eldartford
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| There's no accounting for taste.... Sean has been outdone! | |
| HDTV plasmas with 4000:1 contrast ratio. I am very happy with it. Model TH-42PWD6. Complete with wall mount and shipping it set me back about $3300. I got the commercial model, which was described as identical to the consumer model. On mine the speakers and DVI interface module were opti... | |
| Contact Count in 115VAC Power path. Drubin...My head is not exactly perfect, as I note that there are actually five connectors, not six. All together I see 11 contacts, not 12. Still a lot. | |
| HDTV plasmas with 4000:1 contrast ratio. I have the Panasonic EDTV model that claims to be 4000. (It performs very well). But I have heard it said that the 4000 number may be a slight exageration. Maybe it should be 3000 like the others. | |
| Are the Empire Turntables any good? My 598 worked well for many years. The arm was also fine (for a pivoting design) with Shure V15 pickup. The antiskating and VTF adjustments were easy and effective. | |
| Negative feedback, voltage and output impedance The term "negative" is unfortunate. It really should be called "corrective" feedback. It corrects various forms of distortion and frequency response deficiencies, but if used to excess can introduce its own problems.The amount of feedback is alway... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test I wouldn't hazard a guess one way or the other about strings. Their properties would be changed by cryo, but the sound is emitted more by the sounding box of the instrument than by the strings themselves. The strings excite the box (or other reson... | |
| What is the amp for magnepan's: tube or solid? At six grand the Parasound JC-1 ought to be good. Before spending such a sum, try a CarverPro ZR1600 at about $840. Buy lots of good discs with the other $5160. | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? trimmer@nodomain.net...With regard to groove spacing...it not only varies between records, but varies within a record according to the program. Loud music requires wider groove spacing, and for soft music closer grooves are OK. Variable groove spa... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Quite apart from my cryo evaluation project, let me point out that the notion that cryo treatment might affect sound generation began with treatment of brass instruments, like trumpets. Now cryo treatment is just another form of heat treatment, ex... | |
| Can sibilance be eliminated? As others have said, most sibilance is in the source recording. Different types and brands of microphone produce recordings that are dramatically different, and some are better than others with regard to sibilance.Try playing back the record at re... | |
| condenser versus direct coupled? Sean...Now that we have called a truce, I will point out that my suggestion that an AC coupled power amp would oscillate might be challanged. If output transistors on one side blow, the result will be a DC output, just like a runaway DC coupled am... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Thanks for not beating up on me too much because I don't hear an effect. This was an initial report. I ain't done yet.1. The initial multichannel test, with the cryo powering only source electronics, was an attempt to do a test with minimal change... | |
| 120 or 240 AC current, Which one do you like best? The main advantage of 230 vs 115 is that smaller size wire is necessary, or longer runs can be made with the same size. Fewer amps must flow for the same wattage of power, because the voltage is higher.Whether it is 115 or 220 volts, don't attempt... | |
| condenser versus direct coupled? Sean...And furthermore... Furukawa Electric (Japan) has a 1,100Kvolt AC line in service, and a 500Kvolt DC UNDERWATER cable as well! WOW. |