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| DIY cables Vs Mass market cables. Proof is in the puddingYou are quite right. There are very many formulae -- do try googling the subject. OTOH, a simple experiment is to use magnet wire (i.e. coated copper wire -- choose awg according to application). Make single core cables for ... | |
| What is purpose of a cd transport? To supplant Rcprince with an example -- some cdr/dvd-r are better than others. Some power supplies are more elaborate than others. Why separate? Good question -- sometimes it;s just a matter of space, sometimes marketing. | |
| Speaker and amp balance question????? Mitch -- fm yr latest description, there seems to be a very slight difference b/ween the two tweets (or the attendant xover components). The hi fre is probably airborne that's being picked up somewhere. | |
| woofers gone wild Take it to dealer or qualified technician to check. Don't tinker with it yourself (unless you're reasonably comfortable with PS design). | |
| Wilson Watt Puppies 5.0 + 7.0 Tweeters Value? does the upgrade of the tweeter to 7.0 somehow transform these speakers to the higher end version?No it doesn't -- it just means that the seller has purchased the tweets used in the 7 and adapted them (hopefully) for use on the 5. If these are not... | |
| Speaker and amp balance question????? Mitchb -- either I misunderstood the issue (probably) or there's nothing "wrong" with yr system (hopefully).Correct me if wrong: using a mono signal OR (particularly) a pure sine, you can discern no differences. (I assume you've tried pink noise a... | |
| power cords for 220v No problem | |
| MC transformers - what do they sound like? the transformers sounded a little more dynamics in the bassI think you'll find this is due to better loading -- rather than a characteristic of trannies at large. What a well implemented tranny should offer is a little bit of extra signal purity..... | |
| jm lab grand utopia be--- any thoughts ? Kmccarty notes: ...reproduction of a live jazz concert in an intimate acoustic is very different from the reproduction of a full orchestra playing full tilt with chorus and(/or) soloistsQuite so. I often have trouble explaining this.As s/one put i... | |
| Help Please Woofer Pumping Is it Amp, CD or ? there is a slight crackling barely audible in the signalSounds like a a component is giving up: could be a cap... OR you have a very bad connection s/where. Very strange -- any technicians close by to check yr amp out? | |
| Spiral Horn Actually you'd be better off using a low pass (try line level) to avoid intermodulation & straining the drive unit.I listened to a 6,5 inch spiral. It sounded warm, not extremely articulate but, as you note, "deep" and "effortless" (i.e. the e... | |
| Does the Spendor S8e invert phase? It makes no sense for a spkr to have invert polarity... Maybe it's the upstream active components? | |
| Mcintosh C-2200 or Aesthetix Calypso? I've heard both and preferred the SS -- sorry. Please note that the 2200 was running stock tubes, no tweaks -- just plain vanilla.I also happen to have preferred the Calypso (over the 42) driving a classe Omega. Calypso also plain vanilla. {Valhal... | |
| ASR EmiterII exclusive, follow up? Sorry Frankg -- just noticed yr question.I can only give you a hazy imporession based on memory... the Gryphon is warmer and somewhat "brighter" (pleasant mid-high light). Cheers | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS highly biased Class A operationThis is probably Mr Pass' way of saying the device is operating in "deep class A". Just the PS is well over the expected 4x the energy output rating fro class A. |