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| I admire Miles Davis, i admire Stravinsky; but i loved Chet Baker and Scriabin...You? Know just what you're talking about mahgister. For years I admired Mozart but never loved any, not at all. Classical music as a whole was kind of like that- liked some, admired some, never really loved any of it. One day by accident someone helped... | |
| Cables 101, new student, first question In general, will the system's sound be defined by the weakest (cable) link in the chain, in which case all the more expensive cables are a waste of money? No. Not at all. Or will a mix of cables that includes some really high-end ones sound bette... | |
| Vibration Control and the Townshend Audio Seismic Pods Yes goose that's what I did and forgot to mention so thanks for bringing it up. John Hannant helped me out a lot as they have a lot of experience with loading and using under a wide range of components. Springs are interesting because they are a l... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. Holy crap! Coulda sworn you were on the list but not yet. Oh well, give it time. Anyways, not being on the list yet allows me to say: That's an insult not an argument. Which is more response than it deserves. | |
| Does a taste for high end audio, also carry over into your other interests? Cheer up, its only money, and besides it was a Corvette. In 67 if I recall they still had live rear axles drum brakes and leaf springs like a pickup truck. Now if you had sold a Porsche then you would have lost disc brakes, torsion bars and indepe... | |
| Best way to handle this ground loop Not a problem. Cannot damage. No, there are no RCA without ground. Whether in Europe or US power is the same in that they all use redundant ground. The first ground is through the neutral wire that completes the circuit. The redundant ground is e... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. And yet, the guy who designs some of the most fantastically successful speakers made anywhere in the world today says nevermind 16 ohms, even 8 ohms is obsolete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMAO9LPsups | |
| Ceramic fuses Please ricey, when you get your POC fuse and try it out, please come back and let us all know just how crappy it was. How you feel about getting duped into believing a bunch of technical stuff that turned out to be stories. And then later when you... | |
| Do speaker wires matter Speakers. Your amp is fine. Just need speakers with another 10 dB sensitivity. 93dB and you will be fine. Want to save yourself a lot of time, money, and headaches? Never even consider anything less than 92dB. Just cross it off your list. Too many... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. 1. why/how do 16 ohm speakers make amps sound better, with more resolution? They don't. It does change the sound and in making it more lean and etchy it can seem to be more detailed. Its not. Because of the way they are wired its very easy for E... | |
| Is Not Responding To An Offer Just Plain Rude? You've got way too much emotionally invested. Its a business transaction. Its a negotiation in a business transaction. There's a lot of lessons learned over the years. The one applies here is, "He who wants it most never gets the best price." The ... | |
| Ceramic fuses The question I have, would a gold plated or rhodium plated fuse be the way to go?No. Even if a fuse does sound better, there is no reliable way of being sure that is why, so no reason to decide based on this arbitrary factor. I never buy anythin... | |
| McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound You hit the nail on the head: arrogance. Rude, presumptive, ignorant and stubborn arrogance. Each adjective carefully chosen for accuracy. Rude: they butt in where no one wants to hear their blather yet again. Presumptive, they presume to tell us ... | |
| Dedicated line questions... Your 4 lights, 11 outlets is only a little worse than I had. Compared to that one direct line will be noticeably better. If your system is good at all you will hear it. This isn't expensive at all. One 20A breaker, one outlet, however much wire yo... | |
| Wally Wally Wally Interesting phrase, support the hobby. Have heard something like that used before. Never in connection with Ted Denney. Pretty folksy name, Ted. You'd think he'd get some love. Or Peter. If ever there was a hobbyist could use support.... What magi... |