jeffb28451
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| How to check polarity? I love the little Van Den Hul unit. Cheap, easy and safe. What's not to like. I have 2-3 multi-meters, but I always feel a little nervous using them in new installations. FIRST, THOUGH, start with a simple Rat Shack Polarity tester. Make sure you ... | |
| Jadis JA30s mating with Quad 57s? I had stacked 57s by PK and used Jadis Defy 7, II. The 30s should be really, really sweet. 57s and Jadis midrange is just to die for. Don't be a headbanger or a bass freak, though. They'll do real bass, but you'll miss a few notes on stuff like so... | |
| Silclear, xTreme Quicksilver or Walker SST ? I use the Gold xTreme. In my system, I can tell a difference from the silver. I think they just started selling a smaller kit, so you can save some money. I used to think it was "nuts" to clean my ac contacts, but then I tried it and heard a diffe... | |
| How much power is to much power? I have had two types of problems with excess power:1. Too much gain for my speakers efficiency due to not being able to turn the preamp down enough (KEF speakers, CAT pre, Symphonic line amp). CAT's rather crude volume pot gradations of 3 db or so... | |
| Hey Audiogon how about a DIY/Horn section? I'd love it. Lowthers, and AER's and weird stuff that'ed never get past eitehr wives or bean counters, like my $600 (parts cost only) volume control and Nelson Pass' more ecentric designs that are just perfect for all 20-30 people who can use them... | |
| Your fast is your amp f rom 0-60 .? My Wavelength 45 Customs are up and attem in about 15-20 minutes, while my First Watt f4 sounds pretty grizzly until about 45 minutes and really only starts showing its potential after about 1-1.5 hours. It ain't just a thermionic vs. SS thang. | |
| Clearaudio Smart Matrix RCM? I got rid of my VPI 16.5 after 12 or more years due to that seduction of "fit and finish and two way rotation". The Smart Matrix, in fact, has that and waaaaaay better than the VPI. However, it's also much louder than the VPi (I don't care what th... | |
| Wood vs Acrylic Shelves I just sold my Arcici Suspense rack after many years of ownership and have installed a Samson v3 from Mapleshade. I've been doing exactly this comparison for the last two weeks. I still use acrylic sheets under two very nice but light and ringy 45... | |
| silver with tubes and copper with solid state ?? A shootout in my system had $300 worth of VH Audio 24 gauge. solid core silver, cotton wrapped, replacing Transparent Ultra (pre MM), Purist Collosus and a 2 meter, $2800 Siltech set. This was with Wavelength 45s into Lowther DX 4s (copper coil). ... | |
| Opinions On Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC Repair Levinson left me "orphaned" with am $8k Model 35 DAC. They wouldn't upgrade it (although that was one of the promises made to sell it to me in the first place), because they discontinued the piece and service was horrific and expensive.It was a ba... | |
| Room Correction Systems and Electrostatics? Yes. I used, among others at different times, Soundlabs and PK restored stacked 57 Quads, driven by SS and tubes at different times. A Tact 2.2 XP helped tremendously. REmember, too, that the TacT, Lyndorf types correct for phase and arrival times... | |
| Nakamichi cassette playback in non-Nak deck? Probably still sound better than most, but non-Nak playback will not be as good for the reasons cited. I've had three Nak decks and this was a common issue when playing Nak-dubbed tapes on other folks systems (takes me back to 1978!), since, of co... | |
| Steven Stills, "Stills Alone" I saw CSN in about 1978 when Stills did "Tree Top Flyer" . I thought it was great and casually looked for it for years. About two years ago, I got serious. New, sealed on Amazon was $175 (!) and used copies were at least 55-75. It's been released ... | |
| I walked into a dealer and got a shock.... That's either the biggest crock I've heard in 35 years with this hobby (including sales when I worked my way through college on commission) or some amazing physics: "too much gear in the room". Well, maybe, if the gear keeps you from locating your... | |
| Symphonic Line, Reference CD Player If you know of one and are reluctant to pull the trigger, let me know! I'd like to check it out. Never owned their CD player, but have owned SL stuff over the 30 years of this hobby. I can't imagine it to be less than top notch gear. |