knotscott
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| Burn in vs perception Drivers with a physical suspension benefit from movement and time played when they’re new. After several hours of flexing, they tend to achieve something closer to their rated specs, and therefore the intended response. Similarly, stylus suspensi... | |
| FerroFluid aging It’s easy enough to replace FF if you can open the tweeters up. Did it with my Seas H400 tweeters a couple of years ago, and was surprised that it made an audible improvement once replaced. Once the voice coil is separated from the magnet, take a... | |
| What's up with the price of Vintage equipment? I’ve had the same observations....stuff that simply wasn’t very well regarded back in the day, now has a cult following and sells for a premium. Some of it was stuff I started with. Maybe it sounds better as the caps degrade and resistor measureme... | |
| Added A Second Subwoofer To System You most likely reduced some resonance that you were perceiving as additional volume. It's unlikely that the volume of the primary content itself is reduced. | |
| Where did the term "mono block" originate? Not sure of the origin, but the term itself is my 2nd favorite part of having mono blocks. 😎 | |
| Hybrid amplifiers Ss/tube, any good? Definitely others have offered tube/SS hybrids. I know that Luxman had the LV105 tube/SS hybrid integrated amp in the 80s. New York Audio Labs has the Moscode 300 tube/SS hybrid power amp, and I’m pretty sure that Vincent offers one now. I’m sure ... | |
| High end speakers at low volume @ghdprentice High efficiency does not equal sounds good at low volumes. Tone controls definitely not part of the equation. You want as pure and high quality signal as possible to excellent sounding speakers. The lower the noise floor of the sys... | |
| Turns out I'm a high impedance cable 😄😄 | |
| Subwoofer I have two subs, but typically only keep one hooked up mainly due to WAF, and I also have very limited placement options. My room is 20x 24 x9, and opens into another large area with a vaulted ceiling, so there’s some cubic footage in play. I pref... | |
| Asking for members blessings on Nagaoka MP 300 purchase The upper Nagaoka line tends to offer incredible midrange clarity and soundstage, along with excellent dynamics. The MP500 has the same body as the MP300, but offers the upgrade of a line contact stylus vs elliptical, which tracks better and give... | |
| Best Connection Method for a Sub(s) +2. High level inputs. Low pass frequency level at the lowest setting. Gain set just barely loud enough to hear it on the heaviest bass passages. | |
| cheapest speaker made in the last 10 year that can beat any speaker made before 1970? but it is technology, isn’ it? like computer, right? no? Physics are a huge part of speaker design and function, and that has not evolved. The technology has evolved, but there haven’t been many "breakthrough" advancements that changed the gam... | |
| Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts? It’s simply very difficult to gauge where someone is on their journey, or to explain in objective terms what you’re subjectively hearing...I suspect that’s one of the reasons people lean on measurements, which brings us back to the many variable... | |
| Hooked up an old realistic power meter @knotscott Totally believable and consistent with my experience. I’ve gone from 255 wpc to 12wpc, and get much better sound from a better sounding amp. That must have been quite the revelation for you. Granted, it won’t be the outcome in eve... | |
| Hooked up an old realistic power meter Totally believable and consistent with my experience. I've gone from 255 wpc to 12wpc, and get much better sound from a better sounding amp. If that first 1/4 watt is good, the system should sound good. |