mlsstl
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| 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... | |
| Exactly what is a Pre Out? If preamp outputs aren't already present on the integrated, it is probably not a good idea to try to add them. You'd need to solder a new connection at just the right point on your amp's circuit board. That's not a job for your first time with a h... | |
| Power conditioners .... improve VIDEO? Same situation as audio. It is going to depend on whether the power conditioner removes noise in the AC line that has been interfering with or degrading your picture. If your AC line is already noise free to the point that the power supplies of yo... | |
| Do you "treat" your speakers rubber surrounds? I'd write your speaker manufacturer and ask. Then I'd suggest you follow their instructions. Virtually all flexible plastic and rubber compounds will stiffen and harden with age as the volatile organic compounds slowly evaporate. That is just a sa... | |
| Ideal Volume level A resistor ladder does nothing different than a potentiometer. It just does it more precisely (assuming high quality components and design.) Think of it this way. A pot or ladder simply dumps part of the signal overboard. The earlier description o... | |
| Ideal Volume level Actually, the issue isn't channel separation in a volume control but rather tracking between the left and right channels. Mass production potentiometers tend to track more unevenly at lower settings. If your knob runs from 7 o'clock (vol all the w... | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker The various Spendors have an excellent reputation for accurate reproduction with good imaging but non-fatiguing sound. | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear >> but why does McIntosh always suffer this crap? I addressed this above: "...there is an inverse relationship between name recognition/availability and exclusivity. As a brand becomes more widely known it begins to lose it's cache among the... | |
| my take on blind tests As I noted earlier, blind testing serves a useful function in audio as well as other sciences, but is hardly a mandatory requirement for an individual buying a piece of stereo equipment. People should buy what makes them happy, whether the underly... | |
| my take on blind tests The appearance of a product, its reputation and other factors can certainly influence how we perceive its performance. It has been well proven in science that it is very useful to evaluate all manner of things on a blind basis in order to eliminat... |