geoffkait
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| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses Hey, that’s the way it goes sometimes. Did you try reversing the fuse in the AC line? Most people hear the effect of fuses in the AC path by the way. | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses cakidsStands to reason because the entire audio signal, at very low level, passes through each fuse. Uh, let’s be fair. The full AC signal passes through fuses located where the AC enters the component. That’s not (rpt not) a very low level signal... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... Solid state has relatively better THD numbers than tubes. OK, I’ll grant you that. Of course everybody and his brother knows THD doesn’t really mean anything. 🤡 | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? That’s the $64K question what is better, detail and resolution or musicality. Exhibit A the humble audio cassette. No doubt cassettes lack the detail and resolution of Red Book CD. But CD EVEN AT HIGH DATA RATES cannot compete with the warmth, pre... | |
| Isolation stands: snakeoil? What’s shakin’? Uh, the whole house is shaking! Not just the listening room. You know, due to all the traffic, Earth crust motion, wind, ocean waves hitting the shore, what have you. Besides it’s a no brainer to isolate the speakers these days, it... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... kosst_amojanDear God.... That staid dogma about tubes Geoff just spouted is such obtuse nonsense! All this magical jazz people attribute to tubes has practically nothing to do with the tubes themselves. It’s far more a product of the topology. Ple... | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses jayctoyDoug they are not gift, And no plans to try.Very expensive..>>>>Actually, sir, they are not expensive. That’s an Old Wives Tale. There are more than a few high end fuses around 20 bucks and a bunch under 50 bucks. Create Fuse fr... | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses danvignauIn all seriousness, has anyone ever tested these designer fuses to see if what they really offer is simply the ability to pass more current, i.e. as not protecting your electronics with properly rated fuses?Yes. The answer is no. | |
| speakers with balls The Double Sphere Reference from Gallo are balls! Hel-loo! | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses Gee whiz, guys, I thought we already agreed a blind tests proves nothing. Especially if the results are negative. You know, due to the things that can go wrong. Especially for those among us why aren’t really used to doing tests of tweaks or cable... | |
| Experimenting with Speaker Room Placement I certainly don’t wish anyone to take this too hard but somebody, I won’t mention any names, is following the wrong....you know....🐑 🐑 🐑 | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Just wait’ll get a load of the carbon fiber sleeves on the power cords and HDMI cable, as well as cable box cable and antenna cable. | |
| Experimenting with Speaker Room Placement tomcarrBuy Jim Smith’s book Get Better Sound.Read it, then read it again.Get your positions of speakers and listening seat established.Do room treatment.Enjoy how much better your system sounds.Enlighten others.Whoa! What?! Back up! The speaker lo... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic It’s a fine bunch of nervous Nellies we have here. I painted the pins of my Audioquest Carbon HDMI Cable a few weeks ago. I used the brush. No problem. Faint heart ne’er won fair maiden. 💃🏻 | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable willemj, that’s what we call Kangaroo Courts over here. Boing! Boing! Boing! |