noromance
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| Springs under turntable @millercarbon Good. I think you should lose the granite. I tried granite under table, under maple and table, above maple, and every time it sounded bad. Removing it was a relief. | |
| Best way to measure an Amp's power capability A watt is a watt. Voltage across the resistence of the load -current drawn, multiplied by the voltage. What differs is how the power is measured. RMS (root mean square) is .707 of the maximum power. An amp output into a nominal load of 8 ohms at 1... | |
| Are all Audiophiles masocists? No pain, no gain. | |
| Springs under turntable My point was that if you put the box on springs or rubbery mounts, then you defeat I agree that the speaker has to be fixed. The springs isolate the vibrations from the speaker from exciting the floor - hence the cleaner sound - possibly at the ... | |
| Help a newbie understand Add the Sound Analyser app to your phone and measure how loud your music is at your listening position. If over 92dB, you are harming your hearing. That said, add a REL S sub and use it to augment your speakers. You’ll have a blast and you won't f... | |
| Turned Off My Subwoofer ... And My Speakers Sound Great Play a bassy track. Reduce the sub output and tune the cutover to lower than you had. It should just barely add in the lower frequencies. | |
| Springs under turntable @mwinkc Try them and report back. I noted one respondent said they heard no difference with the springs under the turntable in their modest system. I wonder is it only noticeable on more resolving systems? I've two more sets coming tomorrow which ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @Uberwaltz LOL. | |
| What tubes do I need? Put the originals back in and verify the amp is still operational.Hopefully it is.Then compare the tubes internal structure, size etc. While tubes of the same type exhibit many variations, it is possible to see enough similarities. See if there ar... | |
| Springs under turntable I'm guessing you're hearing more air around the instruments? Those likely are resonances we seek to eliminate. First thing I thought of. I know where you are coming from. But the sound quality is improved at low volume too. My rig is pretty so... | |
| Springs under turntable Correct, in this type of situation it is difficult to hand Q the record. This is one resaon the SOTA tables are so nice. @mijostyn The springs have settled and my hand has become gentler after my initial comment on bounce. I can cue fine now! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw Ha. That censored a s s was an object of ridicule in London when I saw RW in the 80s. | |
| Buying speaker cables on-line: Is this advisable? Only buy if you can return. There's a website called The Cable Company where you can do that.https://www.thecableco.com/lending-libraryThe variability is too extreme to rely on opinions. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Roosevelt Sykes - Sings the Blues (Crown 1963) | |
| Springs under turntable No idea, Indra. Concrete floors and walls in basement. But I am literally hearing stuff I didn't know was there. |