erik_squires
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| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough If you talk to the folks at ZeroSurge, they will tell you that you need point of use rather than whole house I am so disappointed in their marketing. They miss the point entirely, and make it an either this OR that argument when it should be t... | |
| ??? Listening Levels & Musical Styles ??? while I agree with your statement,it doesn’t address the WHY certain styles of music don’t seem to necessitate higher playback levels for maximum enjoyment & some do... I would turn that around. what kind of emotions do you want to vibe ... | |
| Freya+ SE and Balanced outputs to your amp Worlds best with Mogami. not sure you will hear much of a difference unless you suffer from noise pickup | |
| Corded, Warm-Sounding Noise Canceling Headphones for Office Ive always found AKG to be warm but no idea about noise canceling | |
| ??? Listening Levels & Musical Styles ??? All of us buy music and equipment to sate an emotional need. in your case, throughout the day, you habe different emotional needs, or moods you wish to sate or resonate with. | |
| Background vibration and your system. @mitch2 I’ve seen research on the reduction of _vibration_ with a variety of devices. What I have never seen is research on how susceptible a given device is to vibration. For instance, put a DAC on a very shaky rack. Measure the performance. ... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough The link in my original post has become very popular but the blog has moved. That same post is now here: https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2023/10/time-for-new-surge-suppression.html And also new writing here: https://speakermake... | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? Just a gentle reminder that you are allowed to use GFCI outlet where there is no real ground. If you have an old house and want to connect 3 prong outlets this is the only safe way besides actually getting a live ground. Not ideal but much bett... | |
| How to choose speakers that won't overpower your room? I think the question should be "What is a good EQ to use when I find myself with too much bass?" The only limiting factor to how deep a speaker should go has to do with "room gain." That is, your speaker will usually end with more bass than it w... | |
| Background vibration and your system. I love science and interesting to note what vibrations are happening where. What disappoints me overall is that very little evidence based research into the value of vibration mitigation in audio equipment has been done. I used to have a RadioSh... | |
| Inputs shorted in 'standby'? It depends on how the fixed outs are designed. if they have a dedicated buffer stage or if the stage feeding it can handle low impedance then no problem | |
| Fiber Optic Cable @logistics its great when your loval team is excellent. I have to have 2 internet providers to keep a stable signal and whenever there is some sort of backhoe incident it ends up taking out 90% of the service prociders, including cellular | |
| So what series are you WATCHING now? My all time favorite series is th Korean zombie thriller: Kingdom | |
| Do You Unplug Equipment During Thunderstorms? @mylogic thats when you sue the equipment maker and end up owning your own tube amp company 😂 | |
| Do You Unplug Equipment During Thunderstorms? Yes, disconnect if you know its coming. 3 million volts is hard to stop but most damaging surges are a lot lower. We have some sort of powerr event 2-3 times a month that are not 3 million volts. |