jhills
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| Fedex and Ups Damage thread Small, double boxes well packaged items ie. CDPs, CD transports, etc I’ve had good luck with. Several years ago I bought, from a seller with a record of good feedback, a pair of B&W 802, Matrix II Speakers, to be shipped half way across the c... | |
| Electric cars will ruin late night listening? Sometimes I think we spend more time listening for and obsessing about noise than we do listening to music. I live in sunny hot AZ where everyone has large power hungry HVAC units. I also have one that, in the summer, day and night, runs most of ... | |
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? I found that with detail to set up and positioning (using measurements and tape tape to mark changes) and by positioning with the tweeter section of my Maggies to the outside rather than inside, I was able to get very good and detailed imaging and... | |
| Magnepan and Bob Carver Raven amps Was running my Maggie 1.7s with my Rogue Cronus Mag.II until last AZ Summer persuaded me to switch away from extra heat of tubes back to my old stand-by ADCOM 200/350 W SS amp. I don’t listen at ear numbing levels, so the Rogue @100W per channel,... | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Makes you wonder how the designers, engineers and builders of the (some very expensive) audio equipment we've had over the past 50 or 60 years, were able to develop a single thing without the use of a special high dollar magic cable to let them kn... | |
| What is Tight Bass? +++@artemus_5 Bass is not sharp, quick or tight. Bass is more rounded with body and a slight amount of sustain which I call overhang. When I hear someone say they want quick, tight or fast bass, I kind of scratch my head a bit. There is nothing ... | |
| Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas? +1secretguy For what it’s worth: I have my 1.7s out 42" from front wall, 5’ between speakers (6’3" center to center) tweeters to the outside, very slight toe in and listening position approx. 9’ from speakers. The entire front wall, behind the s... | |
| Am I nuts? On the unit/units you are considering - do your research. The internet is a great source of info. for personal reviews regarding the reliability of performance of just about any unit you may be considering. A few years back I purchased a used Cal... | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? If your equipment does not have a cord/cable or, from the the manufacture, is required to have a cord/cable with a 20A plug then it was designed and built to operate and perform properly on a standard 15A, 120V circuit. What makes anyone think tha... | |
| Feel free to talk me off the ledge Congratulations, You may find that you like both speakers for different reasons, as the two are both great speakers but each of a different character. Maybe over time you could build separate systems around each - complementing and bringing out ... | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing @pinthrift I get your post and appreciate where you are coming from. Myself and quite a few others on the forum have been, to one extent or another, involved in and have had a love for audio and good music for many years and like you, have enjo... | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing @erik_squires Literally, hearing new details and delicacy in music I’ve heard a thousand times before. I get your point. I feel the same way about someone who continually posts after each new tweak, power cable or what ever, how much incredibly ... | |
| Why People Like Tekton Since I have never owned or even auditioned any of Tekton's line of speakers, I can't personally comment on their quality or sound, but much of what the Thomas & Stereo video expressed, regarding the Tektons being affordable and musical, I can... | |
| Walmart, 97 cents, for Vibration Control Thanks, there are some interesting and affordable ideas here, regarding vibration control. Several years ago I came across a product that was made for underlayment for marine flooring, that I found works very well for a dampening and isolation bu... | |
| Who uses ADS Speakers I have been using a ADS Sub 10 in my main audio system for the past more than 15 years and it has continually performed very well - augmenting my system with deep clean base. Wile other speakers come and go my ADS sub will stay till it dies......... |