don_c55
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| Heaven or Hell If you are technical rent a Fluke 43b power quality analyzer for a month (about$200) and connect it to the AC outlet.You will be monitoring and logging everything about the AC.This will tell you if there are any problems, and exactly what happens ... | |
| Heaven or Hell Buy a PurePower AC regenerator and your problems with changing sound quality will end!Mine absolutely did. | |
| Using XLR cables on the Sony 5400 SACD player? @RwwearI was in too much of a rush! Wrong end!Sorry for the post. | |
| Thoughts of Pass XA30.5, 60.5 You also need a very, very good Xover such as the Pass XVR1 which costs $4,000.You are talking an additional $9,500!!! | |
| Tri-Planar with no anti-skate? You are not alone!I use a VPI JMW 10 and no anti-skate! I have never heard any inner grove distortion on any LP. Do not believe test record anti-skate test tracks, they are all too severe for real recordings.Harry of VPI was right on the 10, 10.5 ... | |
| Room Treatments for Maggies @Jult52I have used draps or hanging blinds over glass windows or sliding doors. Try large stretched fabric wall portrait art work, tapestry, or a Navaho rug, on the wall behind the speakers. Fake large plants look and work well also. Anything that... | |
| Room Treatments for Maggies I have owned the six foot Magnepans (IIa,IIIa,3.6) in 9 different rooms in the past 40 years.Here is my advice.1) they work best in rectangular rooms, set at the short end, 4 to 5 ft from the back wall. Rooms wider than 20 ft or longer then 30 ft ... | |
| Class A Amp owners, Whats your power bill? Since I do not like to suffer through a one hour warmup then "Good" sound after playing for a half hour, to finally get "Best" sound quality with my Pass XA30.5, I leave it fully on, 24/7/365.It costs me $15/mo in Minnesota. 200 watts continuous.I... | |
| Identifing a Koetsu cartridge. Do not worry about it! You have a real classic! If it is is good shape, you will get the "true" original warm sound that the "old man" put into it.That classic sound is lacking into today's Koetsu cartridges, IMO.Enjoy! | |
| Review: Pass Labs XA60.5 Monoblocks Amplifier One word evaluations like "FULLER" when comparing the many characteristics of the sound quality of music reproduction is meaningless! You give no info on your source or musical taste.You are simply "justifying" more expensive is better. There is o... | |
| Review: Pass Labs XA60.5 Monoblocks Amplifier The XA30.5 Vs XA60.5 mono blocks is an interesting one.The 30.5 draws 230 watts at all times and the 60.5 double that. I have the 30.5 and run it 24/7 at the electricity cost of $15 per month.If you have sensitive speakers and turn the amps from s... | |
| Noobie. Vinyl reissues. Am I expecting too much? Taking into account inflation an Lp that cost $5.98 in 1970 translates into $34 today!Record collecting is "TODAY", equal or less cost, for new records!There are many new pressings for less than $20.If you want deals, look used! Quality production... | |
| Best subwoofer under $1,500 for Magnepan 3.6R NONE! Properly setup, the 3.6 reaches down to 30 Hz.No subwoofer mates coherently with panel speakers.The flat reproduction of frequencies below 30 Hz is ALWAYS problematic with room interaction and standing waves.There is very little musical info... | |
| best RCA interconnects under $150 MarkerTek.com pro audio cables.Used by the recording, film, and broadcast professionals.Less than $30 each. Premium Canare TecNec cables work great.Cheap, durable, and excellent for home audio. | |
| magnestand owners Peter Gunn is a "back woods" Wood butcher, and his Magnestands match the Decor of a Log Cabin IMO! I like the "Stock" "Modern" look of Magnepans.His "claims" of increased power efficiency are BS!The "Stock" Xover is superior to Peter Gunn's IMO!Th... |