joshua43214
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| Considering a Backert Rhythm 1.4, talk me out of it I ended up ordering a Mark Levinson 523 off the 'Gon. It should be here by the 17th :) I paid about the same price as the Rhythm 1.3 cost before the price hikes. It was a tough choice, but I feel pretty good about it. Not only did I get what is p... | |
| $100-200 linear power supply I think I am one of the few people not impressed with iFi power supplies. I have had better luck at a fraction of the cost using medical grade power supplies from Mouser (don't buy this type of thing on Amazon). If a battery did not fix your ... | |
| Considering a Backert Rhythm 1.4, talk me out of it I really appreciate all the input. The Mola Mola does looks pretty interesting, seems it has also gone up in price by as much as the Rhythm. I hope to make a final choice in the near future. -Josh | |
| Need help choosing my first amp for my first speakers I will expand a bit on the power vs ohms thing. Watts is a measure of power, it is how we measure the amount of power we have to do some work, which in this case is move the driver cone in an out. little drivers in the tweeter require very little... | |
| Amps Recapping I will second @erik_squires recommendation about using a variac. A couple extra thoughts: They are probably OK after 20 years since it has been boxed, but prolly will not last long. Do expect it to sound weird when the voltage is low, there ... | |
| Would a real butcher block be going to far? Butcher blocks are very unstable dimensionally. If you live anywhere with seasons, you will a very large change in dimensions from winter to summer. Might not be an issue for this application, but you should be aware of it. I have a 5" thick butc... | |
| Casual listening If I am not having trouble doing critical listening, then I have the wrong gear. I have returned stuff that sounded "perfectly" transparent because it lacked life. I listen casually and often feel compelled to turn up the volume and be immersed ... | |
| Transparency I can't answer your question directly. I suggest looking at the problem from first principles: if performance is worse with a cap than an inductor, then the system is more sensitive to voltage regulation than current regulation. I agree it seems ... | |
| Connectors from cross-overs to drivers question The biggest mistake I see people make with soldering irons is thinking they can "creep up" on it. This can be especially bad with low watt irons on heavy terminals. There are some tricks to get around this though. First, it is essential that ... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? TL;DR | |
| Roon….can anyone point me to “human” tech support My internet was down for a week, and that meant so was Roon. To make matters worse, I couldn't connect to my Optical Rendu with Roon offline. I had to hack my phone so I could tether it to my home network in order to listen to music. I am don... | |
| Can I use Wifi for internet, and LAN on internal network only You want something like this To be really clear, I am not recommending this particular item. In fact this item is probably total crap since it was on the top of Amazon's sponsored list. I used to use one of these to connect my DV... | |
| WBT Banana Connectors I have a set of those KLEI bananas. They are very very nice. Much nicer than about anything else. but... They have serious issues with coming loose if you have heavy cables. They are pure copper, which is probably the worst possible choice one ... | |
| Spikes on tower speakers Spikes are for coupling, if you have a suspended wooden floor, it will cause the entire floor to resonate. I tested both coupling and decoupling my speakers, and decoupled was better by far on my suspended wooden floor. As for the speaker movi... | |
| Advice on Speaker Wiring - Larger Advent w. McIntosh MA6500 Amplifier / Speaker Settings @paulinastoria I don't know what you are referring to on Amazon. https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/index.htm They buy it on huge rolls, it meets codes for in wall installation and can be run for very long runs. Get it from the sour... |