jameswei
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| MIT Love 'em or Hate 'em I tried a pair of MIT interconnect cables with network boxes some time ago and was disappointed. Compared to Audioquest Diamond, the MITs had a quieter high end, and the music sounded much less dynamic. After a few hours, I developed the impressio... | |
| What's your favorite speaker finish? I used to get walnut to match my furniture. After I moved, I got cherry to match the house's cabinets and shelves. More recently, as I've spent more on speakers, I've let my wife pick the finish to help enhance WAF, and we've gotten Morado on Thie... | |
| Minimonitor Choice: Proac 1sc vs. Totem Model 1s I used ProAc 1SCs with Cardas Golden Cross to tame the highs. This worked well with my Aleph 3. The midrange was smooth, even, and imaged well. The bass rolled off in the mid-bass, perhaps sooner than the Totems which I haven't owned but have audi... | |
| Remote Control Problems :- Make sure your remote's infrared transmission lenses and your preamps sensor surface are clean. Also, too much ambient infrared light can obscure or confuse the preamps reception of the remote's signal. I assume your preamp is never starved for co... | |
| Taming/Damping Electrostat Backwave Rives notes an important point about the SL3s -- their curved surface is like a part of a cylinder, the focal area is really a near-vertical line where the axis of the cylinder would be. Consider putting an effective mid-high frequency absorber li... | |
| Soprano's Stereo & Music??? I believe Furio has a Sharp SD-NX10 personal audio "shelf system." This four piece mini system features Sharp's "1-bit" amplification technology and lists for $1799.99. Presumably, Furio didn't have to pay this sum. There's a nice picture and spec... | |
| Need help identifying cartridge You have an Argent cartridge. What looks like a small script "s" is actually a stylized "A." The small "dot" is really a downward pointing triangle beneath (not above) the horizontal stroke. Argents were distributed by Direct Sound, which had a 19... | |
| Should Class A Amps be left on?? In part because the temperature difference between on and off is so great, the sound does change as the components warm up. (Obviously, designers work to optimize the sound after warm up, not during.) Keep them on, and you won't have to wait for t... | |
| Audio Rack with Positive "waf" For a while, I used a Standesign Design 5T rack. (Available at Audio Advisor for $499.) In black, it is fairly minimal in appearance -- the shelves are attached to a center post in the back. With components on the shelves, the post isn't visible, ... | |
| Graphic equilizers? If you must use an equalizer, I've been happy with a Rane ME60, 1/3 octave graphic. | |
| TV picture issue, anyone? Perhaps the sets were exposed to some magnetic field during shipment or storage. You didn't mention but I assume you tried the degauss button. If there is no degauss button, you might get the store to send a tech with a degaussing device. Is there... | |
| Cooling Help in a Closet Equipment Room When I put in a new bedroom, the builder tried to convince me that an air "return" duct wouldn't be necessary if I had a half inch gap under the door. He said it was common practice for small bedrooms, bathrooms, and large closets. Since this wasn... | |
| Monitor speakers pros/cons As a broad generalization, monitor speakers are often better at imaging than full rangers. Proper placement for optimal imaging for mids and highs is seldom the best placement for bass (viz room boundary effects), a handicap of full rangers. A set... | |
| Cooling Help in a Closet Equipment Room If you're willing to put a hot air exhaust in the closet, consider cooling systems developed for wine cellars. You can buy enclosureless cooling apparatus for closet installation. There's a pretty good selection as this seems to be a well develope... | |
| BNC to RCA Sounds like you're looking for a female BNC-to-male RCA adaptor. You would think they should make this and have it at Radio Shack. Exasperating.As a temporary fix, Radio Shack does have male BNC-to-female RCA adaptors, and you could plug a male-to... |