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| Food for thought for all us audiophiles So the point is we are just fooling ourselves when we spend a lot of money on audio gear. Or maybe it's that we are wasting money. Well what business is it of anyone else how one spends their own money? What should we buy instead? Who decides what... | |
| Can speaker cables be too thick? Look inside some expensive speakers. The wiring from the terminals through the drivers are as thin as hair compared to the garden hoses some use on the other side. Why, then, after countless hours and dollars on R&D with respect to cabinet con... | |
| The Irrational But Efficacious CD Tweak This post sounds eerily close to a Machina Dynamica testimonial. | |
| CD player making strange noises The motor noise thru the speakers is probably a defective or loose noise filter (capacitor) across the motor terminals. The pops and crackles are probably dirty/oxidized/loose connections here, there or everywhere. I also agree with Edle - the pow... | |
| my take on blind tests DBT's are irrelevant, IMO. Everyone who intimately knows their system will most likely be able to detect a change (or lack of one) with a new component inserted. But to sit there and try to differentiate between cables, amps, rubber feet, whatever... | |
| Most Influential American Musician of All Time? W.C. Handy. First to use the 12-bar blues which underlies most of the music genres. Chuck Berry turned it into rock and roll and the rest is history from there. | |
| Ethics: To what degree? I cannot understand from your post where the unit failed in both instances. Is it while it was used in the dealer's store during demo or after you took it home? If it was with the dealer then the possibility of many hands touching it contributed t... | |
| Why so expensive?? Then how much should it cost? If YOU can produce an amplifier identical to the $380,000 Dynaudio Arbiter for less than one percent of the price, let us know. We'll buy all you can make."People that take risks are rewarded - those who do not, covet... | |
| Why Did My Power Cord Act Like a Fuse? What it sounds like is an arc fault in the power cord. This type of fault occurs at broken wiring, loose connections and damaged insulation with bare wiring touching (grounded) metal. It is likely that your power cord has a strand or two that brok... | |
| Determining actual impedance Try this | |
| Uneven speaker wire runs What kind of cables and how much are you spending? If you're going to buy bulk wire at a couple of dollars a foot and have them terminated, then it's not a issue for resale or buying. If you're looking at name brand or expensive, it might be tough... | |
| What causes an amp to discharge a thump.? The thump is caused by a DC transient that gets through to the speakers. If the amp is direct coupled, meaning no capacitors in the coupling stages, then DC offset will be there. Also, the speakers, by presenting a reactive (rather than resistive)... | |
| Significance of different components of audio ... Count me in for a disagreement. I place quality of recording in the "neglible" category. I place performance in the critical. A Walter Mahler or a Klemperer Beethoven in scratchy mono will be more satisfying to me than a not-so-inspired latest and... | |
| tube amps/low capacitance cables? It's not so strange. Tube amps have relatively low output current and low damping factors which make it more difficult to control woofers at low frequencies. The impedance of the speakers plus the cables affect the damping factor. If high capacita... | |
| Thiel/Crutchfield Whatever one's opinion is regarding Thiel's actions, one thing for certain is that Crutchfield and Thiel are profitable enterprises and probably know a little bit more about making money in the audio market than most of us.But I can't help thinkin... |