millercarbon
Responses from millercarbon
| Any reason not to place stand mounted speakers upside down? He's saying the bass would be boosted? With the woofers * further * from the floor??? | |
| The room as a component Yes the room is an integral part of the system. As is power. As is everything. My dream from childhood was my own listening room. Took a while but after buying a house when we decided to remodel the listening room finally became a reality. You can... | |
| Questions on capacitor replacement This one? https://www.hifishock.org/gallery/electronics/musical-fidelity/integrated-amplifier/a300-1-musical-f...Looks a good DIY to me. Clean it up, sure - but vacuum and brush, not blast. What I will now explain is so simple I myself did it ye... | |
| Adjusting speaker positioning. What, if anything, to expect? Careful skyscraper, you have unwittingly stumbled into the geoffkait zone, a region of endless confusing possibilities masquerading as science. I have the XLO CD. Perfectly set up the out of phase will indeed seem to be coming from everywhere an... | |
| What's the future for vinyl lovers? Funny. One maker of black goo goes away and the sky is falling. As if its been used for anything worth buying anymore anyway. It never was the black goo. Alan Parsons, Ken Scott, Doug Sax, guys like that and their drive for excellence, that's what... | |
| How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system If you run a dedicated 12 gauge (or lower) Romex (etc.) to your rig, and use a plastic box, then you already have an " Isolated dedicated ground." You only need an IG if you don’t have a dedicated run. Sort of. Technically the dedicated run w... | |
| Wiring question : amp-sub-speakers I am not sure how to improve this situation. Easy: new speakers. Your bookshelf speakers are max'd out. Your amp has tone controls so what you might try short term is turn the bass down. Your little speakers can't handle it. Then turn the sub u... | |
| Help! High level subwoofer input on a class D amp introduces ground loop. Stay away from those swarm guys. Physics is a cult, and if you don't believe the science they will be all over you! I tried for months to convince some of these zealots but they refuse to even look at a REL ad or even GIK! GIK! DSP! I'm telling yo... | |
| Adjusting speaker positioning. What, if anything, to expect? Thank you very much for the detailed explanation, Millercarbon. Would you mind clarifying some of the terminology you used so I can follow what you are saying carefully. What exactly do you mean by "imaging". I’ve heard the term used many times, b... | |
| High End Audio......Sucking the Romance out of the Music? I can answer that question if you can tell me what you mean by high end, audio, romance, and music. Oh, and sucking. | |
| Battery Power Supply Yes_ or No_ Power is just one of many ways noise has of getting in there. A battery is one way of lowering noise. My motor was at one point upgraded with battery power. It does make a difference. Even with the battery though it still needs to be disconnected ... | |
| Adjusting speaker positioning. What, if anything, to expect? I can move the speakers about a foot farther apart or closer together, and I can change their toe-in. What changes, if any, might I be expecting or hope to achieve moving the speakers within these limited parameters? Could the sound-stage be affec... | |
| What Powers Your Power? Explains a lot. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State and the guilty party This guys criteria are tone, volume, and bass? No wonder 3 people read him. That’s less than read me! That’s also three more than he deserves, based on this one anyway. "The old saw" is just his lame attempt at a segue to talk about... "the old sa... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl What they said covers the standard stylus/groove aspect. There’s also the moving mass part, which is why the better high end carts tend to outperform in terms of surface noise. With that in mind I would be giving Peter Ledermann a call at Soundsmi... |