mwatsme
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| Crimping tool? $450 for a tool to crimp Tin connectors for hifi!? I hope you are crimping a US-Ton of those connectors, but if so - you might just buy an automatic computer-controlled stripping/crimping machine for the same cost... https://www.aliexpress.us/item... | |
| Crimping tool? Ideally, you want a tool that has jaws shaped like this. They are shaped to roll the crimp and strain-relief then punch them down to 'bite' the wire. This is very difficult to do correctly with normal crimper or needle-nose pliers, etc. (almost... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll For 2-ch system, I use NcoreMP, 6 channels (LXmini + subs) use 0.8 A (120VAC = 96W) including power to N130 - everything runs cold. For HT system, the Denon X6400H (class A/B) runs so hot, I added a cooling fan, which is very noisy when it turns ... | |
| Open Baffle Experience LXmini plans are available here: Phoenix open-baffle sub plans are free from Linkwitz Labs website, here: https://www.linkwitzlab.com/woofer.htm The specific Phoenix[alt] version I built is here: https://www.linkwitzlab.com/woofer3.ht... | |
| Mesh network versus a simple Wi-Fi extender The purpose of Mesh is seamless transition between wireless routers for mobile devices that are actually moving through the coverage area. I use a higher-end Asus (6 antennas I think) as the master and three Asus AC1900's (Ethernet-connected) 'nod... | |
| Open Baffle Experience @reimarc Those 521's are beautiful. I've never heard them, but have a spare 4x10HD and 12-ch amp and intend to build them one day. | |
| Open Baffle Experience @twoleftears For those interested, that track was Birds by Dominique Fils-Aimé from the album Nameless. Nice track. | |
| Open Baffle Experience @coralkong I switched to OB speakers (Emerald Physics) a while ago, and I don't think I could ever go back to a box speaker. ...they sound absolutely glorious when you get them dialed in. Anyone who tells you differently is talking out of th... | |
| Open Baffle Experience @erik_squires I get edge diffraction, but my speakers have 1/2" rounds on the edges and I defy anyone to tell me they can hear where the speaker is. If a box is unavoidable, it should definitely have the largest radius edges possible, and ide... | |
| Open Baffle Experience @jaytor Wave-guides, yes that makes more sense, open-back - nice! One of the things that has prevented me from pursuing large front baffle designes (like Spatial, Pure Audio Project, Caintuk, etc.) is one of the same problems I hear with box spea... | |
| Open Baffle Experience Spatial Audio sounds better to me - which is surprising since I'm not a fan of horns, and tend to ignore all but the most botique giant horn models. What did you use to record that? Recordings sound great! | |
| Open Baffle Experience My open-baffle experience (after building many ’box’ speakers) goes like this... I was enjoying my truck stereo one Spring day, and warming weather allowed me to roll the driver & passenger window down. What just happened!?... suddenly, despi... | |
| Best way to keep REL sub from “hopping around” at high volumes Replace it with an open-baffle dipole sub. | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? I’ve bought and sold gear, sometimes made money and occasionally broke even. Mostly ’common’ brands, Martin Logan, Emotiva, Tekton, NAD, Topping, B&W, Buchardt, etc. I price things just below the next lowest seller. I figure it gives me a slig... | |
| I have seen a lot of ideas concerning Cable lifters Cable lifters... what are we looking for here - anti-vibration or magnetic insulation, electronic insulation, a combination of some or all of these attributes? Or are we just lifting them off the floor for the sake of getting them away from a surf... |