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| Filling hollow tubes of my component racks Custom made to your specs Carbon fiber rods. Use a a fuid silicone teflon lubricant and a mallet to bang it in. For extra ballast use lead pucks encased in something no one can bight into. To save weight use memory foam torn into pieces, then tamp... | |
| Power Amp..opinions please Your post sounds llike you got plenty of opinion to put it mildy already. "Istarted to look at ...." did you hear them as well? Class D is something you will have to hear to understand the meaning of the comments.It may not seem constructive for p... | |
| Cardas Twinlink Interconnect Well I don' know if we should be so defeatist. Then nothing we say means anything. Oh your right well I like the Cardas in my rig but I have them in once spot and they are known to be on the warmer side. These are the Golden reference a different ... | |
| Extending speaker wire? Yes but the Yardmaster bekons. What other colors have they got. I think green is likely it? Don't you? What guage is it. I always think of PCs as being rather fat and thick. Perhaps best for a sub. | |
| Balanced vs. Unbalanced - What does it mean? We need a better technical explanation. I asked and was given two different answers. One it just means that the signal is always kept equal between the two channels. As if centered if there was balance pot that made sure it was centered. with a du... | |
| $300 Budget - help I think that there are an assortment of mediocre tables around already set up that will provide the analog spirit. I think some is better than none and while I bought only crappy tables after initially finding the MMF-5 and Goldring a little less ... | |
| Audio Research PH7 versus Manley Steelhead ? The Manley is superb with a lot of user defined parameters. What I am saying is that it has loading controls wich make it highly configurable.I only have a much older ARC preamp with a very highly acclaimed phono section, the SP6B.If you can turn ... | |
| Modest Preamp Upgrade? I would stick with what you know well works in your system for a preamp. I happen to be a big fan of the 6SN7 based preamps but don't know the TAD sound. In sum don't fix what ain't broke.So looking at your other ideas-The Dynavector cartridge is ... | |
| Krell KSA 250 - Advice Heat hurts electronics. Krells of that age sound the best they say, but can be used for cooking your Sunday Joint. Try to get the seller to defray inspection and servicing costs which should be only by a Krell authorized service center. Which is a... | |
| What isolation feet to use?? Money back or not $800 for footers that look like a composite of sprockets and a rubber ?neoprene? decoupling washer is something only an audiophile would not take as a hysterically humorous joke.You can get foams/ acousi type stuff batting, Felts... | |
| What isolation feet to use?? Make sure you have a nice slab of hard Maple for a stand. I use a welded wood i.e. flat grain butcherblock but I understand that a well cured thick piece of solid wood is better. There is some debate over edge grain Vs flat grain but to my knowled... | |
| cooling my Krell monoblocks It's odd the way that audiophiles do just the opposite. They think that their stereos don't sound as good as they could and relentlessly try to improve them. For many it's a futile effort to achieve something they have already, great sound. The av... | |
| What about Cardas Cord? The PC is not what Cardas is special for and yes much too much. Kaplan is not exactly inexpensive either.Avoid cord that are blue lightening red thunder SE magneto, ultra, super , silver gold or rare earth, liquid, amorphous any named geometry or ... | |
| Integrated tube amp for Coincident Super Eclipse What amp do you have now. I assume you own the coincidents. The current amp you have will cost you knowthing. If you like it and there is no fortunes invested in it keep it.From your preferences including Rock I think an SET will not make you happ... | |
| cooling my Krell monoblocks What is heatsink tape made of? If it is conductive you really should let Krell place it, otherwise you could be one hairball away from tradgedy. |