ghdprentice
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| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration I had an AR which I could rap in the the top with my knuckle and it would not skip or have the sound transmitted to the speakers. It did what it was designed to do. When I walked by it would skip every time. The solution was simple, a wall rack… t... | |
| List a Condition you know of that will produce Better Sound Very heavy components always sound better than light ones. | |
| Streaming with vintage DACs All the DACs of that era to which I was exposed to sounded very, very poor in comparison to today’s DACs, at least at the mid to high end. | |
| Will accidental max volume damage a speaker? “WIDE FULL OPEN!” Exactly | |
| Noise floors “G.M. has set a goal of selling one million E.V.s a year by 2025. It also hopes to produce only electric cars and trucks by 2035.”‘Ford promised that all of its passenger cars in Europe would be “zero-emissions capable all-electric or plug-in hybr... | |
| Noise floors @rickderuter Seriously? That sounds terrible. You live in a house or apartment? Is it inside or outside? This cannot be good for you. I would be hunting it down. | |
| Will accidental max volume damage a speaker? OP. I did the same thing with my new Audio Research REF 6SE and my then new Sonus Faber Amati Traditional. I think I got it turned off in closer to two seconds… and hopefully no hearing damage. It did not damage the speakers fortunately. I was ac... | |
| Noise floors @artemus_5 ‘Time to wake up. | |
| Fear of volume control @sns I’m the same. I have a furnace room with a extra refrigerator next to my listening area. Both are relatively quiet but to keep the noise down I turn the AC off. Fortunately I can do this with my iPhone after I sit down. I’m probably going to ... | |
| Noise floors Over the next few decades as electric vehicles are replaced by internal combustion should make a big difference. The real question is when will internal combustion get outlawed so the fast and furious idiots get off the freeway. We live a half mil... | |
| CDP or DAC? @aolmrd1241… Good point… perhaps that is not as well known as I thought. I assumed at this point most high end companies have positioned their CD players to be DAC / CD players. When I bought a Sim Moon 650D about ten years ago it was advertised a... | |
| Fluids.... I use VPI. I have used it for twenty five years. I think I did research on fluids then an chose it. Haven’t reviewed the literature since then. | |
| Is it worth replacing an old amp? My experience has been primarily with Pass and a few other brands over fifty years. An amplifier made by the same manufacturer will show significant improvements in ten years and a huge difference in twenty. It is a competitive market and to stay ... | |
| Preamps opinion I had a AudioResearch REF 5SE with a Pass x350 for many years, I found it a wonderful combination. | |
| HiFi Furniture Looks like a nice rack. |