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| Recommended receiver for HT There is no such thing as a receiver worth buying. There are only receivers you buy because you don't know any better. I mean seriously, go and listen to them. If you're serious about downsizing the way to do it is multi-channel dreck to stereo qu... | |
| Hearing phase distortion This reminds me of The Princess Bride. Every time something goes wrong for him Vizzini exclaims, "Inconceivable!" Finally Inigo Montoya says to him, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." I have yet to find ... | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? Never buy based on design, etc. Buy based on how it sounds. All this other stuff, heat output, etc, may or may not matter depending on your situation. ie small room, poor ventilation, hot weather, probably not the best place to put a 500 watt heat... | |
| WHAT SHOULD BE MY NEXT SYSTEM UPGRADE? sanmeyers1 has some perfectly normal and common concerns, all too common in fact and still held by a lot of people with more than enough experience to know better by now!millercarbon - Same question on the Blue Quantum fuses - independent source... | |
| WHAT SHOULD BE MY NEXT SYSTEM UPGRADE? You can upgrade to Synergistic Research Element Copper interconnects and power cords, put Blue Quantum Fuses in all your components, treat them all with ECT and treat the room and speakers with HFT, and all for well under $5k. There is no DAC or s... | |
| Serious turntable popping problem finally solved!! Perfect example of why these kinds of noises can be so hard to track down. Once you get past the first few obvious things to check it quickly gets into a near infinity of possible culprits. You can't just say check this check that. You have to say... | |
| Preamps... understanding volume... Is my understanding that preamps don't "amplify" a variable line out, but only attenuate?I'm trying to understand how preamp selection is important with low sensitivity speakers, even if you have a powerful amplifier. Well the "variable line ou... | |
| Help looking for dynamic warm romantic sound with detail What I'm hearing is a good budget being thrown around on a lot of expensive components none of which are wire. So just for starters try throwing out whatever you have and getting something like Synergistic Research Element Copper. Speaker cables, ... | |
| Headroom Loss for 1600w on 14ga/120v And your point is?Seriously. What matters is how does it sound?I have no idea what gauge my speaker cables are. All I know is they sound fantastic. Isn't that what its all about? | |
| Arm interconnects choice??? In my experience the improvement going from an arm that uses an interconnect to one like Origin Live that runs straight from the arm to the phono stage is so great there is no other way to go. Connections are never good. The weaker the signal the ... | |
| So I switched from XLR cables... XLR is designed for professional use where cable runs can be very long and a lot of stuff is being connected and disconnected so the locking feature is essential. One of the first decisions I made long ago was to figure out XLR is unnecessary for ... | |
| Dumped the rack Granite is good for mass and stiffness but the problem with granite is it rings, which accounts for the problems you heard. What I found works pretty good is to set the granite on a sand bed. Only a small amount of sand, an inch deep is plenty. Mi... | |
| What system can adequately reproduce the sounds of a tanker being hit by torpedo ? What system can adequately reproduce the sound of a false flag?https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-14/japanese-tanker-owner-denies-ship-hit-mine-says-crew-saw-f... | |
| Marantz PM-15s2 Limited switch No. Does not work that way at all.Wpc is measured, while "loud" is subjective. Some amps simply sound more powerful than they measure, for example. But even if you go by measurement, the difference in terms of decibels between 70 and 90 watts is... | |
| Balance question regarding PROFICIENT M40 Receiver Are you sure you're hearing stereo?This same thing would happen if both speakers were connected to the right channel. |