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| Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance Two ways casters harm sound quality. Main one is vibration control. Whatever the speakers are on has a huge effect on sound quality. Casters are rubber wheels on bearings, with some rake angle thrown in for good measure. None of this is good. All ... | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? We will know soon enough. James tells me it should ship early next week. I'm already having buyer's remorse- for not pulling a couple all-nighters to drive down and get those mono blocks. Man those are some serious eye - and ear - candy. Oh well. | |
| Dedicated lines — how many? Other advice? How many lines again, Michael? https://youtu.be/H07NpWk_Xf8?t=947Surge suppressors? Almost everything electrical it is low voltage that causes problems not high. All my sensitive electronics from computers to CPAP run right off 240 when I travel j... | |
| Tracking error or ?? Right is the outside of the groove. Could be not quite enough anti-skate. Skating forces increase with modulation. The most highly modulated sections cause more skating force drawing the arm more to the inside losing contact with the outside thus ... | |
| Virtual Systems Yours is one of the all time high character value systems. The work you've put in is evident. You already know I covet your record rack. That table looks the business on those black columns and springs too. | |
| Will line conditioner do anything for the other receptacle in a duplex? I have multiple in my panel, step down transformer, conditioner, phono stage, amp, speakers, crossovers, several drivers, and super tweeters. | |
| Best 5.1 options under $5k The greatest impact by far will be to go with 2 speakers and stereo. If you really care about sound quality $5k will buy a lot with 2ch, or as many channels as you want, but nowhere near as good quality. Your best 5.1 option is 2.0. I spent more t... | |
| Dedicated lines — how many? Other advice? Use one direct (dedicated) line for the audio. This will be your high end system line. Everything connected to this system must be plugged into this circuit. Nothing else. This is to a) provide the best power and b) avoid ground loop hum and other... | |
| My Apologies to Miller Carbon Thanks, middlemass. MDS, indeed. goose, that is the idea, to share actual user experience in a way others may find useful. Thanks! | |
| 100 watts enough? I live in a condo and have almost nothing between me and my neighbor so I don't ever crank up the volume. This is how you will get away with it. Those are some wonderful speakers. One of the very few I have heard that I really liked. Of course I ... | |
| Distributed Bass Array configuration That is a great quote and relevant Tim, and thanks for saving me the time of reading the whole interview. Your last comment is one of the clues that helped convince me DBA was the way to go. The only times we experience truly low bass in normal ... | |
| How to split stereo into stereo plus sub out? You do not need a splitter. Connect the LOC to whichever speaker outs you want. At 20k (or more) the LOC presents near zero load to the amp. It will not affect anything. Also the bass being used to drive the subs is so low it is not even stereo. S... | |
| Who here has a Raven amplifier and what speakers do you have paired with it My Blackhawk is ordered, and according to James will be shipping early next week. Dave is very familiar with my Moab speakers, they have run their amps with Moabs at various shows to the point where he has his favorite tubes to pair with them. Whi... | |
| What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire? Sorry anton, you deserve better. Problem is you are working on a high level. manueljenkin, click on the users name, and select Message User from the drop down menu. | |
| Power cable choice, does it matter for subs? Yes, I think what you heard was thin wire. My DBA was run restricted like this for some time. Long story, but unbeknownst to me the sub amps were plugged into a current-limited outlet. The bass was still quite good, at least I thought it was until... |