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| We Can Make Classic Cars Outperform Today's "SuperCars": Why Not Vintage Audio? Boys, The world can no longer accept our obsession with internal combustion vehicles. One day, and it can’t come soon enough for me, the entire Motorsport enterprise will have to shut down. Burning fossil fuel for fun is not a moral choice, no ... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? whart, Very interesting post. I read about the floating shield cable design earlier in an article about a French audio writer named Jean Hiraga. This dates back to when Monster Cable was oversized zip cord and Interlink was coaxial…before the “... | |
| Two amps into one pair of speakers "Accidentally having them both on at the same time is a great way to create memories." 😄😁😅 | |
| Two amps into one pair of speakers Unless one of the amps is rated for above 100W @ 8 Ohms (not unlikely...McIntosh often are), the device suggested by fuzztone is perfect to resolve this dangerous situation. But note, the PL should be powered off when not in use as the switch pre... | |
| Audiophile Jargon Demonstrated Many of these definitions apply to music too. Musicians relate to their instrument's sound in much the same way, whether acoustic or amplified...think about how a guitarist feels about whether to play a Telecaster vs. a Les Paul, what strings to ... | |
| Great classical pianists For Beethoven and Chopin….give me Gilels. Mozart…Uchida. Bach…Andrew Rangell. Or Gould if only he wouldn’t sing along! Also Kempf for the big Germanic Romantics. | |
| New amp listening fatigue: Distortion or ?????? +1 the audiomaniac. High output impedance 300B amp interacts with speaker load to create response variations that sound just like an equalizer. If you could measure and replicate that pattern with your new amp using DSP, I contend your listener ... | |
| SkyfiAudio Based on the videos alone, it’s evident these guys provide a high level of service and truly are committed to their craft. If they charged less how could they afford to support their business? It’s no different from manufacturers except that thei... | |
| Recommendation on speakers for listening to live music This discussion is mostly pointless. As others have pointed out you are listening to recorded music in a home environment. The system that fits your room size and layout, satisfies your playback volume needs, and reproduces everything well will be... | |
| Playing with Cartirdge loading on my phono stage There are only two settings available that fall within the specified 100-200 Ohm range…100 and 170. Try both and decide if you prefer one or the other…leave the capacitance at 470pF. | |
| High Compliance Cartridge With Low/Med Mass Tone Arm Another worthwhile point…what are your speakers? Vented speakers are highly sensitive to inputs below their cutoff frequency…sealed boxes self-damp in that range. Record warps can cause gross distortion with a too compliant cartridge with some... | |
| Vintage Stanton cartridge — extreme lean to one side normal? +1 czarivey. The desirable vintage Stanton is the 681 “calibration standard” compared to which the 680 is a looser spec. $50 is robbery for that cartridge, but unbending the body to be squared to the mounting wings should be easy enough then a sty... | |
| Need suggestions on efficient book shelf speakers for a Pass Labs XA3.5 Hoffman’s Iron Law: For a given cabinet volume, sensitivity and bass extension are interdependent variables…no amount of money will change that. If you define your bookshelf speaker by size, increased sensitivity will necessarily mean reducing ba... | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question I just checked the Universal Remote database, and the Magnum Dynalab code set is there. That means you can have an MX remote programmed to include your tuner’s operating controls, along with any TV & sound system you have. The MX-790 is $349.0... | |
| Speaker Questions I have been in the biz since before the first VCR went stereo/HiFi. The single biggest decision is the center speaker and the biggest feature there is to get either a 3-way with the tweeter above a midrange or get a coaxial/coincident driver. Othe... |