millercarbon
Responses from millercarbon
| What in your mind represents real technological advancement. HFT, HFTX, HFT 2.0, two each per speaker; and DBA. | |
| Revisit Pioneer PL-71 In my system its been easy to hear changes as small as:1. different bearing thrust plate2. different bearing ball3. different plinth4. different arm5. different cartridge6. different platter7. different record clamp8. different shelfI could go on ... | |
| MacBook Pro Playback distortion Used mine that way a lot with no problems. The fact it plays anything back fine streaming or otherwise indicates its not a hardware problem. You're probably right about playback settings. Sounds like a Mac Store or Genius type question. | |
| How to value a used CD collection? The value of a used CD. Good one. | |
| Death of Rock 'n' Roll Seriously? Nightclub refers to the has-beens who perform in them. | |
| Dual vs single sub Yeah I bet it would. Which is why I did it. Details posted just now in my Tech article. | |
| Dual vs single sub noble100 Hello millercarbon, Congratulations on getting your custom 4-sub distributed bass array system built and operational! Are you planning on posting some kind of more extensive review of your dba results? How about a new thread devoted... | |
| Does it make sense to run a 3k cartridge on a 2k table? When the day comes where these components are so readily available and people have so much time and energy they are able to mix and match and compare everything under the sun regardless of price then questions like this will matter. Even then they... | |
| For those who've moved from "vintage" to newer units Well I had a Kenwood integrated with a Technics table, used the Kenwood for many years as a pre-amp with a Dynaco amp, before migrating gradually to way more high-end. Like you I was real happy with what I had, only it was very old, some of it sta... | |
| Death of Rock 'n' Roll There’s whole YouTube channels devoted to nothing but the reactions of people listening to great rock for the first time. The twenty-somethings at work all prefer 70’s rock. The Stones were absolutely great rock back in the day, but have been a ni... | |
| Question about hum from speakers Hum like you're getting now is caused by different ground potentials. In other words one component path to ground has a little bit more resistance than another. Usually simply plugging everything into the same outlet (power conditioner) will do. B... | |
| Question about hum from speakers Either way you got one of the finest power amps on the market regardless of price. I know, I had one. Very hard to beat. Worth the work if it even needs it. | |
| Is my DAC my weakest link? Based on that component list I would have to say your weakest link is the lack of power cords, interconnects, and speaker cable. Power line conditioner? My guess is you are still using the factory fuses. Cables laying right on the floor. As Kurtz ... | |
| Moving to Europe Depends on the player. Some allow you to change the region setting. I have a few EU DVDs that play just fine on my Oppo because of the way I set it up. Do a web search. | |
| Best Way to Integrate Subwoofers? Right. Exactly. No need to sell. Just add more.That's the thing when it comes to low frequencies, its not so much the quality as the number of the speakers. No one sub no matter how good can ever overcome the physical reality of the long wave node... |