millercarbon
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| Anyone try the new Synergistic Research Orange UEF Duplex? Mats can be cut up and bent to fit around outlets, and transformers, and even cut into strips and wrapped around wire. Inside conditioners is one of the better places to use them. Inside speakers, even better. | |
| Loose fitting power cord. It will definitely affect sound quality if the power cord falls out. Its not the outside of the plug but what's inside that's the problem. If the terminals inside the plug grip the pins on the component with enough tension the plug will not fall o... | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? After college, between being poor and moving around a lot my Technics SL1700 went in a box for a good 10 years. By the time I got settled and had money it was 1990 something, I had forgotten all about the turntable, CD was supposed to be so much b... | |
| Too good a post to waste Funny. Truth is, almarg's position is nonsense. He claims a wire can give "exactly opposite (or at least very different) results depending on the specific application". Exactly the opposite? Really? Good one. How about "at least very different"... | |
| Putting weights on speakers? mglik- Hi millercarbon,Thanks for the thoughtful post.The original design of the Tetra 606 had exactly what you suggest with struts going from the speaker top to the bass cabinet.Yeah that one's a no-brainer. They will never admit this but its cle... | |
| Tekton Brisance speedbump6 is right. The "variety of reasons" is really one: bass modes. Because, physics, every sub in every room has areas where bass frequencies reinforce or cancel out. The old school approach was to move the sub around trying to find the smoo... | |
| This Equipment Recommendation Actually Worked Out Well! The electrical engineering answer is noise reduction on the input power. Isolation transformers are progressively more lossy as you diverge from their design frequency, which is 60 Hz. Right. I have used them with GREAT results (typically 2-3 k... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? There's a whole slew of "audiophiles" on this site who could have made that same video and posted the same inane comments. Having a lot of interest in something doesn't automatically fill your head with knowledge, and it sure doesn't make you any ... | |
| UK to NorthAmerica plug adapters for powered monitors with adjustable voltage? You can use an adaptor. But I would replace the plug. Either way, neither of these is anything more than a connection. Voltage change requires a transformer. When you switch voltage on the amp what you are really doing is changing the input taps o... | |
| Tekton Brisance Probably awesome. Equally probably still be better with several rather than just one. Search DBA. My Moabs should be built next week. So very soon will know just how good they are, with and without my DBA. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 | |
| Dedicated Power Line Project dhite71-I was leaning to simply going 10 ga and cannot imagine dealing with 8, 6 or 4 in a wall box!! Ahh, I see this is the thread where noromance instigated me to putting my system on-line. Here it is: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367Lo... | |
| Putting weights on speakers? Look closely at the design of your speaker. Notice they have a very thick strong and heavy baffle. Its open, but that is their little design hook. Open baffle is kind of a thing lately. Its an opportunity to learn about the tradeoffs of loudspeake... | |
| I am a huge Stillpoints fan for my speakers but are they effective under components? Based on everything you have said I would recommend using them under all of those components. You will probably wind up turning your $150k system into a $225k system. Assuming the same performance ratio improvement as the speakers, of course. | |
| Too good a post to waste Whoever would like to argue about his statements, could you please keep it on the same level of writing skill?almarg:Here are some examples of how a sonic comparison between two cables can yield exactly opposite (or at least very different) result... | |
| Too good a post to waste This may be a difficult concept, but if the wire sounds the same on every system, then you are essentially saying wire doesn't matter. The number of logical fallacies in just this one statement is simply amazing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia... |