newbee
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| CAL Alpha and an Equalizer FWIW, I have both the Alpha (original, not the 24/96 version) and Sigma II and driven by the Delta there is not a huge difference in sound. I think the Alpha is more detailed and may have a tad more extension in the bass and highs but its subtle a... | |
| PC for Prologue 2 Saki, I compared some 9' lengths of Belden to some 6' lengthgs of Cardas and some old Audioquest and didn't detect a meaningful difference with the 1,3, or 5. FWIW. | |
| PC for Prologue 2 Saki, Why not just ask Kevin Deal? Personally, I've found the heavy guage Belden work fine on my PL stuff and I spent my spare change on some music and tubes. :-)Are you hearing something from the unit you want to change? | |
| Wood blocks underneath components?? snake oil? Cdc, FWIW, You are probably correct. I doubt that we will agree on anything when it comes to this subject.But, FWIW, I would pose a question which no one has ever answered for me. Assuming, for the sake of discussion, that you are correct regardin... | |
| Definition of "too Hi-Fi" Agreeing with the folks who say that if the music is not served first it's too (or simply not) hi-fi. Who cares if the recording has a great sense of space and undistorted sonics if you can't listen beyond the aural/visual effect to appreciate the... | |
| Acoustic TReatments - What, How much, & Where? Blindjim, Re diffusing materiels for use behind your speakers. Assuming we are talking about high frequencies, and assuming that your talking about diffusing sounds directly radiating from the speakers, plants (live or artificial) can work well. I... | |
| Acoustic TReatments - What, How much, & Where? Shadorne, I thought I pointed out in my first paragraph what I thought was offensive in your post - your statement that you were going to clear up a "common misconception being perpetrated here", when in fact there was no 'common misconception' be... | |
| Wood blocks underneath components?? snake oil? Cdc - ".....you're trying to get rid of vibrations in the CDP itself." Couple of things to think about 1)even if you could couple the CDP AND provide a path for vibrations to pass from the CDP (drain, if you please) wouldn't the vibrations created... | |
| Integrated + CD for Tyler Linbrook Super Tower? I've not heard the super towers, I have the one piece signature system, but I suspect the sound will be similar sans a bit of bass. These are very revealing and you will easily hear the quality of your sources etc, so be careful what you choose. (... | |
| Acoustic TReatments - What, How much, & Where? Shadrone, In reference to your first sentence. I must say I'm at a loss as to the nature of the common 'misconception being purpetrated' here, unless of course you believe that setting up the speakers as you have described, or as you have in your ... | |
| Acoustic TReatments - What, How much, & Where? Re last question, see my comments to Tboooe's thread on Room treatments if you're interested in my opinion.I'll defer to Rives on your first question - I'm sure he would know - thats why he get paid the big bucks. :-) | |
| Tuntable not working with wood floors..Help Not an uncommon experience for folks who have a turntable with suspension. Believe it or not, unsuspended tables can work far better on unrigid floors type than a suspended one. If this is a ground floor you can go under the house and add supports... | |
| Acoustic TReatments - What, How much, & Where? I use "The Sheffield/XLO" test and burn in disc. It provides some tracks useful in set up including some good out of phase tracks as well as a 'walkabout' and signals for burn in use. I also use a Stereophile Test disc, which measures low frequenc... | |
| Acoustic TReatments - What, How much, & Where? Tbooze, With box speakers used in a stereo configuration there are two types of sound you will hear when seated in the sweet spot (especially). The first will be the sound which is phase correct, the 'stereo' sound and that will appear exactly wit... | |
| Acoustic TReatments - What, How much, & Where? Weim_boy and Blindjim, You can overcome a lot of the effect of the hard wall on the side of one speaker by simply toeing in your speakers til the axis of the speaker crosses at your hear or in front of you. Removes most of the side wall reflection... |