mswale
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| Graphene Sluggo - Unlocking Sonic Scenery Basically, you remove the fuse from each component, or all the fuses in the component. Then add the slug into the fuse holders. All fuses are not solid slugs. Then you add the circuit breaker/fuse to the power cord of each component, and you hav... | |
| speakers and cables I ended up with this, it has more (too much) bass for sure but I will play with it, check the phases as advised above and figure out the right settings. It did push me to dislike my amp as it has connection issues, I almost have to hit it with a... | |
| speakers and cables @mswale , if OP hooked up to both of his subs from amp + to + and - to -, and then he went from his subs to his speakers in the same manner (+ to + and - to -) is there any reason that his subs (or speakers) would be out of phase with each other?... | |
| A nightmare regarding streaming? Never lost a playlist, but have had music disappear, the service stops streaming that artist. For me, if it something that I really like, or is important, I buy it. What bugs me with streaming is that they are always changing something. Tidal h... | |
| Isolation devices- to use 3 or 4 footers? Just starting to use footers myself. Started with my TT, that has 3. From what I have been reading (lots of white papers, feel like I'm back in school) the number of footers doesn't matter much, or really what you use. What matters most is that ... | |
| speakers and cables Might not be the smartest guy in the room, I don't understand why this is so difficult. You have 1 amp, 2 subs and 2 speakers. You are going to be using line level inputs on the subs. You have L/R subs Amp has L/R outputs There are L/R speak... | |
| Marantz vs. Arcam @soix, thanks, wasn't planning on the purchase, was going to buy some room treatments for the 2ch room. Thanks for the link, they do not have the 8015, only the Cinema 30, at $4500. Mine is basically the same thing, in a different chassis for le... | |
| Marantz vs. Arcam Just went through this, my old Marantz SR7010 has a short on the right channel terminal. It would shut off, and not turn on at random. Tried to pull it apart to fix the plug, but would have to disassemble the entire receiver to get at it. Decided ... | |
| Shorting plugs I'm a vintage audio guy, a lot of vintage stuff used to come with these as OEM especially for unused phono stages. Not sure they do as much with some of the newer all digital stuff. But they do help with analog setups. What I have found is they ... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? I am happy with my streamer/dac box. With the right set up, It sounds great. Digital changed the music business. Record labels, musicians, etc are not getting paid what the used to. So, why not keep the old medium alive. No one mentions how dist... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? These are not fancy, just quality. They sounds just fine. Tried a few different cables on my systems, and these sounded just as good as some much more expensive cables. https://www.bluejeanscable.com/index.htm Kind of think most cables in the $... | |
| Apple Music streaming vs "direct" connection My streamer will stream directly, so usually just do that. While I am an Apple guy, casting has a higher bitrate over Airplay. IMHO, doing it direct sounds better. It also allows me to move around my house without any music dropping. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Out of curiosity, how much $$$ do you have invested each in your analog and streaming setups, and what are you using as a streaming service? BTW, I can veryeasily tell the differences between various recordings of the same material in Qobuz, and... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? From an investment standpoint, you are better off getting a turntable over a streamer. Streamers are not like computers, every 18 months a better one comes out. Not so much with turntables. Once you own a streamer, you just plug in and go, there r... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Budget first then build Usually agree speakers are deciding factor on a lot. On my current system, I got KLH Model 5;s. They sounded great, plus also looked great with my vintage system. Good size, good sound, good looks, good price. Played with... |