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| Drivers and how to clean them: Notes from ScanSpeak I have never rotated drivers, but, it is probably a good idea to do it. I know that Lowther driver owners do this regularly because the gap for the voice coil on Lowther drivers is extremely narrow and the slightest sag will result in scraping. | |
| Stereo Times review on Audio Note UK DAC 3.1/II just went live I was witness to some interesting horse trading of Audio Note DACs at Deja Vu about six or seven years ago. A customer came in looking to audition a DAC 5 which he hoped to partially finance by trading in his DAC 4. The owner of the shop, Vu Hoan... | |
| To horn or not to horn The term "horn" speaker actually covers a pretty wide range of speaker types. When I think of horn speakers, I usually think of systems with compression midrange drivers attached to a horn waveguide. But, like the Viking speakers mentioned above... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading It has been about my experience that once you have a value above 200 ohms or so, there is not that much difference; at that point, you are not applying much loading. That is why some phono stages, like the Linn Linto, had fixed loading at some al... | |
| The speaker/amplification wars continue It sounds like fun doing this sort of listening shoot outs, but, I hope you don't draw broad conclusions from the results. At best, you can say this or that particular amp, running a particular set of tubes, in your particular system, and in acco... | |
| Classical music listening... what is a better source High Rez or Vinyl? I hardly ever listen to my classical vinyl collection; I listen mostly to CDs ripped to a music server (about 3500 classical CDs). As far as sound quality is concerned, the extreme dynamic range of classical music means that soft passages have to... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? There may be few, but I do know a couple of early 20's audiophiles that are very much into vintage gear. One in particular, refurbishes tube amps, idler turntables, and reel to reel tape decks. He is a big fan of older Klipsch gear and actually ... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading Pindac,I find it interesting that you experimented with lower gain tubes and use of a SUT and like that combination. I think that there are many ways to achieve the sound one personally favors, and it is your own taste and matching to your partic... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading Atmasphere,Thank you for your explanation. I understand that in the case of the speaker movement, that movement induces a current, which in turn, if you complete the circuit, creates a magnetic field that resists the movement of the speaker. Cou... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading A speaker voice coil moving in the magnetic field induces a current (if the speaker terminal is shorted) that creates a magnetic field that resists the movement (back EMF). In the case of the cartridge, where is the back emf or back emf increase ... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading Rothwell, a company that supplies step up transformers said this somewhere, perhaps in their "white paper" on their site. Vandenhul says that in their FAQ section of their site. I think Jonathan Carr (Lyra) has also said this, but, I cannot reca... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading Quite a number of experts say that loading does NOT supply physical damping of the movement of the cantilever but it supplies electrical damping that reduces ringing of high frequencies. Atmasphere and J. Carr of Lyra say that such damping is not... | |
| Favorite Cowboy Junkies? Don't overlook their EP's. I like "'Neath the Covers," which has four cover songs, including one of Springsteen's "Thunder Road." | |
| Tekton versus Klipsch Perhaps the lower bass issue has to do with the use of pleated paper surrounds on the woofer. These types of surrounds do a terrific job of damping vibrational energy of the cone, and thereby make them sound very clean in the higher frequencies t... | |
| Tekton versus Klipsch I've heard the current as well as a much earlier version. I liked both. The settings were different, so it is hard to make a comparison. I am not a bass freak so it does not bother me that the Cornwalls do not do ultra deep and tight bass (I ten... |