jhills
Responses from jhills
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? @jumia What speakers are you driving with the commercial series Crown amps? As per their own recommendations, they were designed to be used in music halls and live performance studios, not for a homes living room. Also these were supplied with a... | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? In my situation, I was the buyer. I took photos of the crushed boxes and speakers and refused the shipment and they were returned to UPS for inspection. After a couple of weeks of run around with both the seller and myself, UPS confirmed that they... | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? The problem is: they count on the fact that most will not take action agains them and their refusal to go good for the damage caused by their carless handling of our valuable goods - even when the items shipped are fully insured. Even if one in t... | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? Many years ago I bought, from a private seller, a used pair of (in excellent condition) B&W Matrix 802 speakers. Since it was before Pay Pal and Zelle and as the seller had an excellent rating with Agon and Ebay, the speakers were paid for plu... | |
| Speakers with deep/powerful bass For deep full, impactful bass, as well as overall good sound with a large open stage, I'd have to give a vote to the old PSB Strats Goldi. | |
| You know when you are dealing with a BS company.... This whole good, better, best thing reminds me of the good better best hype found with some of the junk aftermarket auto parts sold at most auto parts stores. If a manufacture specializes in a certain product, in general, the product is either go... | |
| Subwoofer boom is too much for me... @mikeydee If you go to a jazz club and hear a stand-up bass, it's clear, but not boomy. Same with the double basses in an orchestra. The low notes resonate, but they don't bowl you over. Wether plucked or bowed the open E of a double bass is ar... | |
| Subwoofer boom is too much for me... While I agree that the room and treatments has a lot to do with the overall sound and quality of bass and Erik consistently puts out a lot of good information, I am sometimes a bit confused at what some think good (true) bass should sound like. Wh... | |
| I have NOVA V's and I am not happy The first place to start is as Eric suggested: eliminate your room effects bye setting near field (only 2 - 3 ft. from the front plane of the speakers. Adjust the volume to the perceived level you prefer to listen, and what you hear is, sonically,... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! A lot of great suggestions here, some I have in my collection, many I do not and will have to check out. @jay2 Being a fan of smooth jazz, I went on YouTube and gave Pete Belasco "Deeper" a listen - great suggestion. Even streaming through my 12 ... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! If I had to pick just two to give me a rendition of how my system was performing or to audition other components, it would be: For impact and rendition of percussions and clarity of chimes: track 3 "Posters" on Jack Johnson.s Brushfire Fairytales... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? For me: 99.9% Pure single strand OCC Copper in a PTFE sleeve with a textile jacket. Nothing less and nothing more and it doesn't cost $1K per foot......Jim | |
| Upgrading power system While I concur with the benefit of the higher quality and the tighter grip of hospital grade receptacles, most of the benefits spoken of here are results of clean, tight, new connections rather than over rated circuits and large gauge wire. Runni... | |
| Listening after your entire system was powered off cold for a week+ With all the monsoon storms we've had here in AZ this year, several times I've had to power down and unplug for several days at a time. For casual listening or background music, an hour or so of warm up is OK, but for serious listening, the SS Amp... | |
| The greatest tweak ever? Playing my system in a vacuum sounds like nothing I ever heard, especially if the air is really well filtered👍 I'm thinking the entire video of the OP was meant as quite a lot of satire. |