eldartford
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| Cleaning cd lens ? Danmyers...The distilation process used to make alcohol yields about 30 percent water. It boils off and condenses along with the alcohol. So the water is distilled, and you don't need to worry about it. | |
| Mono recordings and Mono switch on Pre-Amp The MONO switch mixes the two channels from your stereo cartridge so as to eliminate signal resulting from vertical modulation of the record groove. Since there is no intentional vertical groove modulation on a Mono LP, what you are eliminating is... | |
| "O Perfect Preamp, wherefore art thou?" To travel hopefully is better than to arrive. | |
| magnepan 1.6 subwoofer recomendations "Fast subwoofer"? Did you ever hear a fast 30 foot organ pipe? The instruments which generate the frequencies that the subwoofer handles are by their nature "slow".A bass drum you say? Well, the leading edge of its sound may be steep, but that wil... | |
| Double width studs for isolation? Elevick...When working on a 200plus year old house (like mine) studs are where you find them. Often they are rock hard hemlock that you can hardly get a straight nail into. Makes life interesting. | |
| Double width studs for isolation? Nsgarch...I have built many 2X4 interior walls, and they are almost floppy until you get the sheetrock on the second side. | |
| Double width studs for isolation? Nsgarch...I too went to MIT, but was more interested in women than calculus. Tech Hi Fi in the warehouse also, Graduated elsewhere; Pratt Institute of which, as an architect you are probably aware.As to acoustic isolation, my expertese is that I a... | |
| Double width studs for isolation? Schipo...I believe that if the styrofoam is sandwiched between sheetrock layers it's safe. Exposed to air inside a wall is a problem. | |
| verdict on class D amps? I also like the Hypex UDC module better than ICE. I have five CI D200 amps in my multichannel system. However, before I bought the monoblock CT amps I used three CarverPro ZR1600 stereo amps which are based on the TriPath module. IMHO, the ZR1600 ... | |
| Double width studs for isolation? 1. Studs should be 16" on center.2. Use 2X6 lumber (Good, but not essential).3. Apply 1/2 inch sheet rock.4. Apply a layer of styrofoam (or other lightweight plastic insulation panel). One inch thickness is fine. 5. Apply another layer of 1/2" she... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- Your equipment is "analogue" rather than "analog". | |
| Power supply upgrades At one time an outboard (separate chassis) set of additional electrolytic capacitors was a popular mod. Easy to do. It was helpful if the amp's power supply was undersized. | |
| Audiophile quality variacs to decrease voltage? Bigshutterbug...Assuming that they acknowledge that 124 volts is too high, they CAN definitely solve the problem. Distribution transformers (the ones up on poles that feed into houses) have taps that can be selected so as to output the proper volt... | |
| Audiophile quality variacs to decrease voltage? Bigshutterbug...Hey...did you contact your power utility? Or are you determined to spend some money? | |
| Review: Mye Sound speaker stands Magnepan- MG-20 Tweak Cwlondon...I don't think they're expensive :-) |