mlsstl
Responses from mlsstl
| Is it best to leave gear on or to shut it off? This is always an endless argument. For some equipment, the cycling of power can be harder on the equipment than just running continuously. For other equipment, such a tube amps where the output tubes have a limited lifespan, you are clearly bette... | |
| An Audiophile Goal ...you tell me what changing volume levels does to improve the record?Changing your volume knob's setting is a way to bring that recording closer to the actual experience of the live event. Example 1: Our 15 minute per side harpsichord recording. ... | |
| An Audiophile Goal Opalchip or others, please explain to me why you would change the volume level for different LPs, whether it be up or down, and what this can accomplish.This has already been discussed several times but it is apparently not registering. Look at th... | |
| Magnepan 1.6 I owned a pair of Maggie 1.6QRs for several years but had to sell them when we moved. Like many things in the audio world, whether or not they are "best" for you is dependent on a number of variables.1. They require space. You need enough room to ... | |
| An Audiophile Goal An LP has a dynamic range in the 60 to 70 dB range. There are physical constraints on the maximum groove excursions that can be stamped into a record. The length of a record also affects the volume at which a record can be cut. If you want the max... | |
| humming in my system Start with process of elimination diagnostics. Unplug everything (including interconnects as well as power cords) except the amp to the speakers. Do the speakers still hum? Is it one channel or both? If it hums with nothing else hooked up, then yo... | |
| How to do defragment disk on Mac? I believe the Mac OSX is similar to most Linux file systems. It does not need to be defragmented in the same manner that Windows systems need. File maintenance is not required in the same manner and whatever is needed generally takes place in the ... | |
| Ohm Speakers, thoughts? Quick question for Dale. I owned a pair of Ohm F speakers back in the mid-1970s and absolutely loved them. As noted earlier in this thread, I auditioned a pair of 200s a few years back and though good, just didn't have the magic I remembered. Unfo... | |
| Bass--How much is too much? A lot of the too-much or too-little bass issue will depend on your reference point. If you listen to live acoustic music, it is very easy for a home system with a sub to have too much. For example, I attend a large cathedral church and often sit a... | |
| 4 ohms and 8 ohms Transistor amps adjust automatically to the impedance of various speakers. Here is an analogy that might help. Your typical 120 volt wall outlet in a home is capable of delivering up to 15 amps of power to any device you plug in. That's about 1800... | |
| Isolation devices and CDPs This is one of those "results vary" issues. Some people get an improvement, others don't. A few may even end up worse off.First, some CDPs may be more sensitive to vibration than others. This could include the laser reading circuit, the DSP and an... | |
| Rear Ported versus Non Rear Ported floor standing I'm using Spendor S8es which have a rear port and are only about 8" from the rear wall without any problems. (I had the smaller Spendor S5e prior to that and they had no issues either.) Spendor makes a point that their slotted linear flow port is ... | |
| can anyone recommend a good rubber preservative? As noted in another thread, there are a wide variety of natural and synthetic rubber products on the market. A compound that helps preserve one could potentially damage another or change its operating characteristics in the case of a driver surrou... | |
| Unplugging / replugging Anti Cables Changes things There are a couple of possibilities. First, moving your power amp may have changed things. What if it is now exposed to some EMI/RFI that wasn't previously an issue? (Or your amp is the source of that RFI and it's new position is adversely affecti... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Tbg wrote > "I certainly would not go so far as to say cables cannot elevate the sound to a higher level of excellence. Does this not imply a zero improvement?"Perhaps just an issue of semantics, but a cable is not an active component. It canno... |