elgordo
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| Where R U????? Central Florida but moving to New Hampshire next year. No hi-end stores in the Orlando area but a great one (House of Stereo) in Jacksonville. About 130 miles. | |
| Value of Black Widow? This is an extremely low mass arm. It works with very high compliance cartridges. Totally unsuitable for moving coils. Not really worth much. A friend of mine recently gave one away. | |
| Help me with a fully balanced DAC I use, and highly recommend, the Theta Pro Gen Va. These can be found for $1500.00. Be careful to ask if it has balanced inputs as they all have balanced outputs and some people advertize these as "balanced". Don | |
| Best city between these two? The difference between Miami and yogurt is that yogurt has an active culture. Go with Atlanta. | |
| At what freq. does sound become non-directional? I've heard bass is non-directional below 60 Hz, 100 Hz, 160Hz. Don't believe it. There is no bass like stereo bass. Period. | |
| Recommend a good value X-over w/stereo low end The Dahlquist LP-1 electronic crossover, if you can find one. Usually go for about $300. | |
| Identify High-end DCM speaker Sounds like a pair of TimeFrames. | |
| Moral Dilemma I'd give him an f5.6 at a 250th followed by a sharp rap on the knuckles with the camera. | |
| Balanced vs. single-end RCA's - A Beginner's question For a pair of 50 footers that don't require a second mortgage, I recommend making your own cables. Use Mogami Neglex cable ($1.00 - $1.50/foot) which is used almost everywhere in the recording process. Add Nuetrik AES/EBU (balanced) connectors at ... | |
| Anyone heard of lumley tube amps?? The name is/was Grant-Lumley. I believe they were British.DON | |
| Is a 12' X 16' room big enough for stereo? Get a set of Argent room lenses. They cure EVERYTHING wrong with a small room and make it sound about four time bigger than it is. | |
| AA DTI Pro32 Manual Dusty's number is (805) 382-9398. | |
| How can I make my own acoustic materials? Be sure to ask Jon Risch about making your own room lenses. They work fantastically well and work best with no other room treatment. They are quite easy to build and Jon has the necessary info. | |
| The worst sound system BTW is By The Way. | |
| Are they truly balanced? All ARC preamps with AES/EBU (XLR) connectors are balanced as are all Madrigal products. If nothing else, the AES/EBU connector puts the + and - part of the signal on identical pins. The RCA connector puts the + on the center pin and the - on the ... |