millercarbon
Responses from millercarbon
| Ebay and AudiogoN, listings and the economic crisis. ^^^! | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Captain Irrelevant: so irrelevant, even when he cuts and pastes, still just as irrelevant as ever. Oh well. At least that was a readable departure from the usual word salad.The question remains, is he capable of writing anything the least bit info... | |
| How much difference do lower mass cartridge clips make in playback? Interesting. These low mass clips, are they crimped? Or soldered?If soldered, how much net mass difference is there after accounting for the solder?If you're gonna split hairs, split hairs! | |
| Do cables need to be re-broken in? Of course. Only its minutes not months, and movement matters more so than time. In other words your system warms up every night, and all the wire not having signal running through it is a part of that warm up. That's with nothing being moved aroun... | |
| Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear. Welcome to the decline of journalism, hiendmmoe. The time respecting approach you’re wanting used to be the norm. First sentence lays out the theme. First paragraph fleshes it out. Subsequent paragraphs follow a structure.Like this. The New York T... | |
| power cord directionality Audiogon's self-proclaimed reigning theoretical physicist, explains how vibration affects the signal:Shirley you jest, mc. It’s the same for any cable or fuse or any wire. External vibration distorts the signal. Just like shaking a magnet.jea48 wo... | |
| Preamp with Phono $3-5k range Balanced isn’t stepping up. Balanced is stepping sideways, at greater cost. Same goes for separates. Your budget for example will buy you a truly awesome sounding integrated with something like a Raven Nighthawk for around $3k, and another absolut... | |
| Opinions on the current market Speaking of Ponzi schemes, what is it exactly you are going to sell for? Federal Reserve Notes you mistakenly refer to as dollars is my guess. But we haven't had dollars for a long time now. The word by the way comes from Thaler, the valley in Eur... | |
| switching between two amplifiers; issues of power Always power off when making connections like this. Then it will be okay to leave on with nothing connected.The amp btw was fine. For every watt of power you get about a watt of heat. Touch a 300 watt light bulb for reference. That's how much heat... | |
| For those who want to DIY their own swarm... I built my Swarm with consulting help from Duke. These sub kits from Duke are much better quality and value than even the good sale price I got from Parts Express. Dukes kit uses quality baltic birch plywood. Biscuit joinery for precision hassle-f... | |
| IM Distortion, Speakers and the Death of Science AI, quantum computing etc are knocking on our door and will shortly change every facet of life as we know it.Which shows just how far they have to go. Stupid robot can't even see we have a doorbell. | |
| Perfect Path Total Contact no longer? Once nirvana has been attained through tweaking, only then can one really appreciate the genius that went into the design of the equipment, no matter the brand being used.Without all of the tweaks added to the system, including, but not limited to... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? Logic. Never was your strong suit. | |
| Audiophile Albums....Yes indeed There is no record worth that kind of money. I used to think so too myself. Then I discovered Hot Stampershttps://www.better-records.com/search_adv.aspx?sp=white+hot&option=s_name&min_price=1&ma...I know you're familiar with my system.... | |
| Opinions on the current market Markets are always good for buyers. And sellers. Of course they are- they're markets! That's the beauty- buyer and seller, both have to agree its good or its no sale. Now if your question is can you get a good price, well that depends. Are you a g... |