mitch2
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| Treating Floor in New Construction - Reducing Footfall and Vibration Making floor joists deeper than necessary for the span, and/or shorter, will do more to increase stiffness than adding more joists, although 12 inches oc will not hurt in your listening room since there would be less opportunity for speakers and h... | |
| Granny ring, Jetrexpro, all Playing with speaker cables and amplifiers this morning. Have four sets here I have been switching between;-fine stranded OCC copper wire, 12awg/run-bi-wired; -multi-strand, 24awg, OCC solid-core copper in PE @ 11awg aggregate/run-bi-wired;-mul... | |
| So how many people are using subwoofers The Aerial SW-12 sub nicely rounds out my nearly full-range Aerial Model 9s. Filling out the bottom octave adds a bit of warmth, fullness and does make a difference wrt to depth and drive on certain music, IMO. It is not just the frequency exten... | |
| Amps which are Great, but either Unknown or Underpriced I second Clayton, and would add SMc Audio upgraded McCormack amplifiers and preamplifiers | |
| Is high end audio to snooty for its own good? Papermill +1 | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD ctsooner, did you and Matt hear the same Antipodes DX server? I ask because neither of you were impressed, so I am curious whether there may have been an issue with the unit you heard. Stranger things have happened. I am not saying it is the th... | |
| SS pre sounds like tubes It is listed for sale here on Audiogon by Mark Block, with the Pulse II. | |
| SS pre sounds like tubes I believe the TEAD Vibe has only 6dB gain. It is very quiet but still has great body and tone.For my preamp, Steve offered me the option of zero gain or +6dB through the transformers, same as his VRE-1, and I chose zero gain. Having zero gain ha... | |
| SS pre sounds like tubes czarivey, if you liked Steve's Micro Line Drive, check out (on my system page) what he built for me out of a TLC-1. A buffered no-gain preamp using Lundahl transformers, an outboard choke power supply and a Shallco discrete resistor volume control... | |
| "Older" Harmonic Technology Pro-11 Plus compared to Grover Huffman SR speaker cable Sunnyjim, the HT Pro 11 cables consist of 19 strands of 24 gauge solid core OCC copper filaments that are individually insulated with PE (IMO better sounding than teflon). I find them to sound very good with a bold, musical presentation and excel... | |
| Do you remember when Audiogon was just a bulletin board classified ad site? October of 1999 for me. I remember learning a lot from others and the many interesting discussions about the technical merits of different design choices in the current gear of the day, as well as discussions about cable making, tweaks and room t... | |
| SS pre sounds like tubes In case I wasn't clear in my post, there is a used Vibe/Pulse for sale here that may not be too far above your budget. I was not suggesting that you buy a new one. | |
| SS pre sounds like tubes inburrito, your statement, Tom Evans Vibe, was the best preamp I have had makes me wonder, why look at anything else? There is the latest model Vibe-Lithos 7 and Pulse II for sale right now and I know they are excellent, because I used to own t... | |
| Best Acoustic Carpet and Padding for music room? Never heard of acoustic carpet/pad, but I would suggest looking into what is used in sound studios or anechoic chambers. You could also research the materials used in carpeting/pads. I would not be surprised if you were to find that natural wool... | |
| Questions About Bulk Power Cable, Sugestions Needed Not sure why you would want a 40-foot long power cord. If you are able to make changes/improvements to where you are living, I would recommend having an electrician run a new 20A dedicated line (10awg Romex) directly from the electric panel or i... |