elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| Am I out of my mind? #obsessed No wonder tweaks of all kinds find there way into audio land. | |
| Does speaker-level input to sub by pass its electronics? It's a question of where the crossover is. My current Velodyne 12" servo self powered sub: full range l/r line out to Carver Amp. Speaker wires from Carver Amp to sub speaker wires in. Sub's crossover sends low bass only to it's internal amp. Then... | |
| Am I out of my mind? #obsessed yes, out of your mind. just wiping dust on piano black lacquer can make miniature marks.polish them 1 time per year, then stop looking so closely.tell yourself the dust was factored into the performance specs, IOW, not to be removed! | |
| Are there any bookshelf speakers that sound good on a bookshelf? I overhauled my office last year, created a perfect triangle with bookcases opposite my desk, my chair/monitor dead center, primarily streaming Pandora music or YouTube video from PC.bought a pair of bookcase speakers (no ports, shallow depth) to ... | |
| New system, large room, low listening level Remote Balance.I Presume if/when much listening is done at low volume, sitting in dedicated spot, focusing on imaging is not frequent.Therefore, balance adjustment might/can improve whatever is reaching wherever you are sitting.I use the Chase pri... | |
| New system, large room, low listening level "Loudness' EQ (should have been named 'Low Volume Bass Boost') is important for low volume listening.i.e. Maintaining Jazz Bass Player in low volume listening preserves Involvement. If bass not maintained, becomes background music, no real involve... | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? What a great thread, and it reveals the amazing breadth of terrific equipment over the yearsI often copy and paste members equipment in threads, just to see/learn what they are excited about or asking for help.This thread is too huge for that, but... | |
| Diamond Stylus Enters the 4th Dimension Dissolve Adhesive Story:I have a Vintage Audio-Technica AT440ML, microline on aluminum.Unused for 20 years (I preferred brush feature of Shure V15VxMR)Recently revived it. The cantilever, and up into the body of the cartridge was FULL of black jun... | |
| FM tuner fans, somebody get this! Early Live Stereo RadioI never researched it, I just jumped about, it seems it started in 1924 as AM Stereo, two AM tuners, two AM stations to two mono amps ..Then RCA (others?) tried AM/FM Stereo Broadcast early 50's, then FM Multiplex. History... | |
| FM tuner fans, somebody get this! I've got a Fisher FM80 Mono FM tuner from 1958 downstairshttp://www.fisherconsoles.com/non%20console%20manuals/fisher%20fm80%20om.pdfAnd a multi-plex adapter somewhere, also Fisher I thinkAnd the matching Fisher AM 80 Mono AM Tuner https://worldra... | |
| FM tuner fans, somebody get this! I love my McIntosh mx110z, Tube Tuner/Preamp, awesome FM and Phono sound.If I was robbed, I would get another without hesitation.Most people have never heard truly great FM.Richard Modafferi, famous McIntosh Tuner designerhttps://spectrum.ieee.org... | |
| Diamond Stylus Enters the 4th Dimension Seems like a bad glue job, 4 months of vibrations shook it loose. Nice it has a warranty, could have happened 1 month after warranty expired, like several of my Sony cameras!A NUDE diamond is a whole miniature diamond, inserted or glued to the c... | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? Small Home Theater Front SpeakersDBX Soundfield 100http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/dbx-soundfield-100-135.htmlI told Donna, walking into 6th Avenue Electronics flagship store on 6th avenue (39th/40th street?): "We’re not buying, just a quick li... | |
| Vinyl Accessories - Skip It or Buy It! As for cleaning, I read so much conflicting results that I went all manual, bought a kit with drying rack for 10 lps. batches of 10 at a time is what makes the difference for me.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GSSQ1MN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_a... | |
| Vinyl Accessories - Skip It or Buy It! Do you have a dust issue? i.e. forced hot air/ac system, with a supply/return grille causing air flow with dust?IF so, perhaps a separate fine filter applied to that grille, removable for periodic cleaning.I always preferred Shure cartridges with ... |