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| My Impossible hum issue. The hum problem is an issue that occurs in most professional music areas. The solution is to install ISO Max transformers. It will cost you about $200 but will solve any of your hum problems. | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? One of the things that everyone seems to forget is that each company that does re-mastering is setting up the cutting lathe (slightly) differently and you will have to adjust your VTAs to eliminate the brightness and bass emphasis. One you do this... | |
| Love / Hate relationship with vinyl? I think that you have a ground problem. Try getting device like the juice bar and plugging in all of your devices in to a single phono path (phono preamplifier, turntable, speed controller, and preamplifier ect.) so that all power cords share the ... | |
| MIT Matrix HD60's or Magnum MA Speaker Cables? Hi Mikey,I currently use Cardas interconnects, clear, golden reference, neutral reference with the matrix 60. Years ago I had an all MIT cabling setup, but for some reason I was not satisfied with the sound. I found that Cardas or Wireworld was mo... | |
| MIT Matrix HD60's or Magnum MA Speaker Cables? I just purchased the Matrix HD60s and they are an incredible match with my Krell Evolution 302 amplifier. They are not bright at all and are extremely musical. They sound fantastic right out of the box. Right now I have about 125 hours of break-in... | |
| Critique my system... Treat the room first....this will give you the biggest bang for the buck. Work on removing the standing waves from the room corners and first reflection points. Only after this is done will you know how your system actually sounds. | |
| Magnepan with upgraded fuses Make sure you replace the jumpers with Cardas jumpers. This makes more of an improvment than the fuses do. But do both the fuses and the jumpers. | |
| I'm near Sacramento and want to hear your Maggies Are you a member of the Sierra Nevada Audio Club in Sacramento? One of the members may have pair of 1.7s That you can listen to.I have a Ref 3, Krell Evolution 302, and 3.7s this is a match made in heaven. My suggestion is to mate the 1.7 with a k... | |
| Best way to warm up the sound This may sound odd but move your speakers 2 to 4 inches closer together. This should increase the mid bass and warm up your sound. | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? 1. I have owned 4 different pieces of Mcintosh equipment (MR67, MR80, C28,7083). The problem with Mcintosh is their inconsistant sonic performance from unit to unit. Mcintosh makes some electronics that sound superb (MC275/MA275/MC2301) and some p... | |
| Audio Research, next upgrade? First,Update the fuse in the CD3 MkII (I suggest a Furutech-make sure you install it correctly). This is a low cost change the works.Second, update the power cord inthe CD3 MkII to a Shunyata Black Mamba CX version.Third, update the fuse in the VT... | |
| Magnepan Crossover Mod Approach? Jaymark, what mods have you already done to the speakers? What is it that you don't like about the sound of the speakers? Right now I am thinking about room acoustics first before I tear into the the speakers. What is your room set up like? | |
| System Hum Question Hi Bongeiste,I just had this problem. One of your source devices (CD player, turntable, or tuner) has a 60 cycle hum on its audio outputs. Disconnect one source component at a time until the hum disappears. Then take the source component in for re... | |
| magnepans with a sub??? Hi Louisl, I have a VT100 MkIII with magnepan 3.7s. There is simply not enough power. While the VT100 sounds very good with the 3.7s when you want crank it up there is just not enough power. I have since update amplifiers to a Krell 302. This comb... | |
| Two Turntables and Hum Problems - Help Please Three suggestions:First hum...the ground wire may not be the cause of your hum it could be the interconnect between the pre amp and turntable. This can occur if the interconnect has been placed too close to a power cord of any kind. Note placing t... |