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| Tube microphonics A thought I have *may* reduce the cost of fighting microphonics. And ChatGPT seems to agree -- to an extent: Is there such a thing as high-temperature O-rings, and could they be put around vacuum tubes in HiFi equipment, to suppress microphonic... | |
| Monster m 850 cable upgrades I share the experience ghdprentice had. Monster products were -- to say it gently -- not helpful in any of my systems at any time. | |
| Is My Tube Amp Unfixable? Help Needed Assuming this amp uses a removable (IEC) power cord: You mentioned power cord -- are you (still) trying different power cords? I ask because I actually had a very bad IEC power cord -- bending the cord made the problem (noise/static) even worse. ... | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" In my 60's, and very seriously handicapped, I have big Macs and giant Krells. I pay my sons' tuitions. I fear only the day they graduate. | |
| How Do Amps Affect Soundstage? There are numerous significant electrical and physical differences between a stereo amp and a pair of "identical circuitry" monoblocks. Here are four: One electrical difference is crosstalk (L signal getting into R, and vice versa). Crosstalk is ... | |
| Buying Used Equipment on the Internet I'm looking back at years and years of buying "vintage" on line -- both tube and SS.. Sometimes I've received very defective equipment listed as "Works Fine". Sometimes I've received very stupidly packed equipment, broken (think McIntosh glass and... | |
| Is it Possible?? I would expect reverberation to be at play as much as high-frequency attenuation. | |
| Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance Sure, there will be the question of stability with the large-frame speakers, there will be an acoustic effect as the speakers are lifted slightly higher above the floor, and MC's statement about problems with precise positioning on carpet is true ... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. There is a direct relation between proper grammar and organized thought. The two travel together.Misplaced punctuation, run-on sentences, and wrong words (e.g., "too" is not a number) are warning signs. After passing a handful of such signs, I tur... | |
| What audio aspect are you knowledgeable in? I am an absolute master of mediocrity over all technical aspects of sound recording and reproduction. The beauty of music tends to overwhelm me, so I guess I don't know much about music either, but I do like it. |