eldartford
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| How good can a mono cartridge be...? Two speakers are fine for mono. Long before stereo came along the very best systems had two speakers. To play a mono record with a stereo cartridge it is necessary to eliminate its sensitivity to vertical groove modulation, which in the case of a ... | |
| The Cost of Cables I have a grandson who makes a good living importing stuff, mostly from China. One kind of stuff is audio equipment. He tells me that he buys some decent-sounding speakers for $50, but had a hard time selling them for $200. He raised his price to $... | |
| Behringer DEQ 2496 help Cwlondon...See page 14 of manual. Paragraph 3.8..RTA menu. | |
| Behringer DEQ 2496 help Cwlondon...According to Rives Audio, who qualifies as something of an expert on room treatments, you can't do much that way below 350 Hz or so. This is why they developed their PARC equalizer.Of course it may also be that you have set up a frequen... | |
| Behringer DEQ 2496 help Your systems are probably not crappy, but your rooms probably are. Most fun you can have with your clothes on! Certainly the "bargain of the century". . | |
| Best sounding SACD regardles of music The full potential of SACD is not realized unless your system is multichannel, with good speakers all around. The stereo audio quality improvement over a well made CD, is real, but not dramatic enough to impress your audience. | |
| Life after Maggies? I "moved on" from Maggies about 20 years ago. But after about a decade wandering in the box world I came home. This is not uncommon. Have your affair with boxes, and come home when you have had enough. | |
| external power supplies Long ago when tube preamp circuits were very prone to hum pickup it was a good idea to keep the power supply physically separated from the amplification circuits. In power amps too!.But it all depends on the circuitry. I built a Heathkit preamp th... | |
| switch mode power supply = trash? In the world of audiophiles there is no such thing as a "definitive answer". IMHO, it all depends on how the power supply, of either kind, is designed. Either one produces DC power, with little noise riding on it. The switching power supply has ma... | |
| Review: Behringer DEQ2496 Equalizer In case anyone is reading this thread, here is how I answered Mingles by E-Mail. (He had contacted me directly because his posting seemed to have gotten lost)..First of all, you shouldn't assume that only the LF needs equalization. If you are trul... | |
| Behringer DEQ 2496 help Cwlondon..."Line level" (analog) for pro equipment is higher than the usual for home audio equipment, not lower. The potential problem is that home audio equipment will provide a less than optimal signal input to the pro gear (for example: the DEQ... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Interesting...Checking back 2+ years, I agree with myself! | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? "Loud" means different things depending on the situation and the music. If you like in an apartment 70dB is probably loud. I live in a rural house with no houses in close proximity. If I am playing Sousa marches on the fourth of July 90dB with hig... | |
| Quad 2905 versus Quad 2805 plus subwoofer Bass extension is not the whole story. One should not forget that getting those ultra-low frequencies out of the main speaker will improve its performance reproducing the rest of the spectrum. The wavelength of a 50 Hz tone is 22 feet, so phasing ... | |
| Black CD's Tbg...Don't know. Why don't you find out and report back :-) |