millercarbon
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| Looking for advice - Debugging an unexpected music shut down It got hot enough to trigger thermal shutdown. Then it cooled down enough to play again.This happened at a party one time. The host was freaked. I said no worries, take it outside, January, cool it down in no time. Which it did. Back inside, this ... | |
| Moving cables around killed dynamics for days anyone else experience this? I've been experimenting with different cables between components. Nothing sounds right since trying to improve sound with new mix of cables. There is no bass and boring, highs are okay but life is gone from system. So I flipped everything back the... | |
| Vinyl cleaning and alcohol The truth is it won't destroy your records, but you can do a whole lot better. But audiophiles are always about one-upping each other on tinier and tinier details. | |
| Should the power be off every time changing cables? Good Lord! Does anybody ever read the questions any more?I wonder I still need to turn off the power amp when I change IC cables between preamp and components. No. Of course not. As anyone above can tell you the instant they come to their senses. ... | |
| Tim Mrock, Krissy Mrock, and The Perfect Path Creative, and risky. A few seconds in a microwave is one of the tricks to fry RFID trackers being put in things like passports nowadays. Oh well, thanks to thecarpathian for taking all the risk so we don't have to!I've now added one Omega E-mat on... | |
| Subwoofers and Phase Question For You Sub Experts bdp24, slipping in right at the wire taking the prize for top post of 2019:"in other words we don't really know how all these things work so just do a bit of each and see what happens."Now remember, this was posted after a number of posts from Duk... | |
| Turntable Upgrade Help I'm pretty happy with what I have, but I'm wondering if I'm missing something. I have a Cambridge Audio Azur 651R AV Receiver.I stopped quoting right there because we found your problem. There are only a few things in all of audio that might be wo... | |
| Preamp connection to multiple powered subwoofers kalali, did I not already say don't overthink it? And then you go and compliment and start paying attention to the world's greatest offender in overthinking it? Now it appears you have overthought things to the point you've concluded that what wor... | |
| Which phono section to buy: match table or cartridge? Buy the best phono stage you can afford. Matching to the brand of either your turntable or your cartridge is absolutely unnecessary. ^^^This^^^ | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? Is there a difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables, or purely in the implementation?Yes there is a difference. But implementation definitely still matters.Take for example Synergistic Research Element cables. Element Copper an... | |
| Should I still buy a CD player? Suggest one? Its always been wise to buy a turntable. But hey, don't take my word for it. Just compare used prices for five, ten and twenty year old turntables vs CD players. The market is people, and the people have spoken.We report. You decide. | |
| THD In Light Bulbs Yeah, I noticed that too. LEDs are not essentially diodes. LEDs are actually diodes. But hey don't take my word for it. Try reversing direction, see how that goes. | |
| Amp, One Set of Speaker Connections Or Two? So here's how we settle this little argument. Its really very simple. You take your best shot at bi-amping. You add up everything you spent. Then you go on-line and buy whatever Synergistic Research cable you can find for that amount of money. Whi... | |
| Best Alternative Use of Audio Gear... Julian Assange dreams every night of such lavish hospitable accommodations. | |
| Klipsch Home Theater Setup ^^^^^^^^^THIS!!!!!^^^^^^^^Three things you will never find:Five $200 speakers that sound as good as two $500 speakers.Five $200 amps that sound as good as one $1k stereo integrated amp.Five great big long $200 interconnects that sound as good as o... |