mark02131
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| Speaker cables or AC regenerator? I lot of people have found that cleaning up the power made a much bigger difference that they thought. Unless you speaker cables are everyday zip cord consider clean power. | |
| Who makes switch-box for balance inputs? I think I will have to make one too. I want a switch-box that has both balanced and unbalanced in's and balanced out. I have a McIntosh MDA1000 that sounds better using the balanced output directly to the amps and my preamp is unbalanced. for my p... | |
| music room design questions dimensions/flooring Maybe this will give you some insite. try using the Golden Ratio method. I have played this this with success. 16' x 26' x 10' is a nice size but you can do some math with what you have and get close. Decoupling the floor will remove vibrations fr... | |
| schematics for cary 211 ae I wish I had a set of those baby's, Those are there top-of-the-line amps, maybe that has something to do with it.Mark | |
| How far apart are your speakers? My Speakers are 10' apart and I am 10' feet from each speaker in a triangle. The speakers disapear and the center image is all thats left. | |
| Bargain interconnects to tame treble & boost bass? I replaced my expensive Cardas speaker cables with inexpensive Signal Cables and my system has never sound better. Before it was tiny and shrike in the highs and no bass to speak of, Strange for a speaker that has 2 10" bass cones. Once I put in t... | |
| A New Twist on the Usual DAC Question The Best DAC I have heard and felt was the most "Analog" is the McIntosh MDA1000, you can get it for 5-6k used 7k new. Stereophile has a nice review on it and I think some of the reviewers use it as there reference DAC. As far a value I think you ... | |
| DIY head amp Heres the place to go for great informantion on DIY audio stuff. You will find most answers there.http://www.diyaudio.com/ | |
| are your kids interested I have 2 kids and I think that the younger one (7) maybe will be into it. He picks up my mags sometimes and love to sing along with the music. My older one is not very intersted in music. One time he came in and sat down in my sound room with a CD... | |
| DIY 300b SET monoblock There is a website called diyaudio.com, Check it out. There is a tube section. There you will find some great people who really know there electronics and tubes. If it can be built they just may have what you are looking for including suppliers.ht... | |
| No way,No how,Never will... Why are you depriving your self of such beauty in sight and sound? Some people really get stuck in silicon and heat sinks and have a heck of a time getting out. Maybe some day you will find the glow and bask in all it's glory.Mark | |
| If I install '20A dedicated circuit' I installed 3 dedicated 30 amp circuits 1 for each amp and one for the source componets. It is the best thing I ever did for my system. I don't use anything between my componets and the wall because I it would have to be all 10 gage wire and not r... | |
| Listening Fatique- componet or speaker issue. I would take a good long look at your room also. It sounds like you may be getting some pretty good echo, like no carpet and hard walls no drapes. Just guessing here.If you think your room is in fairly good shape take a look at your intergated amp... | |
| Who is the best classical pianist alive? Check out Eldar.He is 18 and I think he is or will be best pianist alive. Sony records put him on Sony classical but he is playing jazz right now. I saw him live at skullers in Boston with a pianist friend that trained at berkley, He said how can ... | |
| High definition FM broadcast's ? I read in a reasent stereophile mag that in "most" FM radio stations the content is stored on a hard drive and played back from the hard drives. Unless it's live I don't think you will able to get the high quility analog experence that you once go... |