herman
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| Good Quality Distilled Water??? OK, so tap water has minerals, chemicals, and various other assorted nasty stuff. The big question is how big is the biggest particle of this stuff that you would find left behind on your record after cleaning it with a good machine, and if this p... | |
| Good Quality Distilled Water??? I think the idea that you need distilled water is bunk. It is a result of the audiophile obsession to take everything to the extreme.What's in your tap water, rocks, grains of sand? No, various chemicals in the parts per million range. I seriously... | |
| HELP - buzzing on Magnepan 3.6R; repair or not? Are you sure it is the speaker? Perhaps the buzzing is your amp clipping on the loud bass notes. | |
| Time alignment, important? long "Sound wave certainly does not travel at the same speed for all frequencies, but music recording and reproduction often neglect this fact."Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure sound wave speed is not frequency dependent.In time aligned speaker... | |
| price points vs. room treatment I would check out the products by Eighth Nerve. It baffles me why putting up these pillow looking things makes such a difference, but it does. They are relatively cheap, easily reversible, and work. | |
| Help My AC line voltage is 128V Yeah, what GS said. I had the same situation and the power company retapped the transformer on the pole outside my house to bring it down. | |
| voltage stabilizing Transformer 120 to 24 volt. I doubt it is the transformer, more likely the 120v input is sagging and the 24v output is just following along. Monitor the 120v from an outlet and see if it sags. Do the lights dim?If your HVAC causes that big of a sag then it seems to me you ha... | |
| My favorite local FM Station is using HD Radio ? Yes chubby parrot, you are out of the loop.HD FMmore on HD FM | |
| Phase Inversion They do it because they would have to add another amplifier stage to correct it. Most feel simpler is better and it is definitely cheaper.Yes, it is audible. Simple example: A whack on a bass drum causes the membrane on the drum to move out intial... | |
| loading impedance In general, As you increase the resistance of the resistor you will get stronger high frequencies. The secrect is finding the value between too dull and too bright.Radio Shack sells (or at least used to) an assortment of 1/4 watt resistors that sh... | |
| Unexpected tweak Did you use acetic acid cure RTV or neutral cure (electronics grade) RTV. The former has that vinegar smell and is corrosive so it should not be used with electronics. | |
| What is "west coast sound" I've heard the expression with jazz, not with CD players.I think it means that even though it is load of crap, the more liberal you are the better it will sound. | |
| balanced is inherently flawed Ralph, if I may be so bold as to call you Ralph, thanks for all of the information you have provided. I think we've run our course here, but I've learned a few things and been reminded of things I learned long ago but forgot. I may be a bit pig he... | |
| balanced is inherently flawed Lets explore your reasons why audiophiles benefit from balanced designs:"Lower noiseLower distortioncable immunitywider bandwidth"If lower noise and distortion are the holy grail that you make them out to be, why are you using tubes when they are ... | |
| balanced is inherently flawed To imply that the manner of detecting the logic state of the laser sensor in a CD player is in any way, shape, or form related to a discussion about balanced sources is laughable, and even though I may be the largest source of mis-information on t... |