forrestc
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| 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 ... | |
| What cartridges under $800 outperform DL-103R? Thought I've never used a 103R, I've been very happy since I bought an Audio-Technica AT33PTG for my ET2 tonearm on my VPI HW19 Mk4. Though not imported to the USA, it can be found through channels on the Internet for less than $400. | |
| Harwood Flooring Information For Dedicated Room Nothing beats the look and solidness of real 5/8" or 3/4" hardwood nailed or glued down. Either way, you will have a nice soild floor. On the other hand, floating engineered or laminate flooring tends to be noisy (just tap on it) since it is thin ... | |
| Quality Cheater plug?? Someone posted the following on Audiogon a short while back on this very subject. It's worth a read prior to un-grounding your system.http://www.aes.org/sections/pnw/pnwrecaps/2005/whitlock/whitlock_pnw05.pdf | |
| Thrift store finds? Pair of KEF 103.2 near mint at Goodwill for $25 and apair of Magnepan MMGs also near mint at the same Goodwill for $40 all within the same week three years ago. Nothing else but junk there since. | |
| amp colume control If you are half decent with a soldering iron, you can modify your volume pot circuit as shown in the folling link:http://www.goldpt.com/mods.html | |
| Isolating CDP from weak wood floor If your system is on the first floor with a crawl space below, your best bet would be to buy some screw jacks or house jacks and place them between joists in question and the ground. | |
| Power problems.... Ground, dedicated lines, ect Also, Square D and others make good boxes and breakers; however, I have found that I have replaced more bad Square D breakers than any other brand. |