millercarbon
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| Noise isolating metals Skip the cages. All these metals vibrate. All you will accomplish is adding that vibrational signature to your signal. Stainless steel is the most neutral sounding. But people who like this stuff tend to prefer brass and wood. Probably since these... | |
| Child Damage Mitigation You guys are mean. A nice stuff sack is the way to go. Draw string around the neck. Better ventilation than a hamster ball. | |
| Distance between speakers - are the physics what they are? Two questions- physics, and upgrades being worth it. Upgrades are always better. That's why they're called upgrades. Otherwise they're called flipping, rolling, trading, etc. Physics, that one's more complicated.The distance between, its not that ... | |
| new setup They've got you all confused not understanding what the numbers mean. They like things that way. Guys not being able to figure things out means guys never getting the results they want means more sales as they keep running running running the trea... | |
| Home Theater Speakers exclusively HT. Sigh. Oh well....Tekton Moabs. Or whatever Tekton fits your budget.FWIW you can skip the center channel. But if not I'm sure Eric will make or offer you a good option to go with whatever you get for L and R.https://systems.audiogon.com/systems... | |
| The System Percentages Thread I've taken this same approach for years only with a slightly different breakdown. Speakers, amp, source, wire and tweaks or accessories are the categories I use as they encompass the system completely. When done this way they are all equal and wor... | |
| bose 1801 amplifier If the first watt isn't any good, why would you want 350 more?Unless... big meters! | |
| Child Damage Mitigation Hamster ball? | |
| Turntable and Arm Combination in 5K range (maximum) FWIW, should probably let you know, for much less than the cost of an arm you could tweak more performance out of your existing arm than you would believe. Maybe even more than any of the arm upgrades being considered. First thing I would do is or... | |
| Matching favourite Stylus to another Cartridge So, here comes my question: Are all of the technical specs, like output voltage, channel separation, frequency response the domain only of the stylus itself or does the cartridge itself influence it in any way?The stylus traces the record groove. ... | |
| Where’s My Weakest Link? Anybody who recommends changing the wiring in the speakers before upgrading a low cost preamp that is generations old is giving advice that is not logical. Many advances in technology since Carver's preamp.Anybody?I'll agree that adding a dedicate... | |
| Help: ISO Beginner full setup for excellent sound on $2000 max budget @millercarbon, I saw your system and read some comments folks have left about you. You seem like the exact person I want to talk to about this. I’m in your world. Budget sucks, but I’m transitioning into a new career and have to go back to school ... | |
| What is the average dealer mark up? A lot of this discussion helps explain why Tekton speakers sold direct are such a bargain. The $4k Moab that competes with a lot of $15k speakers makes total sense. If sold to retailers Eric would still have to get the same $4k out the door. But t... | |
| Which is better for a DBA (Swarm); powered subs or unpowered? @millercarbon thanks for the details -- you have a beautiful system, but I couldn't tell from the photos if you were using both powered and unpowered. Do you run your powered subs through the sub amp, too? If so, what is the advantage?Look real cl... | |
| Where’s My Weakest Link? I thought maybe the weakest link was the wire bringing AC power to the room. So I went under the house and pasted all the 30 feet or so I was able to get at. It was indeed impressive. Then I opened my speakers and pasted the few feet from the bind... |