snake oil... This is a dud thread.It is just a regurgitation of the measurements vs. ears story.So one man's snake oil is another man's value purchase.There can be no universally true definition.END OF THREAD please. | |
| This looks like a terrible investment No way a bulk sale will fetch $15 per disc.More like $5, as suggested above.Sold on a table at sales, many titles will take years to shift.Perhaps just stay home and listen? | |
| Crutchfield's Speaker Compare The only way this could be useful is if the Crutchfield sound reproduction is a perfect representation of the speaker itself.This is about as likely as Vladimir Putin giving up power in Russia.And if it were so, why buy the speakers, save the mone... | |
| An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables Yes indeedy robjerman. The only way you'll get a difference is to use speaker wire that cannot handle the load.Another useful experiment with thin wire is to enter it into your left ear and push gently until it exits your right ear. Pull through... | |
| 100v,115v versus 230v a few observationsmillercarbon 'the US is really 240v but you get 110v in your wall.??eerrrrgh. In UK the local substations get 7kV but it doesn't mean that is in your wall.But yes, good contact with 220v is quite a jolt. I know from when it wa... | |
| I think some cables are just a little too expensive. My conscience won’t allow me subscribe to unfettered capitalism that enables one person have 1000 million dollars.Oh noromance, you mean unfettered capitalism like in China and Russia? | |
| REL subwoofer 60 day Price Protection Sad truth - companies are mostly dishonest these days....I guess they have to compete with the Chinese.It wasn't like that when I was in my garden chair. | |
| Path of signal from turn table to speaker Guess you chose handle fuzztone because your system sounds fuzzy?Yes silk purses can be make out of sow's ears but they still smell of pig/hog.Class A is the gold standard. It is now largely not offered because of the perceived need to pacify cli... |