markphd
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| Top "covers" Bryan Ferry's solo albums contain a lot of covers, especially his earlier albums from the 70's. By contrast his Roxy Music albums are the outlet for most of his original work. The range of music he covers is quite amazing, for example, Cole Porter... | |
| help on center speaker Plamenz. Over the last few months, I have been in the process of converting from 2 channel to an HT. I don't have the complete set-up yet. I have Ninkas and a Trikan for the front, and Katans for the rear. I also have the Linn AV5125 five channel ... | |
| What about a product can irritate you? Well, my current pet peeeve is speaker binding posts that are too close together. My speakers take banana plugs. The bananas on my speaker cable are WBT angled bananas. The angled banana is wonderful for stress relief and for cables that are a bit... | |
| Help with a new TV. Pardon my ignorance here, but what does this $400 installation cost get you? For me, installation means I grab one end, my wife grabs the other end and we lift it on to a stand. I then plug it in and play with the buttons while my wife asks me how... | |
| Where has the respect gone? I first signed on to AudiogoN in '97 or '98. I don't remember exactly when but the site was quite civil. Then within about a year, it totally fell apart. You could write absolutely nothing without somebody flaming you. The more you posted, and bec... | |
| Spikes versus wall coupling Gammajo, you can decouple using anything. It is the small surface area that makes spikes good as this is what increases the mechanical impedence. If you use a product with a larger surface area, you will get less impedence and more energy transfer... | |
| Nightmare selling to Canada Howie, insurance fraud is a separate issue from what I was talking about. My only purpose in pointing out the legal issue is that if you lie about something like this, you could get in serious trouble. From the responses of some of the other posts... | |
| Spikes versus wall coupling If vibrations are not eliminated at source, there are two things you can do. First, you could isolate (decouple) the vibration. Second, you could transfer the vibration to another object (couple) and dissipate it in a non-audible form of energy. R... | |
| Help with a new TV. Given your budget, placement and aesthetic constraints, a small LCD sounds like it fits your needs. If it is your opinion that the picture is excellent, that it has the necessary ins and outs, and your significant other likes it, then all systems ... | |
| Spikes versus wall coupling There is a product which might serve your needs. They are called "Superspikes". It's a spike which fits on top of a flat disk. However, it's all integrated into a single unit. I don't know who manufactures them. However, you can see them at www.uh... | |
| what is noise floor? All electronic equipment will make noise, hums and hisses etc. One of the designer's jobs is to keep the noise as low as possible. If the equipment is too noisy, when you play music at low levels, or if the musical infomation is subtle, then it ca... | |
| Nightmare selling to Canada Byfo.The purpose of the forums is for members to exchange information, experiences and opinion on audiophile related matters.If I have stated something that you think is factually incorrect, or have expressed an opinion that you disagree with, I, ... | |
| Nightmare selling to Canada When I send a money order to the U.S, it is from a Canadian bank. The bank has an association with an American bank and would indicate the American bank's name on the money order. This is common practice for major Canadian banks. I believe that un... | |
| 1st,2nd,3rd order crossovers,etc A first order crossover uses a single filter (inductor and capacitor) to separate frequencies into low and high frequencies and then direct them to the woofer and tweeter. A second order crossover uses a double filter. A third order crossover uses... | |
| Someone w Experience Active/Passive Biamping As any Linn person will tell you, active multi-amping is the way to go. However, this presumes that the speaker is designed to be upgraded in this fashion. Many speakers are designed as a total package, drivers are matched to the crossover as it i... |