danvignau
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| Tin Foil Hat Audio When I booted a schizophrenic roommate, his tinfoil hat was about three inches thick on the sides, and four or more inches on top, which explained why I could never find any aluminum foil, no matter how much I bought. He also paid severa... | |
| 100v,115v versus 230v 220 is more efficient than 110. Three phase is more efficient than 220. 110 is less likely to kill you. The duration between pulses is longer on 110, and you will have more time to escape the grip of electricity stopping your nerve impulses. A... | |
| USB sucks DUH! | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. Great TT and arm, Great Cartridge, Great phono stage = great sound.But! Nothing will help a bad sounding cartridge. | |
| Fuses and confusion Make certain you get bi-directional fuses for the A/C current in America. Tee Hee to the uni-directional people. | |
| Do Audiophile Cables Matter? Here's PROOF! Placebo effect is not proof. Where is the double blind study? | |
| Reliability of brand Avoid brands that are subcontracted to the lowest Chinese, etc. bidder. GAS (Ampzilla) and Hafler were randomly unreliable. The designs were great, but like too many audio designers, they contracted out the product, and sold a crap load, then unl... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? Two words: Marginal power supply. Compare a Superamp of its era, such as a 125 wpc Marantz, or a 125 wpc Audire or 200 wpc Brystom amp and you will hear. Taking up space inside the Marantz is a pretty decent amp. for what it is, but i... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? Better amps have very robust power supplies that can provide the extra current required to double the power. For example, an old 125/250/400 Audire Forte at 8/4/2 ohms respectively, has one 500 watt transformer and 4 26,000 mf filter caps pe... | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? Put the electronics in another room ,for the best results; unless of course, you want everyone to admire what it looks like, rather than to just come over to hear some music. Oh yeah, I forgot: People without friends obsess on the equipment, the... | |
| something is not right here and it's on purpose!!! The mixer chooses the volume. Apparently, he used equipment that was inferior to the original recording electronics. No, you cannot remove crappy bits and bytes. | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Shorted out all of my Audire electronics! Two amps and two preamps (used to keep subs in phase while being able to separately control bass), and my CD player were fried. The battery powered head amp had been my mainstay. When an ol... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? Thiel used thick pieces of real wood; at least that is what I have been told. Most of their users seem to be really happy with them. | |
| ... abit confused: how does a power cord affect the presentation of sound... That is actually quite simple: The designer of a truly great amp does not use a crappy power cord to save a very few dollars, a practice that would make his amp sound worse so that you buy something else. These cords thrive on the placebo effect... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? 800 series B&W's use an internal, labyrinth inspired construction to damp out vibrations and echoes. Listen with something other that what Best Buy Magnolia offers. The current 804's are un-listenable with the Rotel electronics used for demo... |