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| dbx Expnders - 3bx, 5bx Onhwy61...Did you ever hear DBX encoded records? If not, research them. | |
| dbx Expnders - 3bx, 5bx Opalchip....DBX certainly perfected the use of compression/expansion to overcome analog tape recorder noise. They lost out to Dolby labs because of stupid marketing decisions having nothing to do with technical merit. I do not think that one-way e... | |
| Amp help for the Maggies? My summary observation is that your low power amp will never sound better than when it drives Maggies. Depending on musical tastes, and listening environment (eg: apartment) the low power amp may be the best choice. However, the Maggies can do mor... | |
| Amp help for the Maggies? MG1.6 respond well to CarverPro ZR1600 digital amps. Good for 600 watts into 4 ohms. Mine cost only $840, but the price seems to have gone up to a grand or more. It's said that with some mods these amps rate with the best. Mine are good enough wit... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Opalchip...The sound generated by a point source speaker becomes, within a few feet, a planar wavefront, just as you have described. By generating a planar wavefront to begin with the planar speaker is (neglecting for the moment any reflections) s... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? The microphone "samples" one point of a planar wavefront generated during the performance. A planar loudspeaker recreates the planar wavefront, and what happens after that, regardless of what kind of loudspeaker is used, is at the mercy of room ac... | |
| Magnepan 3.6R vs. 2.7QR Meanwhile, in the other corner, some folk prefer the QR, sonicly as well as financially. Don't go by what any of us say. Go listen to both. | |
| any fixes for impedance mismatch If you use a single ended signal into a balanced input (XLR) you must ground the (-) pin of the XLR connector. If you don't hum will result.The ten-to-one rule is just a rule of thumb to keep you out of trouble. Rules are made to be broken. If it ... | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? Tbg...I got mine about 1980. Not all Sony linear tracking tables had the "Biotracer" servo controlled arm, and not all "Biotracer" arms were linear tracking. Being an Engineer, I naturally had to get the service manual and see how this thing worke... | |
| Speaker cable length for L/R channels critical? My experience suggests that the overall sense of hearing extends well beyond the frequency at which a pure sine wave test tone can be heard. In other words, introduction of roll off by a filter, say at 16KHz is easily sensed by someone who can't h... | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? Tbg...Sometime (when no one can see you), get a hold of a Sony PS X800 turntable with servo controlled linear tracking arm. The "main problems" with linear tracking arms that you cite are very accurate. The Sony arm approach is completely differen... | |
| Outboard crossover box location?? My KLH12 speakers came with a sophisticated "outboard" crossover that looked like a preamp, with a nice wooden case, with knobs to shape the sound spectrum by attenuating the various drivers. Two sets of cables were provided. One set was about 3 f... | |
| Speaker repair-need help Gregm...Sphere? I don't understand. You do realize that the sound comes off what most people would think is the back of the cone. My C structure really gets rid of all the basket legs except one, and that one would need to be strong. | |
| XLR, RCA or BNC? Rannagarden...NO! We do NOT agree that XLR connectors reduce noise. BALANCED INTERFACES are more noise resistant than unbalanced, so IF you have a problem with noise pickup (and this should only occur with runs of 50 ft or more such as are common ... | |
| Need good book on "TroubleShooting" 1970's HiFi . sam's photofacts |