folkfreak
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| Vibration isolation You don’t put roller bearings under a rack, silly@geoffkait - Not always silly -- Grand Prix Audio Apex footers are roller bearings and they work perfectly under all my racks.I also think you are incorrect in regard to speakers -- the whole point ... | |
| Power Cords I just swapped out the WEL 20A cables on my monoblocks for the AQ Dragon HC, no comparison -- now the HC Dragon is twice the price of the low power Dragon, and four times the Hurricane -- sounds as if the Hurricane if it delivers half of what the ... | |
| Help! Tweaking My Lovan Rack for new Big A**ed Transrotor Turntable! @prof my error, I’d mixed you up with the other thread where the OP was planning to drill a hole in their floor and anchor everything to a single postAnyway I’m surprised no one has suggested lead shot as a stand filling option. I knew some think ... | |
| Help! Tweaking My Lovan Rack for new Big A**ed Transrotor Turntable! @prof I think you have been badly advised regarding the deleterious effects of sub sonic interference on turntables. Seismic noise is everywhere (traffic, construction, micro quakes) and eliminating it is highly beneficial. Hence manufacturers suc... | |
| Power cable from Audio Research Ref 6 See the comment from @dbarger here (11/22 6:30am) https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/the-new-synergistic-research-blue-fuses/post?postid=1485146#1...The stock cables with all the ARC kit I ever owned were purely generic, fine but easily better... | |
| Power cable from Audio Research Ref 6 AudioQuest is a good combination. The new Hurricane would be a good fit and quite good value. I also get great results using a SR Galileo LE on my ARC Ref 40 but that is quite a bit more expensive. Most cable manufacturers will change the IEC on a... | |
| Help me please!!! MM3 and Dartzeel is a classic combination -- have you spoken with Jonathan Tinn at Chambers Audio? He demos this combination at shows regularly and is also an excellent person to deal withhttp://www.chambersaudio.com/ | |
| Can a Quality Full Range Speaker be the Limiting Component in a system? @inna I’m actually referring to prices as new and yes they are $50k speakers in a $500k+ system. Magico Q3s actually. My point is that decent speakers at this price level are capable of really great performance if matched well, and I’d rather inve... | |
| Can a Quality Full Range Speaker be the Limiting Component in a system? In my experience the answer is "unlikely". Assuming the speaker is not fatally flawed in some way my experience is that upgrading the source makes the speaker sound better. I currently have a mid six figures system in which the speaker is less tha... | |
| power cords with active shielding All of my cables have some form of active shielding and it is very effective but with some caveats. Battery powered shielding, such as DBS from AudioQuest is painless and easy to use but don’t disconnect the batteries as it will take 48-72 hours t... | |
| input impedance load on a cartridge. To add to which it’s not just the cartridge and phono stage but also how the downstream pre deals with HF resonances. Some setups actually like the extra boost you get from a high loading while others are insensitive so you have to try it and see | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain No worries @lewm I think we are all interested in different ways of skinning the cat of phono reproduction. | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain Thanks @almarg so the interesting conclusion is that in my prior setup (51dB gain in phono plus 12dB in pre) I was getting a maximum of 0.47V against 0.75V sensitivity hence I suspect the issues I was having. Now with my step up (20dB plus 40dB or... | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain One quick question to the amp design gurus. My power amps (VTL MB-450 III) have variable sensitivity as a function of damping factor. I'm guessing (based on what I hear) that lower damping factor (less feedback) generally means more sensitivity? A... | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain @robd2 to your question I've no idea other than to suggest that perhaps they start from a flexible multi-tap arrangement like MFA offer (offering a choice of 1:5, 1:10 or 1:20 and 10K-80K loading)? I'd rather have the step up designed for the spec... |