drbarney1
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| Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference? Has anyone calculated what difference such things done to make cables unreasonably expensive makes? Let us take an example. Many cable manufacturers warn us of high frequency rolloff caused by skin effect. They make cables like ribbons or bundle t... | |
| Best integrated tube amplifier, under $3,000.00. No phono needed. Could be used, too.d Consider building one from a kit If you can get someone to mentor you if you wonder whether you will get it right. Everything you will solder together is large and easy to get to and there are many fewer parts. You will have freedom to make the ch... | |
| Cat jumped on turntable I would modify the way the turntable is placed, having an enclosure to protect it from a cat who could not understand this mechanics. | |
| Noob, need help please The answers here are excellent. If you want really sweet sound you should take advantage of the sensitivity of the Klipsch speakers by powering them with a single ended triode amplifier, some of which you can buy in kit form for under $1000. The 4... | |
| What do you say to your audiophile friends who say you just listen to your equipment more Eventually you will run out of upgrades in your system which will be as good as you could ever desire and listening to what the equipment can do will fade away so you can just listen to the music. It has been over a year since this happened to me ... | |
| 30 Amplifiers Totaling $428,740.00 In Search of Audio Nirvana You could spend $350,000 if the price has not gone up since it listed at this price in 2003, but for that kind of money use it to pay off your mortgage and build your own using most of the same parts for under a couple of thousand dollars. Or hire... | |
| Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen I liked the speed and clarity of the Magnepan 0.7's when I auditioned several speakers in the store. But they need some power. I also like the single-ended triode sound which is not enough for Magnepans. Magnepans cost less but the amplifiers avai... | |
| Amps with meters ... For an admittedly prototype 833-A SET and a GM70 SET for the center channel I put in milliampere meters between one side of the cathode and ground to know what kind of condition the tubes are in. This is simpler than power output meters the McInto... | |
| Most annoying song, period. I vote "You light up my life," a holy roller song written by a serial rapist. I also hate all Steven Foster songs because they are so spectacularly inane. | |
| Amps I Like While I do not subscribe to any debate of what kind of amplifier or speaker is the one true faith and all others are infidels, I have my personal favorite, but I enjoy hearing other. I will never forget Listener Magazine, which I miss terribly alo... | |
| Why HiFi manufacturers don't make active crossovers anymore? I used to use GR Research OB 7 speakers which were ideal for 45 SET's which I rigged as active crossovers for the midrange and tweeter, capacitors and resistors between the 6SN7 mu-follower drivers of the 45's and an 833A driven by a 45 for the wo... | |
| The best looking speakers I have to disagree with the opinion "Magnepans are the ugliest . . ." They have such a pure simplicity they look more beautiful than speakers costing five or even six figures. Magnepans sound to me more like live music in the opera house I go to t... | |
| Carver, THE standard of excellence IMO I earned my PhD in physics (interdisciplinary applied mathematics and mathematical physics) from Delaware State University. I chose to do my qualifier exams in physics rather than applied mathematics because I like the physics a little more, I was... | |
| A little History lesson on, "High- End" cables: If you calculate the resistance of typical speaker cables at DC vs 20,000 Hz, for 2 meters of 8 gauge wire is 0.008 Ohms for DC and 0.016 Ohms for the skin effect at 20,000 Hz. Put this in series with a 4 Ohm DC resistance Magnepan speaker and com... | |
| Again the topic of weight of amps I built my amplifier system with a separate power supply and separate monoblock final stages with big radio station transmitting tubes and a separate SET with its own separate power supply and, of course a separate preamplifier. If I had built it ... |