erik_squires
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| Anyone know where I can get a Wadia 861 board? It is worth taking to a local repair shop. It looks like the outputs are discrete amplifier sections. If your problem is there, it will allow a qualified repair person to quickly diagnose and replace bad parts and chances are good for finding the ... | |
| Beware the audio guru @elizabeth spraketh thus:Stop believing anything some other idiot writes"Other idiot?" Hahahaha. But overall her post is well taken. As many here may remember, I make my own speakers. I have enough measurement gear here to tell me exactly what the... | |
| Cerebral versus Visceral? One thing that made me think of skin hearing was a reviewer talking about listening to an ESL with a specially made tube amplifier built without transformers. ESL's like high voltage, so the tubes were hooked up directly. The reviewer mentioned so... | |
| Cleaner music when laptop is on battery vs plugged in Hunt around for the Furman prices. :) You can sometimes get a BIG savings. At the least, the two key features are SMP and LiFT. The noise filtering and surge protection is top notch.Best,Erik | |
| Cerebral versus Visceral? I want to expand on @nonoise point.One really interesting idea I've been thinking about for a while is where exactly in our body do we perceive music? The idea that the ear/brain mechanism is the only part of the equation may not be fully accurate... | |
| Dynaco A25 -Hard to Believe You can build the modern version as a kit, if you are interested:https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/2-way-speaker-kits/seas-a26-10-2-way-kit-pair-based-on-the-cla...If ever there was a simple kit to get started with, this would be it. :) Best,E | |
| Anyone Using Bose 901 speakers In A Home Theater? Haha, Consumer reports sucks in some ways. As I recall, CR highly rated Allison speakers, after which Roy Allison reamed them for their testing methods, or so I was told, I never actually read this exchange, and the truth may be buried in someone'... | |
| We give up perspective to avoid tone controls Phase matching of subs-to-mains should always be optimized at the applicable crossover frequency, and the measurement point to define the match should be located (precisely) at the intended listening position. OK, with you so far... When ported sp... | |
| Speakers in Anime ... Can you tell the brand / Model? :) @contuzzi - I'm sorry! I did not know that actually! Best,E | |
| We give up perspective to avoid tone controls Virtually all such circuits cause significant channel tracking imbalance, and some add other phase and distortion anomalies that seriously degrade any aural benefit.vtvmtodvm:That's pretty breathtaking in it's scope. While I do agree: I wish man... | |
| Cleaner music when laptop is on battery vs plugged in Just to add a litte. Usually when there is a ground loop in analog, we hear it as a hum. According to some old measurements from Stereophile, you could have a ground loop via USB which does not cause a hum but instead results in excessive jitter. ... | |
| Cleaner music when laptop is on battery vs plugged in I personally use a mini Linux PC plugged into the wall, with my audio plugged into a Furman. This keeps the PC supply outside the Furman's noise filtering.Also, in addition to the switch mode noise, there's been evidence of ground loops occuring O... | |
| Speakers in Anime ... Can you tell the brand / Model? :) I have to admit, the purple instead of black finish is growing on me. :) E | |
| Sound bar in a box . . . can't understand dialog. Pillows. In the credenza. Best,E | |
| Hard Audio - Ceramic Speakers @likecap Interesting they are made with Focal Tweeters, and another, non-ceramic woofer. :) I wonder if they add color? :) Best,E |