nsgarch
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| Which way should I point the RadioShack spl meter? I measure low freq and hi freq in two different ways. First, move your listening chair or couch out of the way, but mark on the floor where your ears are when you're sitting in it.Low freq:Mount the SPL on a short (table-top) tripod adjusted so it... | |
| power conditoning with power amps As a general rule, power amps do not benefit from balanced power devices (which both your candidates are.) What power amps want is LOTS of CLEAN power out of the wall (preferrably using a 10AWG PC to facilitate good energy transfer.)Since you don'... | |
| chosing a cassette deck The best auto-rev. decks are single cassette units. The Nakamichi Dragon is considered the absolute best of these -- primarily because it has automatic head azimuth adjustment. Since the head needs to jump up or down slightly, depending which dire... | |
| Shipping vinyl in the summer heat Oh, I forgot to mention that I get my USPS deliveries at the (air conditioned) Post Office. Front porch in Tucson is a bad idea! | |
| Shipping vinyl in the summer heat I live in Tucson - same weather. Have never had a problem with USPS (recommend Priority however) as long as the following steps are taken:1. Use an LP media mailer (not 2 pieces of cardboard taped together!)2. Take the record out of the cardboard ... | |
| which power conditioner unit? Go to ExactPower's website (www.exactpower.com) for details and an animation showing Exactly what it does to a distorted sine wave.I live in an apartment, and run my whole system off a single dedicated 20A circuit. I have an ExactPower SP-15A (bal... | |
| can power cable help cure static problem? Michael, one more time: the (single) tube in each of your amps is NOT an output tube. If you want to see if it could be one of these single tubes in one of the amps, then just leave the amps im place and swap the tubes. You'll know quick enough.If... | |
| Should I stick with my old TT or buy new? If you have a large LP collection (>500 with plans to add more) and you want to try a really snazzy cartridge ($1700 to $6000 +) you need to upgrade (mostly to do the expensive cartridge justice.)The table itself is excellent and easy to mainta... | |
| can power cable help cure static problem? Klzdo -- the Lamm 2.2 is a hybrid amp containing a single tube, a specially selected 6922 triode, which is why I really doubt it's the tube. Still worth checking as I noted.Gs5556 -- the Lamm 2.2 doesn't utilize tubes in the output stage. It's all... | |
| which power conditioner unit? Tvad is right, but before you start your research, here's a guide to the main groups:Power Conditioners: A little like hair conditioners. Smooth things out (filters), repel dirt (EMI and RFI) and provide anti-static protection (voltage spikes.) Th... | |
| can power cable help cure static problem? It would be helpful if you'd describe the "static" in a little more detail -- like between stations on a tuner (white noise), or more of a snapping sound (electrical discharge) or hum/buzz (like transformer or motor EMI) Anyway, you stated:"I swit... | |
| "Laurindo Almeida" Why so hard to find? You can buy his direct-to-disc LPs on eBay for less than half that. See if you can get the 45rpm White Album. It's great! | |
| FM rooftop antenna grounding problem Michael, are you in an urban area (less than 75 miles) and have line-of-sight to the broadcasting towers, or are you out in the middle of the great plains??That was a rhetorical question ;-) if you had adequate gain (signal strength) in the baseme... | |
| Direct Drive Rumble I hope there will be a new generation of DDs in the future. It would be interesting to see them made with an inverted platter bearing. Is the Teres made that way? | |
| The van den Hul colibri XPM vs colibri XPP The metal body version will raise the effective mass of the tonearm. So if you already have a mediun-to-high mass TA, you should probably go with the plastic version.That said, the two bodies have different resonance/damping characteristics but I ... |