john_g
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| What's making my system hum? For what it's worth, all the devices except the integrated amp are plugged into the same power distributor, and it's plugged into the same wall outlet as the amp. That wall outlet is the only thing on the circuit, and that circuit's breaker is the... | |
| What's making my system hum? Thanks again to all who responded. | |
| Isolation stands: snakeoil? folkfreak That is one impressive system! What's the distance between the listening position and the speakers? | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera After reading both regularly for about three years now, my feeling is that Stereophile is more objective and professional in reviewing equipment than The Absolute Sound. Although the latter magazine occasionally publishes well-written reviews, som... | |
| What's making my system hum? Thanks for the suggestions, folks. lowrider57, the cables are all pretty good quality, including the one between the power supply and TT-PSU. ozzy, the cart is a Rega Apheta 2 moving coil. I tried running a ground wire from the tonearm to the grou... | |
| Does It have to be loud? Just put on "The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe," and Brubeck's big piano chords are peaking at 80-83 dB, and the applause at the end of each track is irritatingly loud at 85 db. It seems I need the volume up a bit to hear the bass, although that ... | |
| Does It have to be loud? I like to listen at the level I imagine the music would be played at if it were a live performance. I’m listening to John Fahey play acoustic guitar right now (with a pickup and amp, it sounds like, on his record of hymns, "Yes! Jesus Loves Me"), ... | |
| Vacuum tube suppliers Received new (old stock) RCAs for the phono preamp from Andy at Vintage Tube Services, and couldn’t be more pleased with the service, responsiveness and (best of all) the sound. My non-audiophile spouse said, "Did you do something to this system? ... | |
| Vacuum tube suppliers Thanks everybody. Lots of good advice here! | |
| Insight for system build mlo97 This won't work for everybody, but in my listening room I was able to get a dedicated power line for the audio system simply by making sure that there was nothing else on the circuit. The house is fairly new so had one dedicated 15-amp ci... | |
| Speaker distance Vandersteen Treo CTs, 50" from the left and right walls, 36" from the front wall, per the odd-number-multiple computation in Vandersteen's literature. No toe-in. My ears are 8' from the speakers. The room is 15' long and 12'6" wide, with a pitched... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados This thread's a real pleasure for me, and a refreshing reminder of why we do this stuff with audio: to hear good music well rendered.scott_w I agree with you and other's about Gorecky's Symphony #3. It's chilling and rousing, ennobling and sad... | |
| @inna Tell me your speakers and I'll tell you who you are Vandersteen Treo CTs | |
| Power supply AC cords: any reason to upgrade? randy-11 I don't know the inter-winding capacitance of the transformers. williewonka Thanks for the link. I might try this. | |
| Power supply AC cords: any reason to upgrade? @mulveling Thanks for all the suggestions. I've done the Magnum upgrade. What is the benefit of the (additional?) SUT? According to Rogue's website, the Magnum upgrade includes "Cinemag blue label step up transformers." Is this all in search of ... |