johnnyb53
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| Tweaks to Add A Little Treble Emphasis... 07-12-10: Srosenbergworking on the forwardness of vocals, i just tweaked the equalizer in the playback software i'm using (i always leave this off, but for testing, i was curious) and found that by bumping the 110-220 hz zone just a touch, i was a... | |
| newbie to vinyl needs help As Timeltel says, this turntable has a P-mount cartridge, so all the advice about VTF, overhang, alignment, adjusting anti-skate, and swapping to a standard 1/2" mount cartridge (e.g., Shure M97xE) does not apply. P-mount cartridges are plug'n'pla... | |
| Tweaks to Add A Little Treble Emphasis... What kind of speakers are you using? Also, how is the room furnished and how much soft surface is there? Too much thick carpet, stuffed furniture, and especially heavy drapes and wall hangings can overdamp a room, killing the treble unless you are... | |
| Chord Carnivals? Go to eBay and jump on an auction for a 10-foot pair of Zu Audio's Libtec speaker cables vendored by Zu's zupromos ebay entity. You should be able to snag a pair for $250-300, factory terminated, and with Zu's full factory warranty and 60-day retu... | |
| Toslink Question ? 07-08-10: Zephyr24069I've used Monster's best TOSLink cable years ago... I did find that Audioquest OptiLink5 (possibly due to superior construction and materials on the cable itself) yielded a better fit and a better sound profile. How much more ... | |
| $59 PC Options I have two suggestions for most bang for the buck plus new purchase protection:1) Go to Audio Advisor to take advantage of a PS Audio trade-in sale. You can buy the PS Audio Perfect Wave AC-3 cables and then trade in some garden-variety IEC PC cor... | |
| Toslink Question ? I have often heard from various vendors that the biggest weakness of TOSlink is the connector itself--that the end of the fiberoptic bundle in the cable connector does not make optimum contact with the transmitter and receiver in the components. S... | |
| Thanks Lak, Bear Lab cable is the best Bear Labs is still around. They are evidently a build-to-order audio custom shop for electronics and speakers. And they still make those Silver Lightning Cables. | |
| AudioQuest DBS Field 07-06-10: Simply_qTvad Simply_q is a manufacturer of interconnects and speaker cables called Q Cables. ... This should be disclosed considering Simply_q spends a great deal of time participating in threads about cables.Sure. Though I believe if I ... | |
| Help buying fullrange speakers for $1500 Mirage's new owner Klipsch has discontinued Mirage's higher line speakers. The good news is that the last of these gems are being blown out at fire sale prices. You can get the Mirage OMD-15 floorstanding speakers, originally $2500/pair and very c... | |
| AudioQuest DBS Field 07-05-10: Simply_q btw, Simply Q---would you care to disclose why you only respond to cable oriented threads on Audiogon?--KeithrI don't. I've also responded to threads having nothing to do with cables.Gee yeah. Here's the sum total of Simply_q's ... | |
| speaker cables for Wilson Sophia Although I don't own any Wilsons or Transparent cable, I have heard the entire Wilson line with Transparent cable many times, as that's how my local dealer sets them up. Second, I owned MIT MH-750 II for several years. The MITs sounded darker than... | |
| Best cartridge from amazon.com I have both the Denon DL-160 and the Audio Technica AT150MLX. Both are available from Amazon. The AT150MLX is almost twice as much money, but I can assure you that it is a much better cartridge. On its own, the DL-160 sounds good, has a nice tonal... | |
| Ultimate Cables Some of the Zu Cables use a "silver alloy" but my guess is that it would be copper and silver. Their Varial and Wylde interconnects, Ibis and Libtec speaker cables, and Mother and BoK power cords use it. I just put Wylde, Libtec, and BoK cables in... | |
| What's the latest word on the Emotiva UMC-1? 06-23-10: OddiofylI waited forever for the 997... I'm not even interested in the 998 after all the hype.Outlaw hasn't successfully designed their own pre/pro since their initial Model 950, developed 7-8 years ago! The next-gen (970?) was sourced f... |