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| Isolation platforms for turntables Dctom wrote,"I have built my own - very high mass plus anti vibration material and springs. I have no feedback issues at all now."I'm a big fan of high mass/spring systems. One reason is they are rather uncomplicated plus you can obtain very low r... | |
| Dating an album Google is your friend.:-) | |
| Mono amps and different length speaker cables It's my understanding that if have two identical cables, one of which has a white jacket, the other a black one, the cable with the white jacket will sound noticeably superior. Anyone find this to be true? | |
| Are Rodgers ls3/5a as good as advertise? & Why The Rogers had no real bass and the dynamics were not that great but what they had in spades was that certain je ne sais quoi. | |
| How do vibrations affect the equipment? Irish65, there are any number of competent isolation devices on the market, including a bunch of DIY type things, almost all of which operate on ye olde mass-on-spring principle. | |
| Quad ESL 57 system upgrade help requested Remove the Quad metal grills as well as the plastic dust covers. Trust me, you'll forget about expensive upgrades in a big hurry. | |
| How do vibrations affect the equipment? I suspect vibrations affect all the wiring in any amplifier, even SS amps. It is relatively easy to test this theory since all you need to do is isolate the amp. Then listen. Been there done that many times. | |
| Problems with Mapleshade cables Not for the beer party crowd. | |
| Cost effective Schumann Resonator The Schumann frequency of 7.83 Hz is actually a natural electromagnetic resonance in the ionosphere produced by lighting storms and solar radiation. The Schumann frequency is very close to the alpha wave frequency used for relaxation and meditatio... | |
| Cost effective Schumann Resonator Are there directions for placement, I.e., height above floor? | |
| Speaker placement Newbee, the answer to your question is the XLO Test CD. The speaker placement track allows you to find the very best speaker locations in any room, independent of room dimensions, room acoustic treatments, if any, and type of speaker. Attempting t... | |
| Speaker placement I have a feeling most folks probably assume that the distance between speakers should be around 6-8 feet and never get around to experimenting with shorter distances. In fact, however, the correct distance for most speakers in most rooms is more l... | |
| Miles Davis The Original Mono CD's I just ordered mine, $48 and up for the box set on Amazon. That's like, what, five bucks per CD? | |
| Your Favorite AC Outlets I think it's one thing to be skeptical but quite another not to be willing to get to the bottom of things by actually investigating these claims which, in the case of wall receptacles, have been around since Jesus was a second lieutenant. I would ... | |
| Your Favorite AC Outlets What's everyone's opinion on wall outlet plates? :-) |