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| Do you really need ultra expensive cables? People with cancer should be discouraged from seeking out quack cures, because this may delay or prevent effective treatment by conventional medicine. Likewise, audiophiles should be discouraged from spending their money on "magic" wires, because ... | |
| Sony SCD-C555ES problem with multi-channel All SACD players have different lasers for CD and for SACD...they are different colors. The SACD layer of the sandwich which is the Hybrid SACD is supposed to be transparent at the wavelength of the CD-reading laser, so that the player can look ri... | |
| Phono PreBiamplification Twl...You missed the point. I am not going to do the LF equalization ANYWHERE for the HF signal, so the power amplifier is a non-issue. For the woofer signal, equalization would be done in the usual way in the phono stage.Obviously the drivers of ... | |
| What hurts a speaker? You are most likely to notice a problem with your speaker after getting a demo of your buddy's new kilobuck set up.This can be corrected by spending an equal amount of money yourself. | |
| Sony SCD-C555ES problem with multi-channel Are the troublesome discs Hybrid SACD's. I can't believe that the translucent sandwich is reliable. | |
| Good Classical discs for "beginners" An interesting feature of classical music is that you can find many recordings of some of the great pieces, and compare the style of various performers. The variation of interpretations is remarkable, and I am talking of performances which all are... | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? Henkaudio...The servo system that moves the arm pivot assembly quickly along the track, lowers the arm at the outer groove and picks it up when the record is finished is separate from the system that controls movement during play. I don't think th... | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? I also have the Sony PSX-800 with linear tracking biotracer arm, and find that it performs flawlessly. For example, it will play records so badly warped that an ordinary arm gets tossed completely out of the groove.The reason that I bought it was ... | |
| Worthwhile $5 Tweak Grounding...The basic rule is:For analog circuits...single point ground. Do the preamp, and let everything else get grounded via their connections to the preamp.For digital circuits....ground as many places as practical. Sometimes shields are best... | |
| SACD a 5.1 medium? Kr4...What makes you think that the Master recording was stereo? The Master is usually a dozen or more channels, so even the 5 channel version is a mixDOWN.There are a good many SACD available which are not multichannel. In a multichannel SACD the... | |
| Point to Point Wiring In a tube amp, the sockets provide most of the "points" that need wires. So point-to-point makes sense. | |
| Maggie 1.6QR versus "high-end" monitors. I have a newly aquired set of three MG1.6, having returned to the Maggie fold after a few years in the wilderness. I have long used a center channel because my room layout would put stereo speakers too far apart, but the third speaker also permits... | |
| Active vs. Passive Step-Up Devices Wellfed...The Signet transformer that I once used was about the size of a beer can. Lot's of luck getting it inside a preamp! | |
| Power cord? Why? Corona...What I milled down was a 3/4 inch length of twisted-together and soldered triad of #20. I would guess this was about #6 in diameter. About 1/2 inch of this I milled down so it would just barely fit into my heavy duty connector...about #10... | |
| hifi as investment? If it's anything like other investments you stand to loose a lot of money. It's been said about investment in fine art.."don't buy it if you wouldn't enjoy hanging it on your wall forever". Same for audio equipment. |