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| What wire config for tri-wired speakers? Bill E,I have tried with a single Klout (passive), 3 Klouts (passive) and 3 Klouts (aktive). The difference betweenone Klout and three Klouts in passive mode was marginalybetter, in aktive mode it was huge. Hector | |
| What wire config for tri-wired speakers? I have Linn Espeks, for tri-wiring I can suggest the following:1. Linn K-600 (3 color coded pairs, 12 awg.)2. Kimber Kable Tri-Focal or Tri-Focal XL3. Jenna Labs.On my application the K-600 worked best, it's the same cable used inside the speakers... | |
| Good, Neutral, Reasonably Priced Cables? I have tried the first 3 cables on your list. The best value would be the Kimber Hero. The retail price falls withing your budged. As for the speaker cables I would go with Kimber's 8-TC, also withing your budged. | |
| Linn Tuner Modules for Kairn, etc. Bmyles, Please be advised that the Kudos tuner sneaky module might be harder to find than a Kremlin tuner.They were produced for a limited time, just a small lotwas produced. I belive it costed me $600.00, I later soldthe Wakonda with the tuner mo... | |
| I'm frustrated with people who don't ... Don't be frustrated, keep in mind that most people do love music. They love the tunes but are more than happy with a"500 watts" Mini System from a shelf at K-Mart, their jawdrops when they hear a Bose Wave Radio. We on the other hand love music an... | |
| Totem Forest or Totem Mani 2 The Mani-2 is by far the best speaker I have owned. The sound is just addictive. The bass is so powerfull yetso tight (29hz). I don't know why Totem doesn't use the Isobarik design in their floorstanders. As they put it "The Mani-2 was designed to... | |
| tweak, do they realy bring improvement? Some do, most don't. Listen before buying, if no money backwarranty is offered forget it. One last advise, the ones that do work stay on the market for quite some time, the other ones are "fly by night". Just try to look around forcd stabilizer ma... | |
| Recommendations for banana plugs The Nordost Z-Plug is your best choise. Go to the Nordostwebsite and read why they preffer it over spades. They claim that it has more contact area than a spade connector. | |
| Linn product recall: a report Breadman,The recall was due to a failure in the capacitors. Someof them exploded and created a fire hazard, besides damageto the rest of the system. The caps where changed from10,000uF 64V to 6,800uF 80V. Please be advised that Linnrecomends that ... | |
| Voltage conversion from 220V to 110V. Jea48,I use two hot legs and one neutral conductor. Since the line is a dedicated one I haven't had any hum problems. About the polarity, I guest that when I change the voltage selector switch the unit does make all of the necesary adjustments.Som... | |
| Voltage conversion from 220V to 110V. As stated above 220V is cleaner(less noise) than 110V.The 220V lines are balanced and each of the two hot lines cancel the other one noise. My system was changed(Linn) waschanged from to 110V to 220V, by means of a switch at the back of each unit,... | |
| Linn Sondek CD12 Discontinued Another sad day for the audio community. My local dealer told me when they got their first Unidisk 1.1 that Linn was thinking of removing the CD-12 since the Unidisk 1.1gave 95% of the performance at a lower cost. I guest that day came too soon, d... | |
| Three way active xover ? I have used Linn active systems for a while and can tell you that the difference between pasive and active is very dramatic. My first experience was using a Linn AV-5140,3 way speaker, using one amp. Then I got 3 amps (Klouts)and used them in a pa... | |
| Why dual subwoofers ? Robedk, I belive that the dual subwoofer outputs on your preamp have the same .1 signal. The second one is for use on large rooms where one sub might not be enough. Anotherreason is when one wants to use two small ones instead of one large one and... | |
| FedEx Shipping Damage It's the shipper duty to start the claim so you should start the claim. They will send someone to verify the package. If the item can be repaired ask the buyer to get an estimate. I have used both U.P.S. and FedEx to ship speakers, they both damag... |