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| how do you tame digititus in a transport? Sean, good thought. i dug around in my old cables and found a cardaas digital cable (!) and plugged it in. helped a lot. thanks for the reminder. | |
| Taming/Damping Electrostat Backwave tom, my experience with 63's was some what parallel to your's but with different results. I tried deadening the back wave, partially and totally with poor results. I ended up with the speakers about 4 1/2 feet from the back wall toed in about 15 d... | |
| Is Remote Control Important? i think a remote is most valuable for being able at the listening position to dial in the exact volume which makes a recording come to life. but unless you're a mega buck perfectionist you can use a creek unit in the tape loop, or even downstream ... | |
| Best Schumann recordings i agree with Gregm on the symphonies by Bernstein, i find that his performances are anything but routine and are more exciting than any others i have heard. this may or may not be "musically correct", but then Lenny rarely was. i have had a hard t... | |
| Interconnect help for a NEUTRAL system I would describe the cardas in my system as neutral to slightlyly warm. it should not make your components sound bright. If you are trying to tame a bit of the brightness in the SF stuff you might try playing with the driver tubes in the amps. The... | |
| Power Conditioners: Myth, Magic, or Necessary i have old power wedges and dedicated circuits - the improvement i have most noted is they help in the elimination of a static low level hum heard mostly when there is no music playing. i still have to float grounds and they do not not effect tran... | |
| Difference between a Classe DR-3 VHC & DR-3B as i recall there is a substantial difference in the current that the VHC will deliver, but i don't know the exact amount. the VHC is substantially larger amp (taller). | |
| How long it take to run in brand new loudspeaker? my experience was just the opposite of Bufus - new out of the crate my speakers (not quads)were very rolled off - muffled in fact. i didn't count the hours but i let them run for 3 to 4 days and the opened up just fine. be patient. | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? FWIW, i have an excellent (by any standard) LP and CDP set up. As time goes on i find myself listening more to music in my CD collection than the LP's. Everytime i put on an LP i have to do that audiophile ritual of cleaning etc the result is that... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? ethannnn, I realize that your into LP's big time - i don't know what your CD source stuff is - i assume its up to speed, therefor - Unfortunatly, Mahler didn't get recorded a lot before Walter, Bernstein and Abravennel in the 60's. Good vintage Ma... | |
| What tube amps for the Quad ELS 63 you didn't ask for set a set up question but your comments on your sound tells me that either they are not set up properly or the electronics are off. these are great speakers but set up can be very difficult. i spent a long time getting them righ... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? not to my knowledge. look on ebay. | |
| sonic frontiers sfl80 arcing problem no. sounds like you may have a problem with a cap which is dying(or a resistor?). take it into your local tech and have him check it out. I had a similar problem with a SFM 160. | |
| Can I i think you have a good understanding of you system. i agree w/Plato. just make sure you can control the volume and keep others out. Relax and enjoy eva! (i'll have to admit, i'm not sure i could enjoy her singing softly. :-)) | |
| Vinyl distortion - What's the problem? sounds like you have good ears and are paying attention to what you're doing. you may now be hearing distortion in the record itself - i have a lot of records that distort near the end. i believe this occurs in the cutting process and there is not... |