millercarbon
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| Shipping by UPS Talon shipped my Khorus speakers crated. First pair looked to have been dropped a good 3 feet, crushed the crate skids and cracked the cabinets wide open. Second pair I was out on the street and watched as the driver opened the door to reveal both... | |
| Clearaudio Concept ringing sound.. any advice? when I place one hand on the top of the metallic tonearm base (above the magnet which holds the tonearm in place) and the other on the metallic volume knob on the Rogue, the noise significantly decreases by >50%. and Switched the Rogue with... | |
| Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass? It doesn't take an engineering degree Larry but a little time spent learning a little about each of the areas involved sure does help.Like, sound travels in waves. The lower the frequency the longer the wave length. This one simple fact seems to c... | |
| I Think We Can All Agree... See, there's this thing called a tailgate party, typically in the parking lot at concerts and games, where something like this would be just one more really cool thing to go with the barbecue, stereo, and booze. Boy there really is a disconnect in... | |
| Kids during audition - aaaaagh!! Kids running around bothering adults? Back in the day parents knew how to explain it to them. One more for the "General Decline of Civilization" files. | |
| Audio stuff that is impossible to install right (or stay installed right) Cryogenic treatment. Frustrating because they all pretend to have some special thing they do for audiophile components that no one else does. But they never tell you what it is. Plus they charge a small fortune. Plus shipping. No thanks.Until I tr... | |
| What define "musicality" ? And what constitute "musicality" in audio ? Musicality I think is one of those terms people use for when the system or component sounds good in a way that you are trying to think of exactly how it sounds good but its hard because your foot starts tapping and your heart starts racing and you... | |
| Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass? More audiokinesis gold:And somewhat counter-intuitively, the more subs the easier it is, because the location of any one sub becomes non-critical. Once you've initially positioned the subs, time to adjust the controls. First the gain, then the f... | |
| Audio stuff that is impossible to install right (or stay installed right) Trying to get one sub to sound good. Turns out, because it can't be done. He learns after only 30 years trying. Four on the other hand, easy. | |
| Dealer Behavior I must have visited and auditioned at every high end audio store along the I5 corridor from just north of Seattle to South Tacoma, with a few in Olympia and Portland/Beaverton thrown in. The best ones were patient, listened, and were happy to let ... | |
| Tight bass sub recommendations Forest for the trees, guys | |
| Synergistic Research ECT Blue Stick? Or Blu-Tack? Because there is a Blu-Tack, a slightly stiffer version of the White Tack Synergistic sends. I already have Blu-Tack.So far with only the one Speaker Kit split between the two speakers, and 10 HFT's, already my system soun... | |
| Binding posts tightening physics and drastic change How long were they used torqued down tight prior to being loosened? | |
| Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass? John de Lancie! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209496/Your turn. | |
| Why do some manufacturers reverse preamp polarity in the first place? All the sounds we hear are really nothing more than a series of compressions and rarefactions of air. Rapidly changing air pressure, in other words.What causes the air to move like this in the first place? Strings, lips, drum skins, vocal chords. ... |