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| Martin Logan SL3 missing soundstage "I have heavy curtains on the back"...Do you mean behind the speakers? If so try taking them down. You should not be deadening the back wave from your speakers. Diffusion/dispersion is what you are after. You can use something else to disperse the... | |
| Anyone wish they had a rumble subsonic filter? I haven't read all of the responses to your question. Forgive me if I'm totally off base. While you are rethinking your underlying problem consider whether or not you might have a mis-match between the mass of your TT's arm and the stylus' complia... | |
| Cooling fans for tube amp FWIW, I bought a fan rheostat for a fan at Home Depot and hardwired it to the fan on a long enuf cord so the control was easily assessable to use and it works fine. What is causing all of the noise it the vibrations and its very hard to eliminate ... | |
| Modern day Classical Orchestra recommendation... There are far too many possibilities to just arbitrarily throw them out, IMHO, without any clue about what form or what composer you have already listened to and enjoy. If you have no clue whatsoever, Reference Recording has put out 5 compilation ... | |
| Power amp for ARC SP-6 Leftyfox, If you can find a Threshold SA1, SA2, or SA3 (depending on how much you can afford and how much power you need) this could be hog heaven. I broke in my ARC SP10II with an SA3 and kept it until I bought electrostats and wanted to try tube... | |
| How to properly isolate a turntable? As Metralla suggests, so long as its not airborne it should be easy to isolate your table from floor borne vibrations. If you are into home made (cheap) solutions I would take 2 types of materiel that will absorb vibrations and make a sandwich of ... | |
| Can you imagine a world without vinyl? Albertporter,Upon reflection do you think that your 'over the top' self defense, even in the face of comments by others which are judgmental of your preferred format, might just generate in others with less experience or security a feeling that yo... | |
| Cooling fans for tube amp Jamesk58, a couple of observations. 1) If you're cooling a cabinet with tubes you do not need or necessarily want direct air directly over the tubes and 2) don't move any more air than you need to to keep the cabinet interior at room temp. If your... | |
| The Best Midrange in the World Right Now Tvad, One of the side benefits of being happy with a 'colored system' is you have a goal which when found allows you to relax and listen to music. Now the search for transparency is, seemingly at least, an endless quest. :-)We agree. | |
| The Best Midrange in the World Right Now Tvad, I do NOT disagree with your distinguishing between the terms and suggesting that they be properly used. What I'm talking about is the ability of most average audiophile folks to easily distinguish the difference between true transparency and... | |
| how do you know a bad tube? How ironic the timing for a personal delima. Last nite I turned off my pre-amp fist and got a right side pop in my speaker. Since I hadn't turned off my amp 'it had to be as a result of something in the pre'. Switched tubes from side to side as I ... | |
| The Best Midrange in the World Right Now Tvad, Perhaps, but I think you will find there is a difference in the audio experience for folks who are trying to replicate what (they believe) is in the pits and grooves, which is really the only true goal for an 'audiophile', and those folks wh... | |
| Power amp for ARC SP-6 ARC amps not needed, others can work just fine you only want to make sure they have an input impedence of 20K or more. Amp selection will depend on 1)Tpye of speakers you have and their power requirements, 2)your sonic preferences based on music t... | |
| Cooling fans for tube amp Ahall, FWIW on a 110v fan you can probably add a rheostat and reduce the speed of the fan to a point where you will not hear it at all and you will also minimize any vibrations it would transmit (at full speed) into the cabinet. At least these wer... | |
| The importance of proper set-up Durbin, You need a rocket scientist. A dumb suggestion - BTW I think the mineral oil is a very safe and potentially effective oil to use - go down to the skid row part of town and bum a 'needle' from a resident. Then, once you clean it out, extrac... |