ohjoy40
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| Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System? Well there are a couple ways to design and calibrate a system to achieve the sound you want. Sure there are some people who just want everything to sound great and enjoy the music, which is fine just understand you should not ever evaluate recordi... | |
| Starting Over and I need your help Hi Andy Hi Andy I have designed high end audio systems for clients for over 40 years it it takes sometime patience and experience to design and setup a system properly. Generally I recommend discovering and visiting your local high end audio stor... | |
| Can I please borrow your collective brain power? According to a review i read the preamplifier section is passive ( no tubes or preamplifier section ) so all the tubes are on the power amplifier section. | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? As everyone has pretty stated everything matters and is important, but that is where i differ with most. Most feel speakers is the most important and not to say they aren’t they for sure are but i believe in putting more emphasis on the front end.... | |
| Recommended USB Cables. I am also on the search for that magical sounding digital USB cable. Whats most important to me is its ability to reproduce the harmonics richness and tone of instruments. Musicality is essential, then resolving power. If it cant do that first ... | |
| Airtight vs My Sonic Lab I know this thread is old but wanted to post my comments on these two outstanding cartridges. Certainly two of the best sounding cartridges i have heard to date, i have listened to both extensively, no not on the same systems but i have extensiv... | |
| Airtight vs My Sonic Lab I know this thread is old but wanted to post my comments on these two outstanding cartridges. Certainly two of the best sounding cartridges i have heard to date, i have listened to both extensively, no not on the same systems but i have extensiv... | |
| What is the perferred material for a TT shelf? I use to think granite was a good material, then switched to thick Maple blocks. They sound much more natural, and still has the dynamics, and speed that granite provides. So yes Maple is currently still my favorite material. Obviously what eve... | |
| Yet another hum question (yes, I know - and I DID search the forums first) Now there can be a number of things that can cause hums in a system, but the most common ground loop issue is from two or more components in a system that are different phases of the AC line and sharing a common ground. Your home has 220v coming ... | |
| Request for assistance please room treatment First thing I recommend is with only the things that have to be in the room play and finalize speaker position. You cannot position speakers in a room with room treatment. You will find that when you get the best overall sound the room will have t... | |
| Aesthetix IO Signature upgrade path? Good information thank you Mr. PorterWe were trying to do the upgrade without having to spend the crazy amount thier asking. I think were also wanting to ether go back to the original resistors or something else, we both feel the resistor change w... | |
| Aesthetix IO Signature upgrade path? Hello Mr. PorterI did talk to Glen and tried to pick his brain a bit to see what is entailed with the upgrade, as I was trying to see if I can just replace the caps. I read on one of the pages what all is involved in the signiture upgrade, both th... | |
| Orig. Well Tempered Record Player - 2 Questions? Yes you want to make sure the lines are exactly tensioned so the cup is not touching the sides and level. The amount of fluid is determined by the sound you want and the cartridge being used. You want to start with just enough silicone to cover th... | |
| does a subwoofer kill stereo sound? Well first its important to understand bass is stereo not mono, and one subwoofer (unless its crossed over very low to complement a full range speaker) will collapse the soundstage. Thier really are two options, of course getting a full range spea... | |
| 2 Channel Speaker Placement Need Help Getting speaker placement right takes some time and patience. I do recommend trying to get speaker placement right without any room treatment first, for when you get the speakers in the best location you will notice less room interaction. Also you... |