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| Bungee Cords I thought for a second you were going to say you suspended the speakers on Bungee Cords. Now that would be good for sound reasons. | |
| My amp has no faults Actually most amps and speakers are up to the task of playing at moderate to high volumes without the distortion driving you out of the room, but the plain fact is that other things, some things that go bump in the night, produce the distortion. U... | |
| Resonators I suppose that, as for any audio device, there is the possibility of operator error or a system that is not up to the task or ears that are not up to the task. I'm quite confident that some playing around with location of the Christmas Tree orname... | |
| Changing the listener's ear position As the inventor of Ortho Ears a long time ago, I think I can say without fear of contradiction that cupping your hands behind your ears does increase the gain, but all is not well in Big Ears country. The better the system becomes, I.e., the bette... | |
| Modded 103 & 105 Oppo's? Ric Shultz at Electronic Visionary Systems just posted the list of analog and digital modifications he is doing for the Oppo 103 and 105 on his web site.http://www.tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Modifications_to_SACDUniversal.html | |
| Resonators Some effective acoustical devices include Tube Traps, Corner Tunes, Shakti Hallographs, tiny little bowls, crystals, Skyline and similar geometric diffusers and Mpingo discs. I won't even mention the SteinMusic Harmonizer or Magic Water Bowls. Som... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original OK, Nespa light treatment, Intelligent Chip, Audio Deske edge beveler, Cream Electret, Red X Pen, if ya wanna get all esoteric Like. I'm also a big fan of scattered laser light absorbers, cryogenics, CD fluids like Liquid Resolution, demagnetizers... | |
| Resonators A nice review of the Tchang Acoustic Resonators by 6 Moons at:http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/francktchang/resonators.htmlTiny little bowl acoustic resonators are a proven technology and have been around like forever. | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original As long as we're reviewing the variables involved with the sound of CDs and with maximizing the laser reading operation, it might be the right time to mention the importance of obtaining absolute level of the CD transport. Now, I know what you're ... | |
| Tweaks such as demagnetizers ionizers for lp's The Talisman demagnetizer from Walker Audio works very well for CDs and interconnects. It is a relatively small passive device and IIRC contains rare Earth magnets oriented in at least two planes. There is a great deal on Audiogon for a previously... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original Al, also wanted to confirm you were using the same player for the comparison, since you just mentioned that the design of the player was a variable. I thought it would be nice if we could eliminate that particular variable.Geoff | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original Al, but I thought you used one of those fancy CD-Rs for the copy, one with superior jitter characteristics. See, that's what's so puzzling - why you say the copy sounded worse than the original even though a superior low jitter CD-R was used for t... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original Al wrote,"While for several reasons I had high confidence that the copies I created were bit-perfect replicas of the digital data on the original CD's, to be completely certain of that I put one of the tracks I used in the experiment through some ... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original Al, i hate judge before all the facts are in but it looks to me like "the copy sounds better than the original" will be joining the illustrious ranks of the Mpingo disc, Shakti Stone, Intelligent Chip, Schumann frequency generator, CD demagnetizat... | |
| Brass footers for speakers In terms of optimum materials for cones I suggest the following ranking: NASA grade ceramics, steel and aluminum, brass and finally carbon fiber. |