millercarbon
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| Listen room Insulation only Be the same as any other exterior wall. Interior walls are sheetrock screwed to studs. Exterior walls are the same only with insulation between the studs. A garage being unheated space is treated as exterior, hence the insulation. | |
| Main vs. sub panel for dedicated lines I am unclear as to what you are doing with this second home. If it really is a second home it would have its own service and panel. If you are running it off of your main panel then yes it would be a sub panel situation. If the listening room is i... | |
| Boy, Oh Boy! Towshend! It is pretty crazy watching my 125 lb 20"x30" Belles float. When I touch them they move like a suspended turntable. It would make me nervous if they were on stands. Definitely want to secure them. That I would like to see. Speakers safety-w... | |
| Why do people say low power amps should be good for bookshelf speakers? The only reason I can think of for saying low power amps work well with bookshelf speakers is low power amps tend to be small and light enough to fit on the bookshelf. | |
| Arrangement of components on rack You mention dusting, but not cleaning contacts. That is the reason things sound better, simply unplugging and plugging in again swipes and cleans things a bit. Cleaning with any contact enhancer, or even plain alcohol, will be even better. Use som... | |
| Main vs. sub panel for dedicated lines Your dedicated LINE (singular, not plural) runs off the main panel. | |
| What Was Your Favorite “Game Changer” Moment? Right. Been a very long time saying power cords and wire in general is every bit as much a "main component" as the usual stuff people consider main components. Every bit as important. You are hearing that now. I know, because you have what I have,... | |
| Synergistic Research Fuses vs cheaper ceramic fuses Experiencers and Negativists. Two camps. I suspect the first camp have better sounding systems.How right you are. You have no idea. Come check it out some time. Freaking insane what can be achieved when you are willing to try. Especially if you ar... | |
| What’s the relationship between gain (dB) and power (watts)? IN the end MC’s point is one all should take to heart. Doubling the volume -- all things equal - requires 10X the power. Don’t mean to be difficult but no, that’s not quite right. Sound volume is how loud we call something we perceive or hear. Tha... | |
| Specifications VS Sound Quality Sorry-- I naively assumed no-one would buy gear they couldn't try out first in their room, either borrowed or bought with a return policy! ! ! Please see: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367#89829First off, every single item was bought sigh... | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices I've heard that from the perspective of many high-end manufacturers and dealers, the best way to make a small fortune in audio is to start with a large fortune.Yes, it is a horrible business. The very best most high end components are an incredibl... | |
| What’s the relationship between gain (dB) and power (watts)? Thanks everyone. I like the gas pedal vs engine analogy. But does a higher initial gain ultimately mean anything for the output of the amplifier (like higher possible SPL in dB for a given speaker)?Yeah I was afraid of that, as it is a horrible an... | |
| Tube Flavor Didn't you just get a Raven? Tube rolling is such a crapshoot I heartily recommend against it. There's easily a dozen better things you could be doing instead. UNLESS that is you happen to own a Raven. In that case then you call Dave Thompson. I h... | |
| Boy, Oh Boy! Towshend! Haven't tried bars but they are all the same basic technology, the precision-damped spring. It is in a way just like everything else, just another attempt at isolation. But Townshend does it so well when you put a component on there it is not like... | |
| Any real difference in RCA cables quality for sub? Put it this way. I am really thorough and do an amazing number of things in the name of sound quality. The quality of the interconnect used for my subs is so critically important it is by far the cheapest and worst in my whole system. That's how m... |