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| What power cord would you recommend? Semwin, I really WANT to agree with you but can't on the issues of what to do about pc's/cables. You are absolutely correct about shoddy workmanship as well as seat-of-the-pants engineering by non-engineers (i.e. try it and see if it does anything... | |
| Smooth sounding DAC? Sean -Sean: "With digital, these "samples" are taken at very specific but limited points along the data path. One is not taking in ALL of the data, but simply "sampling" it and basing their deductions on averages and trends." No, that's not corre... | |
| Interconnect to tame bright sounding CDP With all the suggestions on modding, I wonder if anyone has ever heard of a warranty? Besides the warranty issue, there are equipment manufacturers who will not even touch a repair on their own equipment once it has been substantially reworked by ... | |
| Sistrum or Neuance or...? Twl -"I think it far more likely that these same people lack the necessary technical understanding to grasp the obvious explanations that have been put forth several times on this thread already."Your statement is that your rack's design rests on ... | |
| Sistrum or Neuance or...? Twl writes: "In our experience, it is the airborne vibrations that are considerably more deleterious to performance, and that the proper handling of these airborne resonances is far more important than floorborne considerations." Are you really sa... | |
| Sistrum or Neuance or...? I would like to see the data on the linearity of energy transfer in this device. The only way I'm aware of to attempt to selectively choose between the tendency of floorborne vibrational energy to flow into the rack vs. the tendency of component v... | |
| power conditioning - source vs amps Just a comment, since I'm in no position to know Audio Magic's current design. I'll be a bit surprised to find out that a passive plc can 'perfectly' isolate digital and analog, though any moves in this direction are [much] better than none. Anyon... | |
| power conditioning - source vs amps My experiences parallel Rsbeck's regarding both amplifiers and digital. I'd start with dedicated lines and plug the amps into the wall. Regarding digital, I own a Sound Application plc and have dedicated lines. The Sound Application is a fine plc ... | |
| Guidelines for treating cathedral ceilings One other possibility for your room shape might be reflections between the back and front walls (behind the speakers vs. behind the listener) up near the ceiling. You can tape towels or cloth on the walls to check. | |
| Guidelines for treating cathedral ceilings I don't agree with Newbee. Flutter echo makes a difference anywhere in the room, since sound reflects from all of the surfaces and combines into what reaches your ears. The source of flutter echo is usually easy to locate. If you walk carefully ar... | |
| Soundstage there/gone/moves - poor current ???? I agree with Nighthawk - it sounds much more like a system problem (including line, breaker, cable and connection integrity) than a line conditioning issue.Judging by what you've swapped out already, I'd go systematically through cables and power ... | |
| Soundstage there/gone/moves - poor current ???? Can you provide a clearer idea of what is going on? (you yourself may know but aren't describing it). Do you mean that you take the same track at the same volume and get all this variability in its playback from hour to hour? Do you live in the ce... | |
| Gidon Kremer and Schnittke Although not live and therefore second best, I also love the Kremer recording of the Schnittke Violin Concertos 2 & 3 on Teldec. The sound is so clear and resolute that the emotional impact is kept alive, and you can almost see the performers. | |
| ASC Sound Panels It depends entirely on what you're trying to do in the room. The sound panels are spot absorbers with an absorption frequency range as specified on the ASC website. They won't substitute for bass traps in the corners, won't diffuse in areas where ... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? I think... still think.. one of the most important non-Corona-related points on this thread is as follows:Most systems respond to power cords, often far too much so - The original poster of this thread, long forgotten, stated that power cords did ... |