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| Good cheap silver wire? Does bigsur use silver wire in his computer? For his Internet connection? Does his TV cable company use silver wire? Does the phone company? Is there one inch of silver wire in a Stealth bomber? How about the space shuttle? The answer: NO! Does bi... | |
| Need advice on amplifier upgrade The B&W's were introduced in 1993 and had a 90dB/watt efficiency. The entire Sony ES receiver line is capable of 100 watt RMS into 8 ohms and 200 watt peaks into the 4 ohm minimum impedence of the 802/III. That works out to 103 dB average (113... | |
| Interconnect suggestions One should ask Jtao, strobl and lihifiguy what kind of INTERCONNECT they use between their modem and the wall jack? Is it silver, coaxial, flat rectangular 99.9999% pure? Heavens, we're talking about a high-speed digital interface here! What kind ... | |
| Acoustat Panels user35@ibm.net posted in the "System Matching" forum ("how much tube power is enough?") that he has Acoustat 2+2's also. Perhaps you should get in touch with him. | |
| What type of digital cable is best? XLR or optical Optical has to go first from the S/PDIF electrical output to a laser-diode, which transmits the signal as light pulses over the optical cable, then optically sensed at the other end and converted back to the base electrical S/PDIF signal. The tosl... | |
| What is S/PDIF Connection S/PDIF is the unprocessed digital output, and has usually two interfaces: RCA or Coaxial (cable) output or Toslink (optical) outputs. Some CD players, and all CD transports, have one or both of these outputs. These outputs are usually connected to... | |
| Sound stage Answer to GregP: The Dynaquad has a pair of 10-watt 2-ohm resistors (I can't remember, maybe you should open up the box and look) that go into parallel for the "null" position of the front switch, and then bridged with the rear speakers in the qua... | |
| Wanted:Info on Kirksaeter Speakers Kingcaid Acoustics of Hatfield Pa., just north of Philadelphia, is the U.S. Distributor for Kirksaeter. Their website is: www.kirksaeter.com | |
| B&W 802 Nautilius really the best? The N802's are certainly a fine speaker. But also in this price range and besides the Thiels are: Waveform Mach 17, Dunlavy SC-IV/A, Snell Type A, API Energy Veritas 2.8, Magneplanar MG20, Martin Logan MIII, KEF R4, and others.After listening to a... | |
| how much tube power is needed? In response to user35@ibm.net, I fully agree that a 60 watt tube amplifier will drive the Acoustat 2's to 105dB peaks, but maybe only in the midrange. As this is a discussion forum so that others may understand the issue, the Acoustat 2's, a "full... | |
| Magneplanar MG1c-Help A simple calculation is in order: The MG1c's are 4 ohm speakers with an 85/db/watt sensitivity. Your Pioneer receiver is 100x5 channels into 8 ohms at 1% THD, so lets assume that into 4 ohms at clipping runs 160 watts or so, which translates into ... | |
| ProAc Response 2 speakers and tube amps? Since you've had your ProAc's for seven years, what are you using currently and why go tube? The mid & bass drivers are very carefully designed with a shallow voice coil and long pole magnet, they are "long-throw" units. The damping factors in... | |
| How long do high quality speakers "last" Loudspeaker degradation takes on various forms. Almost all speaker designs fall victim to some kind of change with age. In the case of the ProAc Response 2's, look for the following: 1).- The Scan-Speak silk-dome tweeters could eventually lose the... | |
| Help! Upgrading CDP in the $1500-$3500 range! You can't go wrong with any EAD, they are excellent units. However, for ease of use, longevity, and of course sonic excellence no one to date has yet equaled the specs of the Sony CDP-7xxES series (7, 77, 707, 777, etc). These units are sometimes ... | |
| Need advice on speaker cable Recently visited the U.S.A. and saw some nice cable at Radio Shack: 8 gauge stranded cable for car stereo use, comes thickly insulated in red and black, for just pennies a foot. Buy this and spend all the $$$ you saved on CD's! |