millercarbon
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| Each recording has one right volume level. If the recording is "flat" or at least as intended, then the playback should be "flat" as well at least to sound as intended at the volume level intended and you are going to get closer to that with a meter than with your ears.You're confusing you... | |
| Bulding Cabinets, Binding Posts, and Speaker Wire ??? Its a good idea. I had Ted Denney build me some to replace internal wiring and it was a huge improvement. Assuming of course you like the rocket 88, as otherwise why use it. Make note of directionality, cut em up, solder em in, enjoy. Anything els... | |
| Townshend Seismic Isolation Podium If you understand it then maybe you'll be able to explain it to me. Because it sure seems not to work. At all. So bad in fact that when I did a demo one time the person noticed the sound got worse the minute I lifted the CD player up off the cones... | |
| How do I connect my Subwoofer to a two channel setup? Wait, what? Two sets of pre-out? Went through all that only to learn there's two sets of pre-out? ??So did we eventually figure out the answer is .... use em?!?! | |
| Each recording has one right volume level. I think most people here will be familiar with Fletcher-Munson equal loudness curves? In summary, how that applies to audio listening, is that the perceived tonal balance is heavily dependent on listening volume.Right. So right in fact that if you... | |
| How do you rationalize audio upgrades? If I could explain how I rationalize my upgrades then everyone would do it. My system would go from mind-bendingly awesome to average over night. Worse, hearing the $1.3M system at Definitive would have me crying in my beer instead of snort, chort... | |
| Funny thing happened after my neighbor moved. If the house is for sale you could buy it, keep it empty, and have the world's most expensive power conditioner upgrade.Well, maybe. How much does he want? | |
| Can an IC based amp be considered 'high end'? The question is what is high end?It can't be a certain level of performance. First because there is no one performance standard by which to make the cut. But also because even if we did have a solid agreed standard we'd still have to argue over wh... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Okay listen first off its not gonna sound like it but I totally get it. People with HT setups love their HT setups in spite of the horrid sound. Or maybe even because of the horrid sound. I get that. Do not understand why anyone would want to w... | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) Just to be clear, in case you're considering Dynaco, their kits are designed to be easily built even with no skill or knowledge. All you need is a soldering pen and something to cut and strip wire. They are great for what they are, but tend to agr... | |
| Mounting Triplanar Tonearm to SME 20/2 Turntable This will result in reduced performance. "Will"? WILL??? Or, "I think it will". Or how about, "According to something I read somewhere it will." Or better yet, "I'm guessing with no real clue that it will."Apprently someone didn't read the post... | |
| Are you buying the right interconnects ? Yes well this all sounds very reasonable and believable. Who knows there may even be a bit of truth buried in there somewhere. But from my 30 years listening and comparing and reading everything I’ve been able to get my hands on though I’d have to... | |
| DIY Phono Loading Plugs Question If you bother to compare it will take all of like three seconds to realize what crap cheap resistors are doing to your music. All that measures is not all that matters. My first crossover was built with Radio Shack parts. When it sounded like abso... | |
| All else being equal... CAS-2https://www.tonepublications.com/old-school/threshold-cas-2-power-amplifier/ | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) Okay well it takes precisely zero electrical knowledge to build a Dynaco. I would know, having built an ST400 as a teenager who was pretty sure electricity travels through wires. An old refurbished Dynaco would be one candidate. Another would be a... |