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| General question on Carbon fiber tonearms versus aluminum We do every thing we can to insure that the only movement/vibration that occurs is the tiny magnet or coil within the cartridge. This transcends throughout the system all the way to the cantilever material: less weight, higher stiffness best. Tone... | |
| Back To Static! Thanks, I will start using the anti-static sleeves I bought.wand demagnitiser?just curious, I have wand demagnitizer for my R2R deck. Any advantage relating to static to use on nearby TT, or LP's just placed on the platter? Avoid anything? | |
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| Two subwoofers for two channel music listening More than 2 SUBS, SWARMS. Sacrifice Directionality for Extension?People who want very/extremely lows produced cleanly will use more than 2 subs, sometimes multiple ’Swarms’ which has been discussed here. I’ve never heard that except a swarm of bee... | |
| Two subwoofers for two channel music listening Bass is STEREO, place front firing subs adjacent to mains, to achieve bass imaging.It is not just the bass fundamentals, also the overtones that give localization.The bulk of what you get (except organs/1812) will not be super low bass, A great de... | |
| Two subwoofers for two channel music listening pre-sub-amp-mainsTo make it easier for your amp, and for your mains: go preamp line out to self-powered sub.then sub sends everything but low bass to the ampthen amp to mains.amp does not have to amplify low bass signals (they are the biggest powe... | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered while searching, an E-V Mode Controlhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/ELECTROVOICE-STEREO-CONTROL-MODEL-505-NOS/124521379996?hash=item1cfe0d789c:... | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered Erik,Scoundrel Thou Art. The other thread was about my 16 ohm speakers, my amp having 16 ohm taps, and sadly it’s bias adjustments only with the bottom off.Maintenance, I found the wires of the original L-Pads fried when I blew the tweeters blasti... | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered lewm,Yes, it occurred to me I could make a 5 ’step-type’ resistor type as you would surely prefer. Would have to, but could find the ’exact’ resistors for my specific driver’s (not the SIX). Figure out the mechanics for changing individual selecti... | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered Dave, thanks for the clarification, I yap about an issue but have often been ignorant/wrong when it get’s technical. I wouldn’t recognize an ohm if it crawled out of my boot.I always referred to these as Rheostats, Then some say Potentiometers, L-... | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered intactaudio This is a new separate discussion, but it came up in an earlier discussion, I removed them based on advice in that thread. So, this was an answer to everyone: I tried, it sucked, I need em.If you scroll down the E V Six link, the wirin... | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered I just spoke to Bob Crites’ son, (I think he said Mark, my memory sucks, I should have asked)They are still doing business.Two boards, a pair of real 16 ohm L-pads each, $100. + tax/ship.https://critesspeakers.com/electro-voice-crossovers.htmlI am... | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered These risers tilt the speakers back to aim the tweeters at seated ear levelhttps://critesspeakers.com/heresy-slant-risers.html | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered atmasphere"What you’re looking for is the driver to blend with the other drivers, resulting in flat frequency response". I qualify flat frequency: IN THE ROOM, at the LISTENING POSITION.That’s one of the benefits of L-Pads, you buy from company sp... | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered oldhvymecI agree, before I hook up a vintage piece, I take off the bottoms, tops, sides, anything removable, especially the face plates in my shop, You need face plates off for real access to the pots and rotating contacts. Then hose the pots and ... |