nmmusicman
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| What's the best plating material for interconnects plugs ? If the base metal is garbage, it doesn't matter what exotic metal is plated on it. Throw in plastic for the insulating/molding parts and the problem is compounded even worse. One gets what one buys... | |
| Synergistic Research Fuses vs cheaper ceramic fuses I gotta agree with millercarbon on this one. I compared glass to ceramic fuses 15+ years ago and spilled ink on it in a audio forum then. The amount of information out there on this subject is vast and in that time, fuse technology has advanced le... | |
| Keces BP5000 Balanced Power Transformer? I've been a big proponent of balanced power for many years now and can extol their benefits but the one thing it cannot do is correct for power line sags/variations. With that said, I would take balanced power any day over unbalanced no matter how... | |
| Help with getting shims for my Ortofon Cadenza Blue. Send your cartridge off to WAM and they will do a microscope analysis of your stylus and provide custom shims to correct the errors specific to your cartridge/stylus. Here is their link - https://www.wallyanalog.com/stylus-cantilever-microscopic-a... | |
| Anyone's tried repairing/upgrading original Vandersteen 1 speakers? bdp24,Nelson designed the "Ion Cloud" loudspeaker while at Threshold that put out a huge amount of ozone due to the ionized gas it used and took several kilowatts to get it to work. I've read it actually drove people from the room due to the ozone... | |
| Amp for Vandersteen 5A Carbons I have a pair of Vandersteen Quatros and run them with a Pass Labs Aleph 3 and have plenty of headroom. If my little 30 watt high current class A amp has no issues, your 100 watt tube amp should be just fine. | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander @millercarbon,Excellent to hear about folks being curious about modding the crossovers in their speakers. I am good friends with a very prominent speaker designer whose had several very successful speaker companies and he has shared a few secrets ... | |
| Vandersteen 1C vs Meadowlark Kestrel (HR or 2) I had the 1B’s for a bit and while they were good overall, I’ll let CG sum it up with which I agree.https://www.stereophile.com/content/vandersteen-audio-1b-loudspeaker-page-3 | |
| Looking for Tekna Sonic Vibration Absorbers @prof,One can buy magnetic pads from McMaster-Carr and while they work, they don't quite have the magnetic strength of the originals. Check them out here:https://www.mcmaster.com/magnetic-pads/flexible-magnets-5/ | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 100 DAC While I don't have the PL 100 DAC, I do have the PL Prologue 8 CD player running into a Lampizator Amber 3 DAC via the S/PDIF connection and can say that this is the best I've ever heard digital sound! Lush, 3D spooky soundstage with bass to bust ... | |
| Synergistic Research FEQ or Atmosphere I also have the FEQ and had a Atmosphere mini but traded up to the big Atmosphere XL4. The FEQ and Atmosphere when used together compliment each other in very positive ways and with the adjustability of the XL4, one can dial in the sound to ones p... | |
| Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse? Just bought a couple Black fuses to test the waters... | |
| Favorite cable brand. I’ve owned and still own a lot of systems and throughout all of them the one combo that works time and again is the Audioquest DBS interconnects and MIT speaker cables. There is a synergy with these two that as one ascends each line produces more ... | |
| Looking for Tekna Sonic Vibration Absorbers Good luck! I’ve been doing the same but no luck. A revolutionary product that for the life of me didn’t catch on. I have about 40 of them ranging from the C-5 to the C-12 on everything from components to walls and of course speakers. Someone reall... | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! I’ve found my final pair of speakers although I do enjoy others in my stable, but the ultimate island speakers for me are the Genesis G500. They do everything right and can be placed in most rooms comfortably. Flat to 20hz and coherent to rival an... |