lowrider57
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| Best building material for vibration free shelving @williewonka, thanks, the cones are a similar style. I guess there's no way to predict the audible difference between beech and oak as footers. With regard to a wood platform or plinth, is it possible to make an educated guess as to the sonic effe... | |
| Replacing generic RECEPTACLES Thanks so much, Elizabeth, terrific explanation. Now it makes sense why you have the quartz crystals in different areas, and why so many tweaks are for sale to treat these same areas. I was aware of possible RFI being found in the obvious areas s... | |
| Replacing generic RECEPTACLES I get that the Blu Tack is only on the backside, that's where I want to use damping material. So, I intend to stop vibration at the receptacles, but do you believe that this area also needs treatment for RFI? I'm not going buy carbon fiber treated... | |
| Replacing generic RECEPTACLES Hi @elizabeth. I saw your earlier post about Blu-Tack, I didn't realise that you spread the product over the entire duplex cover. What's your take on RFI leakage thru the AC receptacle; does this need to be treated? Or is vibration control the on... | |
| Replacing generic RECEPTACLES Since the subject of vibration through receptacle covers was mentioned, I'd like some advice. The covers on my duplexes are not perfectly flush to the drywall so I'd like to secure them. I have two 20A dedicated lines coming from a subpanel, then... | |
| Best building material for vibration free shelving @n80, I’ll address one point, your component placement should be fine. It’s furniture or audio racks between speakers that affect mostly imaging and other sonic attributes. Open racks are preferred. Speakers need space or air around them for best ... | |
| Chord Qutest I'm sure you are experiencing break-in. I owned a Chord Qute EX and it was one of the smoothest and organic sounding DACs I've heard for under $2000. Keep music or a break-in disk running thru it for about a week. | |
| Best building material for vibration free shelving @n80, I'm sure the feet on your ARC aren't crappy. In fact, some high-end manufacturers use quality aftermarket footers on their amps so that the voicing is what the designer intended. My point is that usually the feet on a pre or an amp are screw... | |
| Best building material for vibration free shelving @williewonka, have you compared your wood cones with Myrtle wood blocks? I'm using the blocks under my tube amp and find that the image is not well focused perhaps due to vibration. I like the idea of using wooden cones rather than blocks. I also ... | |
| Best building material for vibration free shelving @n80, not a good idea to use the preamp’s rubber feet coupling into a hardwood footer. You can’t rely on the stock rubber feet to provide any isolation; also, rubber will colour the sound and the feet are not secure since they are either glued or ... | |
| Optical digital cables? The Lifatec had excellent SQ in my system from both my Mac and transport to DAC.Never tried the BJ. | |
| Popular DAC that is known for its warm-ish sound? Forsooth...Audio Note shows a bunch of DACs on its website, but with no detailed information on any of them, including price. Why are so many models needed?Audio Note's philosophy is to build high quality components at many different price points... | |
| Sirius XM Buying Pandora I hear that @jafant . I took a beating on their stock when they merged. Management manipulated the stock then looted the company. | |
| Good transport for under 1K? Woo Audio has been in business for many years and has a reputation for building quality products.No affiliation, I know some satisfied owners of their amps.http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0114/woo_audio_wtp_1_wds_1.htm | |
| I'm still mystified... I do think people forget that when they buy a product at MSRP, shipping and transaction fees are included in that price. That's right. It shouldn't be any different when we are selling. It's a business transaction and the seller should factor PayP... |