julianstevens

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Why HiFi manufacturers don't make active crossovers anymore?
Bryston offer the highly regarded 10B-SUB analog crossover (balanced or s/e), Exposure have just launched a s/e one and Emotiva's XSP-1 Gen 2 pre-amp includes one as part of the package (not to mention tone controls). 
My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out?
A pair of fixed value cement resistors, in series with the input terminals to your tweeters (assuming your speakers have separate terminals just for their tweeters), is likely to be the best solution, primarily because they're almost certainly con... 
Which of these power cords ?
A good place to start, as a low cost reference, is a DIY power cord using something like Belden 20A (the same stuff that comes as the stock cord with Krell amplifiers).  It's sufficiently stout to be a bit of a challenge, but not impossible.  I bo... 
My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out?
I had a similar problem which drove me nearly to selling my amps (Bryston) & speakers (PMC) and starting over with a completely different combination.  Expensive interconnects and power cords wrought no worthwhile improvements, though I didn't... 
Power cable
As an avowed music and hi-fi enthusiast from a very early age, over several decades I've tried lots of different power cords (and interconnects), ending up with those made by Abbey Road/Studio Connections (not the very top of their range, but far ...