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| Do I need isolation footers for my components if I'm already using an isolation rack? Do I need isolation footers for my components if I’m already using an isolation rack with de-coupled shelves, such as the Mapleshade racks?You do. Sort of. But really, there's no such thing as isolation.What there is instead is vibration control. ... | |
| Blinded By The Light...The Movie Yeah. Saw it myself just the other night.The story is about a kid growing up Pakistani in England, and its true, but let me tell you....I was a WSU freshman in 1976 living in Rogers Hall and together with my roommate had the best stereo this side ... | |
| How Science Got Sound Wrong The math says nice things. The real world says it is dog poo. Yup. Exactamundo mister audio. First digital was "perfect sound forever" then digital had "lossless codecs" then "oversampling" then "Direct Digital Streaming" or whatever the dopey jar... | |
| Audio / Video Lip Sync? According to the on-line manual you can use the Manual delay adjustment in Lipsync. Its adjustable 0-500ms. Since sound travels approximately 1 foot per millisecond then according to my calculations you should be okay as long as you sit within 500... | |
| Publications and websites for equipment reviews I gave up on mags and online reports and started to listen for my self. By far the best way to go. I got super lucky very early on when I became friends with the best dealer I ever met. Thanks to this I was able to audition a huge range of gea... | |
| Best CD to test headstage of your headphone. Hey shkong78 remind me again what are your favorite IEC cables? The ones I'm using on my Shure SE535 are shot and its hard finding good replacements. I know you mentioned in a thread a while back....Thanks! | |
| Abbey Road MoFi or Reissue @millercarbon,I was trying not to put it so bluntly. Okay. So, sarcasm. That I can get. Good one.MoFi reissues deserve all the sarcasm and blunt criticism we can possibly heap on them. They do after all hold themselves up as the audiophile pressi... | |
| Which AV Receiver? And, he listens to music. So stereo. And, he does have a low budget- which as I pointed out you get a lot more for your money buying stereo vs multichannel. Also the center channel is only "critical" for people sitting way off axis. Which as rober... | |
| Noob, need help please Home theater advice only really pertains if you are truly setting up a home theater with a lot of seating. In other words hardly anyone in the sweet spot. That's the real reason for all the channels. Because without the center channel people sitti... | |
| Abbey Road MoFi or Reissue I find it odd that since "Abbey Road" is considered to be such a great record by most that a clean original MFSL copy can be had very reasonably? Its because they are such crap. Really good copies go for quite a bit more https://www.better-records... | |
| Anyone compare Herron VTSP-3a and Lamm L2.1 Deluxe? I've heard neither! But I have the Herron phono stage. And I talked on the phone quite a bit with Keith Herron, both before and after the sale. More than enough to say with Herron you are getting Keith Herron, which is priceless, which you will kn... | |
| Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers? So what I’m reading, you love your amp, you love your speakers, you love your turntable, and you really love your new phono stage.For good reason, I would say. Those are all really good, highly regarded components. Congratulations!Now the bad news... | |
| Which AV Receiver? The guys in the Amp forum recommended an AV Receiver but I don’t know anything about AV Receivers. Here's everything you need to know about AV receivers: they are crap! Pure, unadulterated, crap. Here's why.In audio we always face this choice: ... | |
| Publications and websites for equipment reviews Six moons, analogplanet. | |
| Turntable adjustment Millercarbon, given the fact that the turntable didn't cost me a dime, the money I spent on the cartridge was well worth it. So a perverse example of the fallacy of the sunk cost. But an example nonetheless. |