markphd
Responses from markphd
| Best way of connecting bare wire to bare wire I would choose crimping over soldering if it was practical. | |
| Lie you told your wife to buy equipment? All you guys who don't lie to your wives.....you're all liars! | |
| Dedicated power Lissnr, I would suggest you consult an electrician. Isolated grounds are a little more complicated than what you outline above. Perhaps you left some things out for brevity.With an isolated ground, you typically run the white wire from the silver ... | |
| Best Integrated, period. There is no "best". Period. | |
| Lie you told your wife to buy equipment? I don't lie, I only tell the truth, ....but not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. One good tactic is to tell her you buy stuff and sell stuff so it all evens out in the end moneywise. In reality, it doesn't if you're upgrading.If you can ... | |
| the process is more challenging than the result Enjoyment of music being independent of the medium is absolutely correct. There's no reason why they have to be correlated. You don't have to be a mechanic to enjoy a car ride. You don't have to be a chef to enjoy dinner.When you read the intervie... | |
| the process is more challenging than the result I agree with the last paragraph that many are chasing sonic utopia rather than listening to music. However, I do not agree with the comment in the first paragraph that the process is more challenging and enjoyable than the result. This is a genera... | |
| Dedicated power Bob, it's not the undersized/oversized wire issue that I was referring to. As you state, it's better to have thicker wire. It's the receptacle that I was referring to. Most duplexes are manufactured for 14 or 12 gauge wire, including the hospital ... | |
| Dedicated power If you're going to install dedicated lines, use 20 amp circuits rather than 15. You would use 12/2 wire for a 20 amp circuit, unless you do a split duplex, in which case you could use 12/3.Some people may suggest you use 10/2 wire. I would be care... | |
| Getting an external crossover: worth doing? Unless the speaker designer envisioned an external crossover being used, you are altering what they designed. So it's a guess as to what will happen. It may work fine or you may end up with a speaker sounding entirely different from what you had b... | |
| To bi-wire or not to bi-wire? I have found biwiring to make an obvious difference in my system. However, I do agree with the reports of many people who say that it is system dependent.I disagree with comments that it is based on junk science. If it is, then why does it work fo... | |
| EMI FIELDS Given that copper and nickel conduct electricity, I don't see how it would stop static from discharging. I think it would even facilitate the discharge. However, feel free to experiment. Rub your feet on the carpet and touch it. I wouldn't dare to... | |
| Should repaired equipment be stated in the ad?? If it's repaired, there's nothing broken. What is there to report?If it is currently broken or defective, this should be reflected in the ad and in the Audiogon rating so that the purchaser can make an informed decision. | |
| I'm taking a poll... Letter B. This is because not all records are cut at exactly the same angle. You would do it for each individual record you put on the turntable. Life's too short for this. | |
| Data Transfer With USB vs Firewire If you have an unused PCI slot at the back of your computer, you can purchase a PCI card with a USB 2 or a firewire interface. It's certainly cheaper than buying a new CPU. But if your computer is that old, in evaluating cost effectiveness, you mi... |