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| Upgrades and repairs on hi fi components In response to your reference to location I live in Traverse City, Michigan about 25,000 in population but I do get into metro Detroit every few weeks in the summer. | |
| Midrange heavy speaker cables, any recommendations? Thanks for all the feedback, guys. In response to the issues you've raised; my current loudspeakers are Quad L22 towers and a Mirage BPS150i sub. And yes, the Quads are more transparent and more revealing than the Dynaudios were. Overall, they ble... | |
| Midrange heavy speaker cables, any recommendations? No, a speaker cable is not a tone control but they, like all electronic elements, all have a personality specific to their design, materials and construction. This becomes more obvious when fewer components, shorter signal paths and elimination of... | |
| Turntable mat Sonic differences; cork vs. leather vs. rubber compound Morbius again with a follow up to my last entry as there may be others considering making their own TT mat...I found there is (not surprisingly) a difference in the sound of different types of sheet cork. The higher the density of the cork in term... | |
| Turntable mat Sonic differences; cork vs. leather vs. rubber compound Morbius again with a follow up on my TT mat issue...I had been using the 2mm thick felt pad suppied with the Rega but found it sounded flat, ergo the search for a options. So I proceeded accordingly...1st - I tried an older thin, high density rubb... | |
| Ortofon Red/Pro-ject Carbon Debut combination; rolled off hi-frequencies. Solutions? FOLLOW UP TO MY ORIGINAL POST of 1/26/18...Hi there again.After careful consideration of all your valued inputs I checked all the mechanical aspects of 'table and tonearm setup and bought a very slightly used Sumiko Blue Point #2, install and cali... | |
| Ortofon Red/Pro-ject Carbon Debut combination; rolled off hi-frequencies. Solutions? Thanks again for your valued input, guys. Just an update on my progress after re-calibration of the Pro-ject Carbon SB/Ortofon Red combo...The VTA was rechecked and is as close to perfect as possible, azmuth is also 5x5, as is the stylus angle. Th... | |
| Ortofon Red/Pro-ject Carbon Debut combination; rolled off hi-frequencies. Solutions? Thanks for your valued input, guys. Let me further detail my system setup...My equipment is installed in a Soundesign metal rack on spikes. The turntable sits on the top of the rack on a 25 lb. slab of granite. I don't use a mat, the records are... | |
| FRIED C/3 Monitor 6.500" Midbass driver replacement ??? Thanks for your input Trelja. The Model I built was the C/3 with the 2 pressure release holes on the front of the cabinet. I later modified the cabinets and plugged the 2 front ports, heavily damped the interior sides after incorporating an extend... | |
| Black Bars. What's the deal? National marketing statistics show that in the year 2000, Hi-Definition Projection Televisions comprised less than 12% of the total sales. In the year 2001, over 40% of the Projection TV market was in Hi-Definition Projection and TV Monitors. Curr... | |
| Black Bars. What's the deal? Dear Amwarwick:This is Morbius. You're wrong. The FCC pushed legislation through congress last fall specifying the need for, as well as the general format for a Hi-Definition broadcast standard in this country. To whit:Any US transmitter, be it ca... | |
| Black Bars. What's the deal? I sell Mitsubishi Projection TVs. All the current (year 2000 to present) Mitz Hi-Definition series Projection TVs specify in their owners manuals that you do NOT, REPEAT NOT, leave the broadcast standard image (4x3 aspect ratio) picture on a Hi-De... | |
| HELP - I need a cheap pro logic amp & I'm lost - Thanks for the input, guys. I know this home theatre concept can be an expensive proposition, and in the grand scheme of things TV and DVDs take a back seat to 2 channel stereo with me. It's fair to say that I know about stereo but I must confess ... | |
| HELP - I need a cheap pro logic amp & I'm lost - Thanks for the input, guys. I know this home theatre concept can be an expensive proposition, and in the grand scheme of things TV and DVDs take a back seat to 2 channel stereo with me. It's fair to say that I know about stereo but I must confess ... | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords Dear Marcy: You get a compressed signal from your CD player when you plug it in to your Monster surge supressor? No kidding? I thought that was exclusive to power conditioners and didn't occur in supressor/filter systems. Any further thoughts? How... |