jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| Do power bricks break in? No they don't as your simple test proved. The volume level between 32 volts and 48 would be the same because the amp gain doesn't change. The 48 volt bricks just increase current headroom, which is a good thing. | |
| Interconnect Break In? What does change over time is the contact resistance of the connectors due to oxidation. A new pair of cables is installed. A change of sound is noted. The new connectors make a cleaner contact with the jacks. Nothing to do with the wire! So peri... | |
| Interconnect Break In? Wire does not "break in". If it did it would have been observed during the first widespread use of wire for communication - the telegraph era of the 1830's. | |
| Open baffle speakers The Carver Amazing Platinum is a successful open-baffle speaker using four high-Q 12" woofers crossed over at 100hz to a 60 inch ribbon driver. They sound fine without the need for active amplification for the woofers. | |
| Open baffle speakers @mijostyn : I have a nicely upgraded pair of DQ10's and have no complaints about the 3-D imaging qualities. Go read Harry Pearson's 1975 review in TAS. He praised them for their life-like presentation of space! | |
| Open baffle speakers @vetsc5 +1 The DQ10 is a remarkable design that 50 (!!!) years later can still compete with today's over-priced speakers. I have a nicely upgraded pair on custom stands. I find the bass adequate though a sub does help if playing pipe organ recordi... | |
| colibrie Let's hear some DSOTM on that weird speaker system! | |
| Cornwall IVs with Yamaha a-s1200 @deep_333 +1! Yamaha integrated amps will match well with the Cornwalls. | |
| Power cord upgrade @squared80 +1! The whole wire business is without scientific backing. It functions as a religion. | |
| Cornwall IVs with Yamaha a-s1200 There are much better speakers for less money than the Cornwalls. | |
| Open baffle speakers The first open baffle speaker was the venerable Dahlquist DQ10. Below 300hz bass was handled by a sealed box woofer. The speaker was notably open and transparent sounding. I have a restored pair. | |
| Do Harbeth speakers really need a 4000 damping factor? All competently designed amps of low noise and distortion will sound alike. Since amps look different the Mind believes they sound different. Remove sight and sound differences vanish. | |
| Recommendations for a new 2-channel amp Fosi V3 Monos with a 48 volt supply for each amp. $399 and 140 watts@8ohms. | |
| Anyone notice different amounts of surface noise with different arms? Dragging a rock through a spiral groove on a rotating plastic disk will always have surface noise. | |
| Amp Stands - Wood or Stone I have never heard any amp sound different no matter what it was sitting on. |