minorl

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Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed
I installed three dedicated lines with hot, neutral and ground for each dedicated line. My noise floor dropped dramatically, the sound is wonderful. low level electronics were originally all connected to Monster HTPS 7000 signature conditioner. Ea... 
Song With Best Beginning
Street Life by the Jazz Crusaders. listen to the opening. wow! 
Digital recordings on Vinyl
I like Elizabeth's response. Also, remember that some new recordings are not available in analog format. So, sometimes the only alternative is digital (read cd) purchase. I avoid downloading compressed digital recordings. So, my opinion is to have... 
Linda Ronstadt can't sing anymore.
Someone to lay down beside me and long long time are two of my all time favorite songs and her voice was amazing. I'm glad that we at least have the memories and her music. I wish her the very bestenjoy 
Explain Digital Basics to an Analog person
You need the following:1. CD/DVD/Blue Ray player that plays the types of CDs that you want to play. you can use it as a CD players or as a transport only. A CD player reads the digital information off the discs and also converts that digital infor... 
Heads Up: ARC is introducing the new SP-20 in Fall
Oh, I don't know Tonywinsc, go the a really high end appliance dealer and check out what the prices are for the very best. They aren't close to the stuff sold by Best Buy. Find the short list of the very best TVs made. You will be surprised at the... 
Tubes vs Solid State
I have to vary slightly from the others. The ML 23.5 and 20.6 are still to this day, two of the very best amps I have heard. I have heard others from Mark Levinson after the company was sold and I wasn't greatly impressed. Howevedr, the two mentio... 
Heads Up: ARC is introducing the new SP-20 in Fall
Taters: Thanks for the input, but there is really no way can you buy a Rolex for full retail and sell it immediately afterwards for the same price. Every store has large mark ups on price. some more so than others. Also, Rolex's aren't as collecti... 
Speaker Impedance: Resistance and Phase Question
The phase angle is zero at resonance. That is when the capacitive load and the inductive load components cancel each other out at a specific frequency and you are left with only a resistive load.enjoy 
Heads Up: ARC is introducing the new SP-20 in Fall
It is always interesting to me when people complain about the prices of components. Most times, they don't know too much about how things are designed (R&D), components are procurred, or construction. Not to mention the company's overhead. How... 
Speaker Impedance: Resistance and Phase Question
Just one clarification. The voltage is fixed with zero phase angle. It is the current that either lags or leads the voltage. Depending on whether there exits a capacitive, inductive or combination of the two load.enjoy 
Tubes vs Solid State
I guess those of us that like and appreciate both tube and solid state electronics must not be welcome here. So Nelson Pass, Dan D'Augustino, Mark levinson and the thousand of other really good electronics designers (read solid state) designs must... 
17 feet IC to long with Coincident pre and Franks?
Or you can stick with balanced Interconnect cables and use the Jenson Transformers. They have one that goes from Balanced to RCA. So you can run your balanced cables all the way to where your amps are, then plug them into the Jenso Transformer, an... 
What power conditioner will help in my situation?
Seriously, if one is going to get into this electronics/electrical/audiophile game, then short cuts really don't cut it. The ones that do use short cuts end up paying in the end. As the old saying goes, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Y... 
What power conditioner will help in my situation?
Have a qualified electrician run a dedicated line or two. It really doesn't cost that much to do so. They really do know what they are doing and how to do it. worst case, run on wall wiring in on wall conduit from another circuit (preferrably one ...