mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| Speaker Spike Philosophy Employing isolation techniques, one merely protects one component from interfering with another that it is in direct contact with. Isolation increases the effects of Coulomb friction by building resistance between the mating surfaces. With regar... | |
| Which amplifier should i buy I am no authority on tubed amplification since I have always needed big power for my speakers, and tubed power has always been too expensive. However, there have been a few amplifiers over the years that I would look at and say, "maybe this one."... | |
| Speaker Spike Philosophy It is really quite astounding just how good ordinary springs can be when resonance is minimized by tuning the spring to the component load.Exactly what I have found. Use the correct spring constant and appropriate maximum spring load compared to ... | |
| Antipodes S60 LPS @fsmithjack - I suggest calling Antipodes that has been responsive and helpful to me and others. I have not owned or heard the S30 or S40 so I don’t want to try and answer without direct knowledge.I looked hard at the K40, which offers their highe... | |
| Speaker Spike Philosophy sokogear - assuming the steel disc is rigid and doesn't deflect, the stress will be spread uniformly over the area of the disc. That is how structures work, like a column load being supported by a square footing, and is why they use discs in the ... | |
| Speaker Spike Philosophy Discs under spikes are probably as close to decoupling as to coupling. The KEF discs are 18mm in diameter or about 250 mm squared in area, which is probably about 100 times the area of the tip of a spike. | |
| Antipodes S60 LPS @ricred1 - That Antipodes combination you have should sound wonderful - enjoy it! After happily using the DX (upgraded to DX3) for some years now, I decided to deviate away from Antipodes and ordered Mojo Audio's Deja Vu EVO Media Server/Stream... | |
| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. No longer waiting on the Mojo Audio Mystique EVO B4B 21 D/A Converter, which is sounding great on its second day in my system. However, I couldn't help myself so I am now waiting on Mojo Audio's Deja Vu EVO Media Server/Streamer. This one is p... | |
| Gato speakers I agree on the aesthetics mapman. I have been curious to hear the stuff. Michael Kelly at Aerial Acoustics was carrying the line....not sure about still. I believe some of the amps are Class D and some are traditional AB amplifiers. I would be... | |
| Gato speakers Did I maybe hear once that in some cases when reviewers can tell early on that something sucks, they never complete the review? That may address why some never seem to have a bad review. | |
| One Cord To Rule Them All @cleeds The only way to ascertain expertise on Agon is to judge a user’s posting history.Mostly true but another way to help understand a poster's perspective is to take a look at their virtual system. For example, I use inefficient speakers an... | |
| Speaker Spike Philosophy @mgolpoor - the PRIMACOUSTIC product sounds similar to the A/V Roomservice EVPs that have won a bunch of Absolute Sound awards. The AVPs could probably be closely imitated through DIY using Owens Corning 705 fiberglass board sandwiched between ... | |
| One Cord To Rule Them All Thanks for the article links @thyname I always enjoy opportunities to learn something from folks who actually research these things and build stuff.Using larger 7awg power cords did make a noticable, audible difference/improvement when used to con... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? I have always been partial to Harmonic Technology speaker cables. The Pro 9 line is constructed from solid core, multiple sized, fine gauge OCC wire that is individually insulated in foamed PE, cased, four cased wire groups twisted, and then stuf... | |
| Speaker Spike Philosophy Assuming you bolt your speakers to your new maple bases, you can then have some fun trying several different supporting footers and listening for changes and preferences. Choices could include spikes, and also decoupling products such as one of th... |