daverz
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| Anyone using McIntosh with Vandersteen Quatros I had a hell of a time getting the Quatro's tilt right on my thick carpet. I should probably describe my current procedure using a laser level and a tape measure on my system page.It usually takes me about 90 minutes to do the bass EQ for both spe... | |
| Vandy quatro vs Vandy 5’s One thing to pay attention to is whether the seller has the balanced or unbalanced high-pass filter. This is a considerable expense if they don't have the one you need. You'll want the balanced filter for your Parasound gear. | |
| The CD player is dead....... Despite the fact that I rip everything to hard drive as soon as I get it, I still prefer buying physical CDs to downloads.CDs have artwork, notes, texts, translations, etc (of course, LPs were generally even better in this regard). You can read al... | |
| What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup? I think before getting a vinyl rig you should think about how you are going to acquire records. It it's from Acoustic Sounds or similar, a collection of 100 records is going to cost $3000 or more. A lot less if you have access to a good used recor... | |
| Shelter 901: Optimal Impedance Sarcher is right, it's system dependent.I would just try all the available settings. I found that for my cart, the midrange popped into focus at a certain setting, and it was quite a bit higher than the value everyone else was using.If you have to... | |
| Volume Settings on Squeezebox Touch and other ??? There is no fixed setting for the Touch in the player settings. | |
| Amp or Preamp With Built-in High-Pass Filter Most (like that Emotiva) will be second order (12db/octave) rather than first order (6db/octave), though. | |
| Volume Settings on Squeezebox Touch and other ??? The volume change is done in the digital domain. As long as you have the volume set at 100% there is no effect on the sound. | |
| Spin Clean as good as RCM, ie-VPI etc? I'll throw the Gem Dandy into the mix. I feel I've gotten better results from my Gem Dandy than I ever got from my Nitty Gritty, and the sound of running water is much more pleasant than a vacuum motor. I might try the Spin Clean, though I do wond... | |
| Volume Settings on Squeezebox Touch and other ??? You could try this patch. Despite forgetting to turn up the digital volume a few times, I haven't found this a big enough problem for me to bother. I just make sure the volume is at 100% before doing any serious listening. | |
| Azimuth and the Fozgometer If you have a record with left channel only tones and right channel only tones you can record these with something like Audacity and adjust azimuth until you reduce crosstalk (relative level of the "silent" vs. non-silent channel for left and righ... | |
| Turntable Upgrade Suggestions I moved my RB300 from a Planar 3 to a Michell Gyro and was very happy with the combo. A Michell dealer should be able to throw in the Michell VTA adjuster. I did eventually upgrade the arm to an SME 309. | |
| Is a good soundstage possible with 2 speakers only Why not try the free player?I have some extra speakers to try it with (don't particularly feel like moving my main speakers). Would be even cooler if there was a Squeezebox plugin. | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? Audio Technica AT33PTG cartridge | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? My "neighbors are out" listening volume seems to have peak levels of about 85 dB. I suppose climaxes in Bruckner, Mahler, or Shostakovich might get up to 90 dB. Hard to say what the average is for big Romantic and post-Romantic works.I just put on... |