geoffkait
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| Cryogenic treatment of an LP? Mceljo -The process reduces stress in the materials and makes them more homogeneous; thus, a cryo'd brass trumpet sounds better, a cryo'd golf club hits the ball farther, a cryo'd LP, well, it just sounds better. I was one of the first in the US t... | |
| Cryogenic treatment of an LP? Uh, noone said it improves all known materials. But it's very well documented that it improves, steel, brass, silver, gold, aluminum, copper and plastics like vinyl, polycarbonate and telfon, you know, things of that nature. | |
| Cryogenic treatment of an LP? Cold fusion is slightly superior to cryogenics. | |
| vibration control An electromagnetic field is subject to a number of things, including as you suspect, static electric fields. But we have learned that the electromagnetic field - the audio signal carried through wires and cables is also subject to magnetic interfe... | |
| vibration control It seems pretty clear than any wire or cable or electronic element such as a capacitor or resistor is subject to vibration. Tonearms and cartridges as well as the platters of turntables are also subject to vibration, since they resonate at their n... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Rolling Stones' Let it Bleed and Clash's London Calling. | |
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? I'm not referring to damping the capacitor, I'm referring to isolating the component from structureborne vibration. So I suppose one could say your argument is a bit of a strawman, if you know what I mean. Furthermore, most of the energy in the co... | |
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? The problem is all frequencies are coming up from the floor to the component, not just selected frequencies. Of particular importance, obviously, are frequencies in the range 8-15 Hz, the resonant frequencies of such things as tonearms, cartridges... | |
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? Perhaps you don't acknowledge or are dismissing the transfer of seismic/structural vibration to the component. I mean, that's really the whole point of isolation. isn't it? | |
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? "All of these are filters of sorts and there is no such thing as a perfect filter anymore than isolation is perfect or even possible except in the absence of matter. "Hmmmm....that would probably explain the proliferation of vibration isolation de... | |
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? The best approach is to isolate AND drain. Isolation is not highly effective for frequencies under 10 or 20 Hz anyhow, so residual energy in the system can be dealt with by draining or damping. | |
| Have you treated your listening space? I'll split the difference with you. It's actually spelled anechoic.Tootles | |
| Have you treated your listening space? Uh, of course no one is suggesting turning the room in an anecolic chamber. But there are standing waves and early reflections as well as echos and other effects that really do interfere with the sound. It's a question of how far one wishes to go ... | |
| Have you treated your listening space? Would I kid you? | |
| Have you treated your listening space? Room treatments are not in the signal path so how can they possibly have any effect on the sound? :-) |