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| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear Just to comment a bit further on Blindjim's excellent editorial, I find that in snobbery (and this applies to any field, not just audio) there is an inverse relationship between name recognition/availability and exclusivity. As a brand becomes mor... | |
| How to measure crosstalk > The word 'azimuth' is kind of a giveaway that you're asking about a phono cartridge. :-)Perhaps your experience is limited to phono cartridges, but tapes heads in particular have an azimuth adjustment. And antennas also have that adjustment, ... | |
| How to measure crosstalk Are you talking about aligning the heads on tape recorder? A phono cartridge? An antenna?That's a pretty vague request you've put out. | |
| What could be wrong? Another issue could be the cantilever on your cartridge is out of position. This could be caused either by mishandling or defect in the cartridge. Get a pair of magnifying lenses and look at the cartridge straight on from the front. The cantilever... | |
| Bigger amps in an enclosed cabinet? Each manufacturer should clearly explain in their literature if their equipment has any special ventilation needs. Many have their owners manuals available online or will answer questions if you email them. As such, I'd suggest your get your info ... | |
| The great myth of the XlR Sounds_real_audio: "I have yet to find a balanced set up that conveys the music and emotion."If true, I guess the question then is how recording studios manage to record anything of value. Their places are chock-full of balanced cables.I'm sure yo... | |
| The great myth of the XlR There are reasons you might prefer your RCA cables over XLR. One is that some XLR hookups on consumer equipment are not true balanced circuits. In other words, they equipment manufacturer has "faked it" in order to cash in on a trend in this area.... | |
| Looking for a great DAC for my Airport Express.... Consider the Lavry DA-10. It has multiple inputs (AES or SPDIF digital audio on XLR, RCA and optical link), volume control, front panel polarity switch and several clock modes. It has been highly praised by users and in the press, is small (half-r... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Seasoned wrote (regarding audibility of cables): "I wonder if those who can't [hear] don't have their systems set up correctly...."While there were some softening modifiers added afterwards, I think this is the type of comment we need to avoid. Wh... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? You never need apologize for conducting your own back-to-back tests of what works best for you. If you put the old cables back and are pleased with the results, you can re-sell your expensive cables and save a bunch of money. If you find the expen... | |
| Potential problems w/ commercial open reel tapes I have a collection of open reel tapes dating back to the late 1960's. I hadn't played them for a number of years due to my open reel's pinch roller and idler wheel having deteriorated. New rubber parts for Tandbergs are not available, so I had my... | |
| I'm not dreaming - these are great CD copies When analog material is copied to tape there is a loss of high frequency material and an increase in noise floor with each subsequent generation away from the original master. Digital copying is different. It will not change the high frequency res... | |
| Analog playback issues Sounds like a phono preamp problem.One thing you might try is getting some spray contact cleaner. Turn off the receiver and unplug it. Remove the top case of the receiver and spray the cleaner on the selector switch (the switch that changes betwee... | |
| Do well-intentioned people move your speakers? I'd consider that type of issue a common problem for many hobbies. Wanna really tick off a cook? Scrub their well-seasoned cast iron pan with steel wood until shiny. ("Now doesn't that look a whole lot cleaner?!")Or how about picking up a vinyl re... | |
| Analog playback issues Can you get more specific about the nature of the "garbled" sound? Distorted? Highs or lows exaggerated (which?) No volume or too much for a volume knob setting that is OK with the turner or tape player? Did the replacement turntable have a new ca... |