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| 2 recent, weird and isolated issues with BD playback I have an MVP881BR and agree that it's a terrific player. I only use it in 2-channel mode.I haven't had any real problem with it. It does need to be rebooted occasionally, but I'm sure you've already tried that.Please keep us posted regarding th... | |
| Power Cord Length Why are we coyly tip-toeing around to avoid naming this manufacturer? What's the secret? | |
| Bryston 4B green clipping lights blinking I have an older 4B and had an even older 3B before that. What you’re describing isn’t normal operation. The front panel LEDs should be a steady-state green, and will flash red on clipping. You can verify this with Bryston for yourself - the compan... | |
| McIntosh tuner is snowing cats and dogs I'm not sure what you mean when you say you "hear a lot of snow." Do you mean you hear noise such as hiss?What Mac tuner do you have? If it's a tube tuner, have you checked the tubes? Do you have it connected to a proper antenna? | |
| Anti skate. I think something's wrong moonglum390 posts "...or until you’ve done your 20th cartridge in one day as Raul has probably done). Then it becomes a "nightmare".If one is trying to align 20 phono cartridges in a day, that would indeed be a nightmare. The user would have o... | |
| Buying Without Audition Road trip! | |
| Anti skate. I think something's wrong rauliruegas"... The analog experience is a nightmare. "I think that's a myth. Yes, proper setup can be a tedious process. You need the right tools, and everything has to be precise. Yes, it's typically expensive to do it well. But it's a mature... | |
| Has anyone recently had any slow response with Sound-Smith repairs Soundsmith received my phono cartridge for repair on Oct. 20 last year and it was finished on Jan. 29. This was not warranty work. The wait was about what I expected - they don't promise a rapid turnaround. I found them very pleasant and straightf... | |
| Opinions on Audio Research Ref 5SE vs. Modwright 36.5DM mondie " ... I am still trying to understand whether I have a good impedance match between either of these amps and my active speakers (10k ohms)."ARC says the Ref 5SE should see a minimum load of 20K ohms. | |
| turntable speed control lewm "Melm wrote, "...belt drives (which may measure worse in some respects) sound better." This is so so wrong and short-sighted. Yet, CLeeds agrees with him."As melm pointed out to you, that isn't exactly what he said." Well designed and i... | |
| turntable speed control +1 stringreen!I would add that another problem is that some come here to participate in a conversation, ask questions and exchange ideas and experiences. Others have other goals. It's usually not too difficult to distinguish one from the other, th... | |
| turntable speed control phoenixengr " Wow, you managed to get just about everything wrong on that one; from your straw man argument about my sales motive to the lack of understanding of even basic physics. You deny that belt creep exists ... you can blame speed var... | |
| turntable speed control last_lemmin"not it trying to offend but I own the Phoenix control and tach unit for my VPI Prime. I know for a fact that if you even lightly touch the platter the tach rpm drops instantly."No offense taken! I guess what's at issue here regard... | |
| turntable speed control anvil_turntables "... As the table is used the belt becomes slightly more pliable."That's interesting! Have you noticed any difference among various belts that you attribute to either the material used to make the belt, or the cross section of... | |
| turntable speed control melm "More importantly, I believe, we can hear things that we cannot measure."While there's no question that we can measure things we can't hear, I think it is also mostly true that we can hear things we can't measure. Oftentimes, however, I thi... |