jhills
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| In search for speakers of "natural" sound Another very nice, open baffle speaker is the Spatial, Hologram M3 Turbo S. Incredibly smooth open and very musical, with a large and convincing stage. At just under $3K, a real bargain in today's market.....Jim | |
| What were your humble beginnings on the path to high end audio? Although I had the usual foray of auto players (a varety of 8 track and cassetts players) aside from adopting my sisters old Magnavox LP counsel, I didn't develop a real interest in home audio until the mid 70s. My first, rather humble system, con... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? @elizabeth Aside from drilling and installing 1/4-20 T nuts, or threaded inserts, to accommodate threaded spikes - my first inclination would be to try a set of leather, shot bags. Make ea. bag long enough to go across the width of the base and ma... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? @ethiessen1 Depending on how well the system, at the audio shop, was set up in the first place, I would say you would hear a difference between, without and with the Stillpoints. Most likely, with the Stillpoints, the stage would seem slightly l... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? Regarding Stillpoints: WOW - very fancy! At $695.00 pr. footer, so about $2,100. per component - it seems like a real expensive way to handle the problems of vibration and resonance in an audio system, when there are other (as, or more effective) ... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? Re. Mapleshade: I just had a look at their site and their products seem sound and well thought. I'm a fan of solid butcher block bases and iso pads, as a platform for components, particularly TTs and CDPs. Also the design of the three point tips o... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? As a machinist and field tech. I spent a great deal of time analyzing, identifying and eliminating vibration in complex, rotating industrial machines - everything from high speed turbines and planner heads to large, low speed scrubber fans and eve... | |
| Morrow Audio re-design announcement: No more Ag coated Cu; Increased numbers of runs. It's amazing how someone's new best thing, was someone else's new best thing a decade ago, only now instead of $300.00 it's $3,000.00...Jim | |
| Best $40 I've spent...maybe ever @ OP Good thread! - definitely worth the time, effort and small bit of expense, to bring a system back to it's former best.+1 for Hubble Medical Grade outlets | |
| Morrow Audio re-design announcement: No more Ag coated Cu; Increased numbers of runs. Keeping it real - I am, of course, talking about above average use with standard 120V or 240V household use, not for a mega volt, industrial complex.I do believe there are differences in cables and cords, not always for the better...Jim | |
| Morrow Audio re-design announcement: No more Ag coated Cu; Increased numbers of runs. I was a master machinist and field tech for one of the worlds largest electronic, manufacturing/supply corporations, who sold high grade electronics (everything from giant electrical transformers, to switching gear, to industrial grade outlets, ca... | |
| Morrow Audio re-design announcement: No more Ag coated Cu; Increased numbers of runs. @maxima95 Very interesting - I have a friend that is the head purchasing agent for our area's largest medical center. I'll ask if they use that, or anything similar expensive power conditioning units, along with $3,000.00 power cords in their faci... | |
| Morrow Audio re-design announcement: No more Ag coated Cu; Increased numbers of runs. @ boxer12 It doesn't matter! It's all the same science. Regardless of the application. An outlet does one thing - it makes a connection to transfer current from a source to a device "nothing else" the only thing that matters is conductivity, a goo... | |
| Morrow Audio re-design announcement: No more Ag coated Cu; Increased numbers of runs. I might also add that very sophisticated and expensive hospital machines do not have $3,000.00 power cords and a premium hospital grade 120V receptacle costs about $20.00 not $500.00.....Just sayn......Jim | |
| My music sounds brighter Continually there are changes in our environment - everything from changes in temperature, changes in humidity and air pressure to fluctuations in microwave transmissions - that all have a slight affect on sound and an additional effect on how wel... |