dekay
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| Sand or Lead shot Unless you have cement sub floors, I would not bother with lead shot (even in a mix). Silica sand is a very good all-rounder and it is inexpensive. Even though it's sand you should still wear a mask or kerchief when working with it in the open.Be ... | |
| What's the best dirt bag speaker you have heard? I liked that Senator from Texas a lot (can't remember his name though). | |
| Who's Tried the PWB Magic Products? TWL: I treat my CD Statmats with PWB foil. It makes a difference in the sound of the CD playback in my system and I have been using it for well over a year now. No difference, that I can hear, on LP playback though.Without going into detail (I'm t... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long TWL: From your description is seems (to me) that you are adding weight directly to the tone arm bearings (both vertical and horizontal) not to the tone arm itself. Do I have this right? | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Outlier: Still using the OTA throughout the system except for SME IC's on a recently added TT. I am out of OTA cable, otherwise I would change them out as I did on the previous deck.I may try some DIY 30 gauge solid core silver cables instead, an ... | |
| Which cone's or platforms have helped? Same as Tom (I am happy with Neuance shelving under the source gear).I have used Neaunce for a year and half and other footers make my setup sound funky in comparison. Guess I am used to its sound, as well.I have never tried roller bearings though... | |
| What percentage do you spend on each component? 22% - Front End (CD/TT)05% - Preamp05% - Power Amp18% - Speakers34% - Cables (speaker, IC, power)06% - Power Conditioning10% - Rack/ShelvesPretty odd eh? I downsized my setup some time ago (amp & DAC), but did not sell any of the cabling. Calc... | |
| Record mats, VTA, clamps and my ears Not familar with your deck, but both the mat material/construction and it's thickness (due to changing VTA) will alter the sound.I do not consider myself to be a cheapskate (a potlicker yes, but never a cheapskate), and coming from this standpoint... | |
| Where does your user name come from? SwampWalker: No offense, but after El Dragon's post a few years back I always "think" SwampKiller though I read SwampWalker (can't get that one out of my head:-). | |
| Where does your user name come from? The moniker is my first/last name intitals, spelled phonetically (it's also a nick name). I had thought it best not to use my full name as the amount of emails received would be endless (being that I am rich/famous and extremly sexy in real life). | |
| I can't really hear a big difference Did you eliminate the Numark DJ mixer from the chain? | |
| RadioShack outlets VS. Panamax. Marakanetz: Another option might be the John Risch designed power filter "kit" offered by Kevin H. @ diycable.com. I have no personal experience regarding this one, though you should be able to gather feedback by doing a search @ AA (my memory is ... | |
| RadioShack outlets VS. Panamax. Marakanetz: I tried a couple of RS power strip/surge protectors and they sounded really bad (I now use them on the TV's).For $100-$130 you can buy a Monster HTS-2000 conditioner (used or new/discounted) for the source gear and you might like the s... | |
| Raising Speakers Agree with TWL: A very "slight" adjustment to the angle will raise/lower the image quite a bit. I even do this with stand mount speakers (adjust the stand spikes to raise the front a tad, which gives a more spacious sound in my setup). | |
| What to do when buyer claims sellers item broken? Did the new owner know how to properly install the 2A3's? If both amps failed upon power up, it would seem to me that they were not (properly installed) and it would not take very long (a few seconds, as described) to trash the amps. If so, this s... |