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| HOW TO POSITION 2 PAIRS OF SPEAKER FOR ALTERNATE LISTENING There was a similar suspicion that telephones and cell phones “resonated” when in the same room with a speaker demo, but that turned out to be something more uh, unspeakable. I.e., it not (rpt not) the tiny telephone or cell phone speaker that was... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? Polarity is a good one. But first you need to verify the system is in correct polarity then try to find a source that’s also in correct polarity. If the source is CD it ain’t that easy to find one that’s correct. Most of them aren’t. Cable directi... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? Cables can vary considerably in frequency response, including bass response. Some cables are bass heavy, some are bass shy. Some sound rolled off, sound have midrange suck out, we don’t know why. (Rhyme alert!) One tip is try reversing the cables ... | |
| Lowering the noise floor Here some (uncontroversial) sources of noise or distortion that might not have been mentioned. 1. The induced magnetic field produced by the large transformer that extends outward to all electrical components and wiring in proximity.2. The mechanc... | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 1) Just for the record Einstein never said insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Why would he? It doesn’t make sense in any context he would ever make such a statement. The internet is clogged up with mi... | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 1) Wow! Hey! Do we have a match?! Einstein said the world is not trial and error. He disagreed with the premise that the universe is probabilistic. He never got on board the whole quantum mechanics train. Do we have a match? Whoa! Wait a second! Back... | |
| Audiogon is not responding to multiple inquiries What?! Wow! For a second I said Audiogon is not responding to multiple injuries. You know, what with the level of hostility and angst on some of the threads recently. 😬 | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 1) I’ve got my hip waders on, I can hack it. So how much of the sound of the Hurricanes is directly attributable to its presumably correct directionality? That’s what I’d like to know about. 😳 | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? If an amplifier manufacturer can’t explain em who can? | |
| Lowering the noise floor Oh, they could. But it would take, what, 10,000 car batteries? And crew of a hundred. | |
| power conditioner Yes. Just not on my palms. | |
| Lowering the noise floor Bingo! I’m off the grid! I use a portable battery powered player, a Walkman. I use Grado RS 60 headphones. By getting off the grid I avoid all the ills associated with the grid, and all the ills associated with cables, fuses, and the other stuff I... | |
| Lowering the noise floor I never said I eliminated all noise. What I said or at least intended to say is I eliminated all RFI/EMI type noise produced or carried by the house AC, cables, fuses, power cords, AND all magnetic type noise produced by transformers (induced magn... | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? 12 Angry Men reduxJuror #10: Don’t give me that. I’m sick and tired of facts! You can twist ’em anyway you like, you know what I mean?Juror #10: Six to six... I’m telling you, some of you people in here must be out of your minds. Juror #10: [inter... | |
| Lowering the noise floor I hate to jump to conclusions but it certainly appears I’ve completely avoided a huge amount of RFI/EMI interference of ALL frequencies from 0 Hz to umpty ump GHz by completely circumventing the house AC. I’ve also completely avoided all magnetic ... |