millercarbon
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| Tube amp buzz (amp, not speakers) Thank you all so much. I don't know the first thing about electronics, so it seems like I have two options: getting an Emotiva CMX-2 or taking it to a technician, at least for a comparable cost if not more. What would your inclination be? This ... | |
| Best multi-purpose subwoofer noble100,Thanks Tim for your perfect post and this excellent link http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/audiokinesis-swarm-subwoofer-system/Uncommon around here, I actually clicked the link and read the whole article. Being cursed with excellen... | |
| How do I test new cables for faults before connecting them These are basically Audioquests knockoff attempt at Synergistic Research Active Shielding. Oh well at least they are used, probably won't take that big a hit when you go to sell them. Anyway, simple question, you test for continuity. Whatever cabl... | |
| Some (well, a lot) of worthfull information on speakers I saw "evidence based" the direct translation of which is, "don't waste your time". | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment Right. All these alignment theories are great for mathematicians because in their imaginary world of intellectual perfections these things matter. Not only do they matter, they are everything, a fact they love nothing more than proving to you with... | |
| Seek non-ported speakers - $700 to $1500 To stop the port-itis in my room! Your problem drumbe is not your speakers, its your room. In a room 12x12 the first mode is at 47Hz (speed of sound 1130 ft/s divided by two times 12 = 47), second mode is 94Hz and so on. 47 and especially 94 are right in the area of the bass hump ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Uh, Violation, it occurs to me some may not be familiar with ... rock and roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFa0fg2FWDg | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Francis A and Edward K Equinox BostonViolationYear of the Cat Equinox it turns out was mastered by the great Doug Sax at then called Mastering Labs, later known as The Mastering Lab. As far as I can tell this may be the first time my young ears we... | |
| Tube amp buzz (amp, not speakers) The most likely cause is DC offset. Many common appliances connected anywhere in your house can be a cause, making it seem random. https://www.pooraudiophile.com/2015/03/how-to-fix-dc-offset-and-transformer.html | |
| Synergistic Research ECT PS- scope around for posts by pritchard, sgordon and oregonpapa, plenty of good experience and info from them too. | |
| Synergistic Research ECT thyname- Good questions. I have tried ECT, PHT, HFT and Blue Quantum Fuses. They are all amazing in terms of what they do for what they cost. Maybe the biggest bang for the buck to me seemed to be the Blue Quantum Fuse. After I heard what one did ... | |
| The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality) wharf- Bingo! We have a winner!Its always been crap, crap, and more crap. Best we can do is hold our noses as we wade up to our necks scanning around searching in vain for the rare find floating in the bilge. | |
| Phono Protractor. Recommendations? Here’s just one example that will highlight not only the futility but in fact how misguided even the most well-intentioned advice turns out to be.You must align the stylus not the cantilever.Nope. Not even. Here’s why:While this seems to make a lo... | |
| Bad case of upgrade fever The panels you have are more than likely OC703 covered with fabric https://www.amazon.com/Owens-Corning-703-Fiberglass-Boards/dp/B005V3L834These are even more effective cut as triangles placed in the 4 corners of the ceiling, and cut as rectangles... | |
| Phono Protractor. Recommendations? Second the MoFi Geo-Disc. Of course if you want to overthink and work and sweat for it and have a thing for expensive Rube Goldberg contraptions you could do a lot better. But if you just want to know your cartridge is precisely aligned and get it... |