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| Can I replace a 24uF capacitor with 22uF? Can I just replace these with one 22uF cap without hearing any significant shift in frequency balance?Possibly not "significant" but it depends on the type of xover.Tannoy usually voice their products very carefully and I would urge you to just re... | |
| Audionemesis DC-1 VLE The SYmphonic Line was better. Better extension and foot-tapping "speed" as well as dynamics. (But at many times the price)The ML was the top unit, 30.5 (I think - it was a couple of yrs ago). Not surprisingly it fared much better with a ML transp... | |
| Audionemesis DC-1 VLE We just compared it to what we had in hand -- i.e. a 24/192 Burr Brown (it held its own), a Symphonic Line integrated (not an exact comparison), a NAD (which was inferior), a Benchmark (which was different -- somewhat dry by comparison).I had a ML... | |
| Breaking in speaker cables?? Why do you have to be a electrician to plug a cable in a wall plug?You don't. I just didn't know how well acquainted the OP is with electricity... | |
| Audionemesis DC-1 VLE I have heard it but not against the PS audio. It is the "steroids" version of a very popular, low-price Italian dac the DC-1 (which was excellent value for money many yrs ago). I didn't know one can still find these, supposedly only few were ever ... | |
| Adding Tone Controls? From yr description the offensive recordings suffer from "sibilance" (~6-9kHz).Unfortunately, unless you use an equalizer, there is little else you can do to correct this situation. This is a unit placed between your source & the amp (or amp-&... | |
| Breaking in speaker cables?? Louder means higher voltage. You might try it. It works for me when I (re) solder terminations, but the break-in only takes a 1/2 hour of medium volume playing.One European cable manufacturer "breaks in" his UNterminated wires by using them as a m... | |
| ROGERS LS 3/5A MONITOR SPEAKERS As mentioned, no "special" amp is needed. Don't drive the too loud in the beginning. | |
| Petition: Stop the loudness wars Thanks for bringing our attention to this, I signed the pet. BTW, Xiekitchen, the OP is primarily bemoaning the RECORDING quality, and secondarily the bit-rate -- not the medium.Compression shows just as well on vinyl, btw! | |
| ROGERS LS 3/5A MONITOR SPEAKERS What would you like to know, specifically? Generally speaking these are renowned for the sound quality and versatility. They were designed around 40 yrs ago, originally intended for use in the BBC's vans. They were supposed to hang from the sides ... | |
| An impression of some phono stages Mordante -- in my pre I could set the loading using dip switches situated inside the chassis.BUT, as the sound is coming to, why not just leave it for now. | |
| What is the single best pre amp you have ever hear The FM Acoustics 266. I have not heard S McCormack's "virtual reality engine" (VRE), but look forward to it soon. | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Philip has anyone thought of VTL, CAT legend & Joule electra? I have listened to the latter 2 (not the big VTL)In brief: the Joule offers angelic details -- i.e. the & upper mids and high frequencies are detailed and perceptible, but not ... | |
| does your system "warm up" and then sound better? Csontos: why there seems to be an increase in performance after pausing my CDPThe player resets, that;s why you get a marginally better sound.B_limo: I think that you're OK if you keep your pre & cdp on. Keeping your amp on all the time may be... | |
| An impression of some phono stages I had a SL top of line pre with phono (probably your phono module) and do not remember the sound being bass shy. I can only suggest that you are either loosing energy somewhere or that the pre hasn't been on long enough. Since the latter is unlike... |