holmz
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| I need some help with power in my home! … If you're remotely handy and have some basic electrical knowledge, you can kill … Electricians are called Sparkies in Australia… 😀 | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023) I doubt tweeters are getting faster over time. Cone breakup may be getting reduced, and dome resonances are likely on a general trend downwards. The carbon cones and the “CT” would be some examples why and how. And on the motor side, motors are ... | |
| system synergy and problems with SQ Does the preamp have a headphone jack? | |
| Thorsten Loesch vs Amir It’s an interesting read so far, the following quote from Loesch in the thread is what I would call as plain as the nose on your face: “I will not particularly criticise Amir, but I’m looking forward to the day when he finally fixed the groun... | |
| system synergy and problems with SQ Let’s back up and go over how the DAC sound playing the same stuff? If that is acceptable, then it is sibilance that you’re hearing? If so that is often resonance and cart, arm and head shell are players. Your part of at “reasonable volume” indic... | |
| I need some help with power in my home! As @gs5556 sayd: You really should call an electrician. I'll bet a nickel it's one of two things: the service ground lost integrity; or... if you have aluminum wiring, the lugs at the panel and breakers need to be deoxidized and re-tightened A... | |
| Cheapest but good cables…. @thomastrouble I assume you like the Benchmark gear? So let’s review what Benchmark says. https://benchmarkmedia.com/collections/cables While it sounds like @jasonbourne52 doppleganger is working on their staff, I would assume that they know wh... | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023) Also, I do not understand why they still dress them up in socks. They could look decent undressed, with a good coat of paint, black white red or blue, whatever. I suspect you are an orthapedic surgeon or like to look at X-rays 😎 I like to peek... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 @drbond how do you like the Dohmann? | |
| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… This would be ok if I had my rig set up behind the speakers but I want to sit on that sofa at the far end of the room (12 feet away) and have my Benchmark DAC 3 HGC beside me so I can plug headphones in occasionally……do I buy long speaker cables ... | |
| Aftermarket headshell leads I got a Korf ceramic head shell and rate it as very much an improvement. | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023) It would be pretty nice to see some frequency response graphs. The only ones I know of are few from Stereophile many years back, and “Erin’s Audio Corner” measured an older 2C ~ a year ago. As for other speakers; not seeing the step function resp... | |
| Ultimate stereo nightmare Robin Hood, cool name for speaker cables! how do they sound while it was working? @mastering92 It’s possible that they literally could sound like taking money from the rich? Maybe not, but it seems possible… @rvpiano had an opportunity ... | |
| Ultimate stereo nightmare @rvpiano Yeah, she works with Cinnamon down at the jiggle-joint during off hours ... That is a little misogynistic… It could be “SHE” is just a apprentice tach, but it is also just as likely that is a good tech or a student, or whatever. Women... | |
| Occasional Sound Imbalance Issue @holmz , a ground loop at the panel? If it was due just to where that particular outlet(s) ground wire connect to the neutral bar, maybe experiment with some extension cord to an outlet on a different circuit? Nah @immatthewj just “ground loo... |