forrestc
Responses from forrestc
| Why is my Rotel RA 1062 amp running hot? Does it run hot at an idle with no load or does it run hot only when driving your speakers? | |
| Best T/T Pods/ wood blocks to eliminate vibrations The best bang for he buck by far that I've found is Herbie's Tenderfoot Isolation Feet. I replaced the Sorbothane suspension with Tenderfoot footers in my VPI HW19 Mk4 and the improvement was not subtle. I would think that they would work exceptio... | |
| DIY TT Stand on concrete floor - I'm confused All sounds good as to what you are doing with the stand and the coupling to the concrete floor. But on the other hand, since your turntable has no suspension, the only thing that would do differently (or at least try) is to replace the spikes on t... | |
| Furman Elite 15PFi upgrade over Power Wedge 116 Brian, you never know until you plug it in and give 'er a listen; however, I found the old Power Wedge 116 isn't all that bad after all. Each receptacle is totally isolated using some pretty hefty isolation transformers and the entire unit overall... | |
| No, You Cannot Bi-Amp Mike, I have to agree with you. I bi-amped my Apogee Duetta Signatures using a pair of totally rebuit and upgraded Threshold Stasis 2 amps and a highly upgraded/highly-modified Marchand XM-9 electronic crossover a few year ago and have never looke... | |
| alternative to maggies? I would try Rich's suggestion first, and if that doesn't work you could replace the socks with Pet Screen (no kidding!). It's easy to work with, looks almost like Apogee grill cloth, and the stuff is nearly acoustically transparent, but most of al... | |
| Speed of groove. I think what you are saying is the velocity decreases as the stylus moves towards the inner groves of the record. If I'm not mistaken, output is specified by cartridge builder at a specific velocity; however, I don't know where that location may b... | |
| Hum issue - driving me more crazy You don't have a TV or tuner connected to cable or satellite whic is connected to your system do you? Cable and dish installations are often grounded in a different location than your mains ground which almost always creates a ground loop though y... | |
| quietest fan to use inside my enter ctr cabinet . . . and I third Noctua fans. Well worth the few extra bucks. | |
| Logitech Transporter FYI All SB devices operate in the 2.4Ghz (IEEE 802.11g) band which, in many locations, is heavily polluted. Best case with 802.11g, youÂll see about 22 Mbit/s average throughput, but interference from other sources can cause constant resending of pac... | |
| Logitech Transporter FYI This is true and only true is your WLAN is grossly overloaded or your Transporter suffers from a weak signal or interference from your neighbors' WLAN that may be on the same channel as your WLAN. Countless other 2.4Mhz devices such as cordless ph... | |
| Threshold Stasis 2...Worth a rebuild??? The Stasis II is great sounding reliable amp. By now, all the electrolytic caps, which aren't many, need to be replaced. Most likely, one had gone totally bad on the affected channels driver board and needs to be replaced. I recapped, my Stasis II... | |
| Is Jim Smith's Book"Get Better Sound"Best Book ? I never know about this book until today when I browsing though Audiogon's tweak section. Normally I would be reluctant to purchase another good-sound type book, but when I saw that it was written by Jim Smith, I placed my order without giving it ... | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? I will second the Audio Technica AT33PTG cartridge (from page one of this thread). Not sold through regular channels in the USA, but with a little looking, it can be found from a reputable importer at a very reasonable price. | |
| VPI HW-19 Upgrade question SAMA or SDS? To answer Emorrisiv's question above, the SDS not only controls the AC voltage to the turntable's motor, allowing full voltage for startup then changes to a reduced predetermined running voltage once the platter has stabilized, it regenerates and ... |