ivanj
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| Quack System Upgrades geoffkait,"Huh? If everyone at the demo was transfixed wouldn’t that indicate placing colored paper under amps and around the demo room was uh, effective? Oh, you’re probably one of those group hypnosis or placebo effect advocates. Never mind."I a... | |
| Quack System Upgrades Worst I've seen follows. Some years ago: How about the audio show where these wizards, you know "fung shue" (sp) patchouli type folks, who were putting little pieces of paper, some even different colors and shapes under amps, around the demo room,... | |
| Looking for a DAC < $1500 Consider selling the 2 units, half your cables and getting an OPPO BD 105 or 105D. Like a Swiss army knife of digital and video. All sorts of inputs and outputs. You can play just about any streaming format, digital download with a thumb drive or ... | |
| Do ClassDAudio Amps Have Proper Decay Of Notes? georgelofti,Another innovation, meaning a different melange of approaches in the Technics amps are the way they handle jitter. The Reference Class SU-R1 can handshake in digital mode (with some form of Ethernet) with the SE-R1 until the amplifier ... | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! Well done persevering. Guess the entire system had to be "run in" with the new AC supply. I've had clients report similar things when my licensed electrician upgrades their AC - it takes some time. My bad not mentioning it. Happy listening. | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. tomcy6:Here is Dick Olsher on "Curvilinear" diaphragms from Sterophile:"A truly curved diaphragm (à la MartinLogan) can have wide horizontal sound dispersion, but the problem is its limited linearity at low frequencies, where large excursions are ... | |
| Help, my system sounds lifeless! Aerials are excellent; therefore people buy them and don’t give them up. I think they are producing smaller, less expensive floor standers now based on the 7T. I always like the 10Ts so I’m thinking along your lines. Full range like a larger Spend... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. McIntosh equipment and ML’s are both sold by the same retailers, is that the reason for the question? My friend was a huge, enthusiastic McIntosh dealer until they went with Magnolia/Best Buy. Due to his kindness I have tried various McIntosh amps... | |
| RMAF 2016................Boenicke W5 Did anyone hear the Benchmark amps, DACs, and so on. I know that they are pro equipment but what was your impression? | |
| What tonearm will better mine? I’ve had many Deccas over the years in various arms. I think "boazro1" has it right with the Graham arm. I’m sure they have an an arm wand that will have the correct weight for the cartridge. The arm, as I recall, has variable damping that can be ... | |
| SOUNDLAB Dynamat in the transformer/crossover box? I put 25 lb. bags of lead shot on top of my backplates. Damps resonances and most electronic/magnetic emissions, if any. Plus you can remove them easily. | |
| Soundlab speakers...how reliable? As Duke and others stated the humidity problems have been cured some time ago. Now Asia is one of the largest markets for SLs. The Chinese dealer/importer says the U-1PXs - Consummates with a pair of B-1PX bass panels are "The best sound in China!... | |
| You want the TRUTH from those Wilson Alexia's, maybe you can't handle the TRUTH Thanks Erik_squires about amps. My bad.I have had trouble with one brand of mono tube amps that drew over 12 amps each during robust payback. In a modern home that did have 20 amp outlets, etc. they sounded wonderful. I reckon the SAEs and the lik... | |
| Oy my second quad speaker has a worse problem .. Another stellar product from Red China. | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! cousinbillyl has it right on the money. One of my colleagues in our audio design consortium has a Ph.D in EE. His specialization/day job is designing and implementing VERY high current (gigaWatt) systems built for challenging environments (where a... |