mijostyn
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| Tone arm length Hi Mac, The shorter arm is ALWAYS going to be better for several reasons which always are going to be more significant than any benefit from marginal improvement in tracking error. The shorter arm is stiffer. It takes more energy to get it to res... | |
| ReL Subs: High Level or Low Level connection I forgot to say why. An opinion should always be followed by a reason. Subwoofer drivers are powerful linear motors. They are also powerful linear generators and produce back EMF (electromotive force) This feeds into the output of the amplifier an... | |
| ReL Subs: High Level or Low Level connection Low level only. Passive is best. | |
| Tuning a cabinet to extend response beyond & below resonance of the driver You always want to go with a sealed cabinet. You limit your low end reach by using a port. The trick is to lower the Q and control the driver by using a digital crossover with EQ capability Then you can make the driver do anything you want as long... | |
| Comparison of various subwoofers for 2 channel audio @drbond Yes please, you should. That will be a 60 dB/oct filter which is very slow. You might want to try setting the HPF to 100 Hz and the sub LPF at 80 Hz. I spent years with Acoustats, RH Labs Subwoofers and the Dahlquist LP1. To set the HPF y... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? OK Raul, Here it is. I prefer very expensive moving coil and moving Iron cartridges, recent ones. There is not an antique cartridge I would care to audition. I do not collect cartridges, I use them up and move on. The best cartridges sound surpri... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? @rauliruegas I generally stay away from making those kinds of comments Raul because people have no idea what my baseline is, what my system sounds like. I have no idea what your system sounds like. If you tell me a cartridge has great bass I have ... | |
| Comparison of various subwoofers for 2 channel audio @drbond Yes is was. I had to add another set of input terminals too the back plate. Dr West was kind enough to send me an identical set. The holes had to be right on. All crossover components were removed leaving the two transformers, the bias sup... | |
| Comparison of various subwoofers for 2 channel audio @drbond Your speakers are 7 feet tall. How high is the ceiling? If it is over 7' 2" tall the behavior of your speakers drop to point source at about 130 Hz. If you are crossing below 130 Hz it is probably more accurate to stick with the two subs y... | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? @bdp24 Do you know what Chic Webb was using for a bass drum. It looked like a 50 , but then Chic was a very short man due to TB of the spine. All you saw was a head sitting atop the bass drum. Lindy Hop anyone? It seems there is no love for two o... | |
| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable @dover Thanx, I had not heard that. I am in no big hurry to step away from the CB. I would have to take a big leap in capability to make a change and it would be to a Schroder LT or Reed 5T, but both would require another turntable or a major reen... | |
| Seeking wisdom - high efficiency, low- to mid-db, music-first speakers First off, there is no such thing as a stand mount bookshelf system that does not desperately need subwoofers. With this is mind you get two Kef KC92 subwoofers, a pair of Harbeth P3 ESR XD loudspeakers with the stands of your choice, a MiniDSP SH... | |
| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable @neonknight I have a method and it takes me only 10 minutes to change cartridges once they are set up for the first time. All it requires is a WallySkater and a stylus force gauge. Each cartridge gets its own mounting plate. They are set up initi... | |
| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? I am not impressed at all with 1/2 speed mastering. Like 180 gm records some of it is still garbage pressing. I really enjoy 45 RPM records, they are definitely better as long as you do not mind getting up every two or three songs to flip sides. I... | |
| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable Hey neon, I feel your misery. The problem is that for the suspension of the SOTA to work normally, the arm has to be within a certain weight range. I use a CB on my Cosmos and I am in no hurry to move on. I have also installed the Kuzma 4 Point 9 ... |