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millercarbon

Responses from millercarbon

What say you?
Let me get this straight. It is crazy for me to spend $10k on cables "for the caliber" of my system. Which is a fictitious value/formula. But it's not crazy to spend $30k on their $200k system. Which is a fictitious value/formula.  Amazing post, ... 
Any tweaks I'm missing?
Have you tried Synergistic HFT, ECT or PHT?  Rubber bands?  
Do I need a subwoofer?
danager came closest, and torquerulesok darn near put his finger on it. The solution to subs and getting SOTA bass was discovered in a research paper more than 20 years ago. Since then it has been used by Audiokinesis in their Swarm subwoofer sys... 
Pure Sine Wave Battery Backup Pack for Preamp
I am a EE guy so I normally do not believe power cable can affect the sound quality if your equipments are designed properly. I also did not believe power supply conditioner will help audio system as each component shall have solid internal power... 
Smart power supplies for turntable
$1200?! Be careful with the advice so far, I would just about bet the only other one that speaks from experience is kingharold, and he "wouldn’t stake his life" on there being any difference at all. $1200 in my book should be "Yes indeed obviousl... 
What is that weird noise in the mix of Sympathy For the Devil?
Al Pacino?    
How to tame a bright system?
Crickets.  
Headphones to keep you honest
Pretty sure the term for this is called begging the question. Your approach only seems to make sense because you first assume the headphones are somehow better. This even in spite of listing a whole bunch of ways they are not. Nevertheless, someho... 
Dang it, I'm Deaf....
   
Isoacoustics Orea vs Townshend Seismic Pod on Components
Ryder, Vibration control of all kinds whether ordinary plain springs, Nobsound, Townshend or whatever, generally is more effective resting directly under the component chassis than under the foot that comes on the component. Works better, looks be... 
What say you?
wolfie62- Appropriate cables shouldn’t cost more than $3/ft. Fascinating. Just curious, why not $2? R. Daneel Olivaw  
Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment
1. Townshend Podiums. 2. Origin Live Sovereign turntable and Enterprise arm. 3. Moneoone Supernova power cord. 4. Raven Blackhawk. 5. Moab crossovers (Deulund JDM Silver & Jantzen Alumen Z caps, Path Audio resistors, Goertz alpha core indu... 
Crossover help?
A little late perhaps but here is how you do it. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 Notice the last few pictures are the crossover upgrade. The last one is annotated with measured values and the wires that attach. There are also pict... 
The Big Misconception About Electricity
Calling republicans and evangelicals klansmen. Because you are so compassionate. Right.  
What say you?
Most all these people are either repeating the same old dogma, or saying whatever they think people want to hear. Either way it is BS. The idea of putting a percent on it is as unfounded as the idea of matching or "suited to" a system. The plain h...