immatthewj
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| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? . . . A/Bing chairs is easier than other A/Bs I have attempted to do. Anyway, I didn’t use my steel folding chair from the garage because it sits to high. I have another folding chair (plastic back and bottom) that I cut the legs shorter to get m... | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? And, also, the movement of one's head of just a few inches can have an impact. @hilde45 , i have noticed that also, and after reading this thread I thought maybe it was because of the increased distance between ears and the high back of the cha... | |
| AC Power Thanks @signaforce and @jea48 . | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? As big a deal as room treatments are on this site (and I am not implying that I don't think they make a difference) I don't know why anyone would not think that the reflections or lack of reflections from a high back chair would make. Personal... | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? You have heard exactly why high back chairs are not recommended. Putting a blanket behind your head to absorb sound so it is not reflected back at your ears... Wow! Something else to play around with, thanks for that, @ghdprentice . But in t... | |
| Moving to separates . . . so anyway, OP, after that initial upgrade from the AVR to the B&K pre and the Cary amp, over a period of some time that gave me the luxury(?) of being able to replace my separates one at a time. Which I did. (And if I remember, when I st... | |
| Moving to separates Well, I made the switch way back in ’94 in the oldy but moldy days of Dolby Prologic, and the AVR I had been using was a JVC (I forget which model). What I switched over to was a B&K HT digital preamp, a Cary SLA 70 Signature (amp) for the lef... | |
| AC Power @signaforce , how long was the captive power cord that came with your Furman? | |
| To which song(s) did you blow your speakers? I have never blown a speaker. And I used to play stuff pretty loud. | |
| AC Power I believe the utility companies consider anything between and including 110 VAC to 130 VAC to be within spec, so 121.8 is fine. The performance issue for devices with linear power supplies, especially unregulated supplies (i.e. power amplifier... | |
| AC Power @erik_squires , just now I finally got around to checking av volts where I have my gera plugged in and I read 121.8. Assuming my readings stay right about there, that doesn't seem problematic, does it? | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? Not really. It would merely be an extension of the in wall branch circuit wiring. Example of a solid core wire power cord. @jea48 , but I thought that what I was getting out of this discussion was that the reason after market cords could be an... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? Thank you, @61falcon and @mclinnguy ; that makes sense. If voltage drop is the reason/advantage of after market power cords, on a strictly hypothetical (or strictly theoretical) basis, I guess if one was to run Romex straight out of the wall and... | |
| Marigo Virtuoso CD Player mat Just checked out their web page on this item. The mat is directional. $250 before taxes and shipping. Does the mat clip onto the cd or lay on top of it? $250?? Holy cow! Well, all I can say is the name may be the same, but that is not at all... | |
| Marigo Virtuoso CD Player mat The name sounded familiar so I went back and checked and back in the ’90s I bought the Marigo Orpheus Crossbow CD Mat. At the time I do not remember thinking I heard a difference. But that is not to say that there was not a difference. Anyway, I’v... |