mezmo
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| RCA to XLR adaptor for Ayre, is it worth it? Yea, to parrot what's been said, my understanding (albeit superficial) is that the benefits of running a balanced system is all or nothing -- you either run 100% balanced or you're effectively not at all. Put differently, the signal either is or i... | |
| Bad tube? Sounds a lot like a tube to me. Easiest way to check is to simply swap the present tubes, in pairs (though I assume there'll only be one pair on the phono stage...?), between the two channels. If the noise moves between the channels with the tube,... | |
| Funny sound from tube setup Far as I know, the best way to find the offending member is to switch tubes between channels in pairs -- and when the sounds moves, that's your culprit. This, of course, is assuming that there's some audible sounds coming from a single tube in a g... | |
| Blu Ray or Oppo? There's a good argument to be made that the whole HD-DVD "craze" will never actually catch on. Indeed, could be argued that Toshiba made an excellent business decision by bowing out of the war of attrition and ceded to Sony an essentially phyrric ... | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? For a deeper cut, there's an "achingly-beautiful" thread that's been going for near on eight years here. | |
| Aragon 8008BB or Bryston 4B st poweramps Ran my 2.3s with a 4b-st for many years, and liked it plenty. Low end was nice, good authority, but I wouldn't say the last word in definition. Originally had a VTL TL2.5 (tubed) in front of the Bryston, the switched to a Rogue 99 Magnum (tubed), ... | |
| Where's the best place for used audio gear in NYC? Yea, none of the names in NYC really deal in used gear any more -- there's no profit in it. Stereo Exchange used to carry a very large stock of used equipment and was the place to go, but they've discontinued it entirely. Singer may have 4-5 items... | |
| Help with apparent RFI interference? Hey, thanks for circling back around. Moved in February and ended up just putting off figuring it out until after that was done -- and, lo and behold, in the process of moving everythin to a different state, it up and fixed itself. The power in th... | |
| bands you truly miss Gonna have to say Morphine.Was looking forward to a whole lot more good old dirty music from those guys.Agree with Neutral Milk Hotel, also. Those guys were at least a full decade ahead of their time -- would be great to hear what they sounded lik... | |
| Room modes are hijacking my music An interesting (I might argue essential), and vaguely related, discussion from a couple of years back about wacky room nodes, room treatment and soundstage issues can be found here. No doubt about it, following the weakest link thinking, the room ... | |
| Biggest Baddest Spikes Vs Gorgeous Speakers I would think you could fashion something, right? Even if it's just getting a relatively cheap cutting board(s), drilling a couple of dowels into it to serve as backstops for the rear corners of the speaker, and then shoving the chunky cone of you... | |
| Biggest Baddest Spikes Vs Gorgeous Speakers Oh, and I have to agree, don't even think about putting vibrapods under wooden speakers. They will make you and the speakers very unhappy in the long run -- not just discoloration, but a slimy, oily residue to boot. | |
| Biggest Baddest Spikes Vs Gorgeous Speakers I assume you've considered the Mapleshade Bedrocks(?), but that's what immediately comes to my mind. Spikey and chunky, to be sure. I've got one for a center channel speaker, and it is a lot more secure that I would have originally thought (solid ... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp Thanks, Drubin. As I suspected. I also found directions for setting the Contentra display (which I suspect is similar to the process for the Concerto) to shut off on the website here. Officially looked like more trouble than it was worth. | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp Just came into a Concerto (and a pair of 201s) myself. The build quality is inspiring, carved as they are out of solid, billet aluminum. As has been said before, executed to "NASA-grade tolerances." Heirloom-grade, indeed -- makes most of my other... |