mwh777
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| Bookshelf speakers that project voices well Thanks everyone for your input. One option speaker wise that fits in with the LS3/5A line of thought is the Kef LS50. What HI-FI liked it with the Arcam.The question about budget - max of $1000.I'm gonna take a hard look at the ZVOX. | |
| Can hardware change speaker phasing over time?? This may be completely unrelated and I know nothing about electronics but, I was an air conditioning tech for 40+ years. There is a weird thing that can happen on 480 volt ac units, if the capacitor for the outdoor fan motor goes bad, the fan will... | |
| Focal vs dynaudio I replaced the Dynaudio Contour 60 with the Focal Sopra 2. Gave up a higher level of technical performance and analytical sound for a much greater level of musical performance and pure pleasure (yes, I already know that the analytical purists an... | |
| REGA Turntable Planar 2: Glass Platter question A friend has a P3 with a Herbie's Audio Way Excellent II Turntable Mat. It is a distinct improvement over the felt mat. This is going the opposite direction from using no mat. | |
| Impedance switches on a Jolida JD 9II Perhaps this is addressed in the Audiokarma thread, but the capacitance can also be set to zero by setting all the pf switches to off. If you had a cart rated at 100 pf, it might sound best with the setting at zero. | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help Take a look at Salamander Designs products. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Here's some European stuff that likely will be too far out of the mainstream for most Audiogoner's.L'ensemble Raye - meme en hiverL'ensemble Raye - Quelques pieces detacheesBegnagrad - Konzert for a broken dancePangea - Paxarinoand for the fans ... | |
| AC outlets Another thing to consider is if you will like any kind of plating on your outlets (or cord ends for that matter). My preference is for the Maestro which has no plating. To my ear it is more natural sounding than any type of plated outlet that I ha... | |
| Upgrade cartridge or something else? First, thanks to everyone who actually stayed on topic.Next, just a reminder that the table in question is a friend's table, not mine.I appreciate those who have been able to respond with simple answers to a simple question instead of wanting to g... | |
| Upgrade cartridge or something else? I want to add a little clarity to the "something else" question. What I was after is, where is the smarter expenditure? Should he upgrade the cart or do something else to this turntable or move up to a higher level table? | |
| Jolida JD-9 phono pre-amp dip switch settings Sorry, I misstated the idea. After re-reading the info for my Chinook pre, their example takes a cart spec'ed at 150pf and subtracts the cable rating, say, 90pf resulting in 60pf. So the start point in the example would be either 47pf or 100pf in ... | |
| Jolida JD-9 phono pre-amp dip switch settings Don't forget to add in the capacitance of the phono cables. The phono pre is seeing both the cable and cartridge capacitance. Beyond that you should set it by ear after picking your starting point. BTW, even though it is not stated by Jolida, the ... | |
| Can AC Outlets really make a difference? Here's another vote for the Cruze First Maestro outlet. Something else that might matter to you is that some high end outlets are cryo treated which, you may or may not like the effect of cryo. | |
| Not Thrilled with Vandersteen 2CE Sigs - where is the first place to work on? It's all in equipment matching and synergy. This is not a new idea. My experience with those exact speakers is a friend's system. Everything that I have to say here is obviously limited to his room and system layout limitations (meaning speaker po... | |
| Opinions on differing power cable for amp and preamp I agree with much of what millercarbon says. I am pleased for him that he has found cables that provide really good beautiful balance in sound that suit his sense of hearing, perceptions and preferences.I do indeed live in a different universe th... |