eldartford
Responses from eldartford
| Speaker priority: high or low??? Transducers, which convert mechanical vibration to electrical signals or vice versa are the components that really define sound characteristics. While electronics do make a contribution to the overall sound, their impact is comparitively minor.The... | |
| your favorite violin or fiddle cuts, and why? Itzhak Perlman...My Favourite Kreisler...EMI7474672. Virtuoso performances of encore compositions by a virtuoso violinist. What more could you ask? | |
| Rotel RSP 1066? I have a Rotel 1066, and find it completely satisfactory. For me it's 100% music. | |
| What's more important; sound or brand name? No matter how good a Bose speaker might sound, it's not acceptable in some circles. | |
| When did it all start? At a boarding school in New Zealand, late 1940's. The headmaster compelled us to listen to classical music on his state of the art rig. Although monophonic, it used two large speakers. I don't know what the electronics were, but the turntable had ... | |
| Does bridging give you the monoblock sound?? When biamping, the two amplifiers serve totally different types of drivers. Why then would the relatively subtle differences between two decent amplifiers be important, as some people say in favor of the vertical configuration?As a serial biamper,... | |
| optical or coaxial audio cable? sean....In newer subs lots of optical cable is used. It, like everything else on the boat, will survive depth charge attack!!! | |
| Power cord? Why? S23chang...Voltage drop aside (because that depends on how long the wire is) 12 gage wire is acceptable (building codewise) for circuits that draw 20 amps CONTINIOUSLY. This is based on the wire not getting too hot. It will actually carry much hig... | |
| What is everyone using for dedicated AC lines??? Jmcgrogan2....The uninsulated ground wire goes without saying in X/2 or X/3. With either voltage you need only power wires (plus ground). With 110 it's 110 and neutral (which is nominally ground). With 220 it's +110 and -110 so that you have 220, ... | |
| opinions on modern horn speakers You have never heard dixieland jazz reproduced well until you hear it through a horn speaker. Just switch to a different speaker for other kinds of music. | |
| Soundstaging and imaging are audiophile fictions. As I noted elsewhere, TACET DVD-A mastering of classical string quartet performances puts one instrument in each speaker. This is a totally different approach to the usual soundstage objective, and might take some getting used to. However, the "yo... | |
| What is everyone using for dedicated AC lines??? 1. Why the -3? (10-3 instead of 10-2). With 10-2 you still get a third conductor for ground.2. If you go to 240volts your wire size can get smaller because fewer amps are drawn. 12-2 at 240 volts is better than 10-2 at 120 volts, and, depending on... | |
| Adcom GFA7000 - only 3/5 channels are working? "Internal protection" might be (probably is) just a fuse. Pop the cover off and look before you call in the experts. Get a box of fuses for about $1.50. Be sure the amperage rating of the fuse is the same as the blown one...they are all the same s... | |
| optical or coaxial audio cable? When we put the latest generation of Trident missiles into existing submarines there was concern that the hundreds of feet of 25 year old coax cable between the missile and the fire control system would never work at ten times the frequency for wh... | |
| Power cord? Why? Audioengr...I will check out your source for large gage hookup wire, and will use it if possible.On a slightly different matter...I have heard a million times about the wonderful effect of "oxygen-free copper", but I don't recall any explanation o... |