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| Babies and Speakers My uber gear-head neighbor was visiting one day and he brought his 10 year old.I had left playing some symphonic work.....probably Vivaldi's Four Season, the Telarc CD issue......Dad and I were toward the back of the room talking.The kid turned ar... | |
| New Fuse Thread . . . I like the idea of record keeping and comparing.Why NOT in speakers? My maggies have 4amp fuses and they have not EVER popped. It might take 300watts RMS to do so, total to the panel.I would still like to suggest some kind of blind test, since the... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones I don't know what else to say....I have stipulated that a DBT in Hi-End is difficult if not impossible.....For many practical reasons. It is an example of methodology ONLY. For example, the 'D' in DBT means Double....the person doing the setup as ... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones Wow! 14 large for amps is beyond my entire investment, at new/retail. Even counting my non-audio stuff like TV and DVD player (OPPO '981). As far as I can tell, given that I have a non-optimum room, I could spend 3x on equipment/gear and not get m... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones Good, A properly treated room should be done 1st.If you have a properly treated room, than on to the next project. My personal space, in a small house, has 8 walls, 2 at 45's, and an asymetric vault ceiling. Either an amazing opportunity or a nigh... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones Treating the room should be on the short list.And, Bass traps aren't that difficult....Corner traps and cylinders are fairly easy. I just suggest that the right order of operations is room first, than 'icing', if you can even demonstrate differenc... | |
| Re-ripping music collection to new iMac FLAC.....google it!Winamp handles it natively...and it makes files about 45% reduced from the WAV and can be turned back into a bit-perfect copy. | |
| want to build a 2 channel system where do i start There is a substantial 'source first' crowd.But I'd spend money on concert tickets even before that.Where do you live? Can you get to some LIVE stuff?Do this before auditioning anything.Than, the key will be finding a dealer to work with and getti... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones One additional point, than I'll let this one die a natural death.The point being that, for most people, the listening area is the last thing modified. Place the speakers, and even spend a couple hours dialing them in. Sub, likewise, but maybe wors... | |
| Best balanced signal cable It *might* be worth a try to go by Guitar Center and try a set of Mogami Analog Reference Microphone Cables, 'Gold' series.This is a top choice among music pros and used in studios and live performances. I think they also make a 'Platinum' series ... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones This puts the naysayers (me, perhaps) in a bad spot. If someone can really tell, say 90% of the time when the hi-fi tuning fuse is installed, than some of the brain trust has to figure out WHY. Those who try this, please keep track of '1. number o... | |
| Best way of connecting bare wire to bare wire www.mmxpress.com/technical/connections.htmGood photo illustrations of wire connections.If you decide to soldier, use the 'Western Union' splice.Use good quality Rosen Core solder, NOT ACID CORE.I was taught to solder by a 'Mil Spec' guy and it is ... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones This is great.First, I don't care which is better, the cheapo or the Hi-Digit fuse. 39$ is quite a pop. I would, however, like to see where people can just tell the difference when they don't know what is installed. That's all. Just tell the diffe... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones Did you have someone change the fuses....or not, when you went in the other room to refill your wine glass? | |
| Anyone send back Magnepan MMG's? In about '82 or '83 I bought a pair of MG-1s. I have never looked back. Room placement is KEY. You must EXPERIMENT around, since even a few inches can and will make a difference. Toe in? Yes...but how much? Tweeters in/out?In my case, Tweeters IN,... |