mapman
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| How does relative humidity affect our music? Since humidity changes the density of the air, its a pretty safe bet that transmission of sound waves formed by differences in air pressure will vary somewhat as humidity varies. The question will be how much different and whther significant enoug... | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? My understanding is that RC network adds impedance to make speakers an easier load to drive.My guess is that typically it adds more in the case where a tube amp is used. Tube amps tend to not like lower impedances especially in the lower octaves w... | |
| Can better parts..... If you know what you are doing, and correctly replace specific parts with other "Higher quality" equivalent parts electronically (like a capacitor of equivalent specification), I would expect only positive results. That's always how good things mi... | |
| Can better parts..... They can most certainly in the hands of a skilled craftsman that understands the overall design case by case, but no guarantee in general. The devil is all in the details. I would expect a difference in sound with the specific combo the OP relates... | |
| Harrison Laboratories I have used their attenuators also. Know nothing about the crossovers but would expect a good quality product that performs as advertised. | |
| Elvis Presley's Albums - Recommendations needed yeah, add the movies box set if one must. | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? Daz,Speaking as a ref1000m owner using them to max out some fairly large and challenging speakers, you are probably at a very good place in regards to getting the max out of your speakers with that amp. I consider the ref1000m amps to be absolutel... | |
| Woohoo & yippee IF you need a sub, best to use a self powered one rather than passive with most any amp. | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Probably more people than ever love audio these days.Most of them are loving it using portable devices and earphones and ear buds that already sound far better than most similar fairly inexpensive audio devices of years past.After that there are t... | |
| The best monitor under 1500 KEF ls 50 is a nice choice for an RV. It has limitations with larger rooms from what I have heard, but a very nice and compact package for many applications. Am RV sounds perfect. They do like power and current though so expect a significant varia... | |
| SET amps ? When someone is determined and able to try something new and different, there is no time better the present.Dared seems like good value. I think of TEkton in general, monitors in particular, as pretty set friendly, but not I am not familiar with t... | |
| Elvis Presley's Albums - Recommendations needed Yeah just get the 50's box set mentioned if you can find it and be done. Add the companion 60's box set for completeness. | |
| What brand is most recognized by non-audiophiles? I hear commercial Bose setups that make me think there is possibilities still there for good home audio, but most home audio Bose stuff I hear tends to be well sub-par.I think there are ways one could make a good sounding home system with Bose stu... | |
| just an observation for comment Vinyl is OLD tech, not new.It has some unique advantages in some cases, but marketing hype obscures the reality, making people expect better results always under the false pretense that vinyl is inherently better in all or most cases.The reality i... | |
| Your Favorite AC Outlets Al, thanks for your response and expounding on the topic so accurately and concisely (as usual).Knowledge is always the key to effectively mitigating any risk, large or small.An appropriate euphemism would be "look before you leap".Its that simple... |