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| mouse pads...cheap isolation tweak??????? I've been thinking of building my own rack and because of space limitations have been considering the same thing. I'm thinking of placing my DAC on top of my transport and putting a black mousepad between them. My reason is more for protecting the... | |
| Speakers and stands: how to place? A great tweak I discovered five years ago is using artists kneaded erasers instead of blu-tack. One small pad can be sectioned into four pieces, then rolled into small grey booger-like balls and placed under each corner of the monitor. Kneaded era... | |
| breaking in audio components I'm positive my underwear fits me much better now then when I first bought them seven years ago. | |
| do blind tests have any practical significance I will volunteer to poke my eyes out. | |
| Opinions on Wireworld and Acoustic Zen digital That's right. 1.5 meter being the optimal length was discussed a lot four or five years ago on the 'GoN, but it hasn't been mentioned much lately. Not that I understand it, but there also seemed to be science to back up what people were hearing. | |
| Opinions on Wireworld and Acoustic Zen digital The Acoustic Zen MC2 has been my current favorite for a few years, the other one I own and like is the Virtual Dynamics Nite. I also owned Kimber Illuminations D60, Cardas Lightning L15, and others from Mapleshade and Stereovox.I did a direct comp... | |
| Are there any budget tubed preamps that stand out For $700, a first generation Blue Circle BC21 which uses 6SN7 tubes has a beautiful and distinctive midrange tone, and creates an expansive, dynamic soundfield. | |
| XM or Sirius I love Wikipedia. I often go there intent on doing a specific search and end up spending hours getting sidetracked and branching off into completely unrelated topics. A great place to get a primer on something before investigating it further. | |
| do blind tests have any practical significance "Arise and SMITE."I like that word. Heheh. | |
| do blind tests have any practical significance I don't even like doing this with popular soft drinks. | |
| Proac 2 - stand options Sympaticonorm,Just a guess, but I'd think the Response 2 is somewhere in between the 1SC and 2.5 when it comes to overall balance. Dean | |
| XM or Sirius Baffled, I'm running my Sirius directly into my pre/pro so I'm not using an FM modulator. However, it is interesting that the tin can effect I'm hearing is most pronounced through headphones and usually not audible through loudspeakers. And good p... | |
| Opinions on digital interconnect I've owned the D60 and Stereovox as well. They're both definitely very smooth, neutral cables.For my taste, I chose the Acoustic Zen MC² because it had slightly more organic presentation. Whether this is something you'd want to add to your existin... | |
| Proac 2 - stand options Nice speakers!I currently own Response 2.5s and Tablette 50 Signatures and used to own 1SCs. I really never understood why ProAc discontinued the 2s.I believe another stand people liked were Osiris, but I think they've gone out of business. You mi... | |
| Blue Circle BC3 vs BC21.1 Do both units have the stock tubes? That would make for a more objective test. Do you own the BC22 mkI or mkII? It never occured to me that the BC21.1 and BC3 Despina might have different output impedances, but your experience indicates that might... |