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| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement For my own part, last April's house fire took a large chunk out of the decluttering that was an ongoing process. I had all my junk, my wifes junk, and my parents junk crammed into one house...yeah it was a lot. But because nearly all of it has gon... | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement @devinplombier I wonder if you could expand on your post concerning the suitability of full range music speakers for home theater and why a good music speaker is NOT good for HT. Please understand, I am not being contentious, I am curious as to wh... | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement @Carlsbad2 - I'd love to know more about your experience with the Cinema 40 and its operating quirks if any. I am considering this as an option for one location as we rebuild from last April's fire. The price is relatively affordable and in today'... | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? Another approach, assuming you don’t know anyone that would loan you an amp to try out is to buy an amp from a company that allows a trial period and a no fault return policy if it doesn’t meet the need. VTV produces a range of class D amps that h... | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? Its definitely true that many receivers today when pushed moderately hard reveal their engineering shortcomings all too quickly. There are huge differences between manufacturers amplifiers for a given watt rating. Companies are in general not very... | |
| Surge protectors--how many $ make sense? I have had great luck with using computer type Battery Backup/Surge protectors. My approach has been to use relatively high power units that will support a load of 1000 VA or more and use those in sufficient numbers to handle the current draw of t... | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. @willywonka and others who share his sentiment. I won't go so far as to say I have zero respect for GR Danny, but I don't consider him to be the most honest guy in the room. He does and says things I don't agree with and I left a lengthy comment o... | |
| Help :( Speakers making constant static sound I cannot figure it out After taking a hard listen, this sounds as much like thermal noise in some component in the amp. It could be a resisitor, cold solder joint, possibly even a leaky capacitor. While replacing tubes may address the problem, I am guessing this is some... | |
| For some " listening " reason, I cannot part with these. @rocray Truly victimless, and the perpetrator is still at large :)... You have lots of company there lol. | |
| Cannot do 5.1 then does 3.1 make a difference or just stick to 2.1? @geek101 I understand the allure of the larger center channel but lets examine this more closely. Legacy makes a smaller center channel speaker that may very well fit where its larger brother would not. Have you explored that option? There is real... | |
| Help :( Speakers making constant static sound I cannot figure it out Many good ways to attack the problem are presented here, the most effective in my estimation is to replace one tube at a time until the problem vanishes. Since the dual triode tube is likely providing preamplifier duty for both channels, I would s... | |
| NEW Tekton Design Speakers - The Bonnevilles @knotscott - Love that photo and yeah the year too...I saw the Dead in Roanoke at the Civic Center there, and they had that wall of speakers behind them that went from floor to ceiling. When they played the opening chord of their first song...I th... | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? @rpeluso - First post on this subject I have seen that I can agree with...all I will add to this discussion is that replacing an obviously bad cable (open or shorted) with one that functions as designed is all the difference I can hear. I have rep... | |
| Shameless Poll: Pearl vs Ohm vs Zu @audionoobie Yeah I am really pleased with them overall. Certainly not cheap or cheaply made, and not for everyone obviously, but for those they do work for, well worth the money IMHO. Evan went the extra mile for me and I am very thankful for his... | |
| Shameless Poll: Pearl vs Ohm vs Zu @audionoobie I read your post with great interest. Your experience mirrored mine...that is until I contacted Evan about what I was hearing, or more correctly, what I was not hearing. Your characterization of it sounding like it was being played th... |