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| Grounding Box Q I don’t know how they work, but the Nordost unit I heard at a dealership had to be wired to an unused input. I told the manufacturer’s representative that my amp had only one input, but I could wire it to the chassis ground. He told me that woul... | |
| Grounding Box Q I heard a demonstration of a Nordost grounding box at a dealership. The room had several dedicated power runs for a dedicated subpanel, and in terms of audible noise when no music was playing, there was none. Yet, with the grounding in operation... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers mrdecibel, I generally agree with you on horn coloration. I was just pointing out some examples which don’t, in my opinion, fit the pattern. While I would not pick the 16A as my horn, even if I had a room big enough, hearing it was an interesti... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers Mrdecibel, While it is hard to separate out the sonic influences of other aspects of a horn’s design, I’ve heard replicas of classic designs where the primary difference was the material used, which means the big difference is resonance behavior.... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers I am a fan of the vast array of horns made by Yoshimura Laboratories (YL) when coupled to their compression drivers. They made metal horns, wood horns and some kind of resin; the horns come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, including horns almost... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers Most of the horns I like don’t necessarily require additional damping, including those made of metal or resin or plastic. I like these horns because they were made right from the start. But, it doesn’t hurt to try damping if it is reversible. | |
| Mahler 8th Symphony I like the Solti a lot, but, I have not listened to it in a long time because I have it on LP and I rarely listen to classical on LP these days. The Horenstein mentioned above is also very good, it just slipped my mind. I guess that the five min... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers Perkadin, I agree with you that listeners tend to be biased to favor the “improvement” they invested in and may go overboard in a particular direction. You rarely hear someone say that a particular tweak made the sound worse when any such change... | |
| Mahler 8th Symphony I like the ones by Sinopoli, Wit, Inbal and Nagano. | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers As I said before, these modifications tune the speaker to fit the owner’s particular taste and system, and as such, the changes can be unfavorable. A local dealer in my area makes custom speaker systems (mostly horn-based) and tuning involves try... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers So, your comparisons of DACs on YT were scientifically controlled blind tests? You were able to verify that the person making the video properly controlled all variables and your own evaluation was blind and you had enough samples to reach some l... | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 It is not clear how the motor controller works and whether it is compatible with 60 hz AC. If all that it does is clean up the power, whether it is 60 hz or 50 hz, it may not matter what kind of power is fed into the unit. If it regenerates the ... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers I suppose it depends on what one calls “subtle” and “obvious,” but if something has to survive YT treatment to constitute a meaningful improvement, I will agree that most modifications won’t pass the test. It is up to each owner whether any impro... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers Cleeds, It is not like using lossy MP3 videos,; it is MUCH worse. With any video you are hearing the gear in the video, the room, the recording gear, etc., before you even consider what the audience is using for playback. Even if the person sho... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers It is true that low cost parts do not necessarily mean bad sound or a substantial compromise in sound quality. At its price point, the Cornwall cannot be built without some cost cutting and savvy design means making the right choices on where to ... |