geoffkait
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| TAS Recommended CD Tweak…. Error correction codes do not prevent errors caused by stray scattered laser light getting into the photodetector. That much is clear. | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones Magfan, obviously you heard differences yourself with ICs and Cables because you wanted to. At least by your logic. Cheers | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones As has been discussed previously, if a Hi Fi Tuning fuse is inserted "backwards" it will produce the overly bright sound of any fuse not in "correct" direction. Sorry about that. | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones Someone's been boning up on the Skeptics Handbook. and offering up the usual Strawman arguments. | |
| Help me decide on cryo option. Better tone, better definition and more air, among other things. | |
| TAS Recommended CD Tweak…. Extreme A/V Liquid Resolution and Jena Labs 3D-X are among the very best of today's CD treatments. Anyone try purple pen on the CD edge? | |
| Help me decide on cryo option. I think the cryo is worth the extra cost. You can cut costs by sending the tubes off to a cryo lab like Cryo Pro. | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones An interesting experiment for those with ordinary fuses in equipment/speakers is to reverse direction of the fuses one at a time, listening after each fuse reversal. You should be able to hear the sound improve or degrade each time a fuse is rever... | |
| Really wild-looking tube amps BWS Consulting amps, 600 lb delivererd.www.BWS-Tube.com | |
| Whole house powerline noise solution? Quantum Corp. ElectraClear line purifiers in various outlets around the house AND/OR Magnan Audio DIY scheme of plug-in capacitor banks in various outlets around the house. Inexpensive and effective solutions. | |
| Best DIY tweak? One of the stranger tweaks is to make sure all media is stored vertically, this includes CDs, LPs, books and video cassettes. Makes a nice improvement, esp. if you have a lot of CDs, etc. (This tweak courtesy of PWB Electronics.~ Cheerio | |
| Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics? Actually, it does, or very nearly. The rotating arm/blade cuts a perfect circle, so the circle formed on the upper surface of the disc by the bevel is perfectly round. Enough mass is removed from the edge during circumcision that the disc should b... | |
| Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics? According to web page you provided, "The edge of the beveled disc should be 0.2 mm." Since the edge of an unbeveled discs is around 1 to 1.3 mm, that 0.2 mm thickness is only about 1/5 to 1/6 of the original thickness. Probably best to leave a ver... | |
| Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics? Tbg, please take the time to read the many reviews for the trimmer. You will find that the trimmer is intended to bevel the entire surface of the edge. Reasons for beveling the edge completely include (1) eliminating surface imperfections on the e... | |
| Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics? Another problem with only trimming half the edge is the potential for the polycarbonate to shatter. But primary issue is that it wouldn't be effective. YRMV...Cheers |