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| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! Well heck, everybody else can be coy, what the heck does the Elephant trunk COST?NO, I can’t afford it, well maybe, well actually, I can afford it but I’m tight. I just might have to dig up a tin can in the back yard.. :-)Besides I make a pretty s... | |
| My Terrible Emotiva Experience That’s terrible? OK Ok ok, Hummmmm, Hummmmm, Hummmmm. Ding!Hummmmm, Hummmmm, Hummmmm. DING!It’s a Bajorin birthing ritual from Deep Space 9. Hummmmm! DING!A little time and a little lesson, no harm, no foul.. | |
| tonearm cable, do you need one? Easy peasy ADD a ground wire. From the source to the phono stage and the phono stage to the preamp... No phono stage! Go from the source to the preamp.. I use good copper... 1.00 usd.. for the GREAT stuff...NOISE... connect it..Regards | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? Bi-amp with valves units.. The only issue for me would be heat. It's tough enough to deal with valve amps in the summer months, much less 4 of them.. You might want to rethink that one. Eric offered SS for BASS duty that is a lot better ides. COOL... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! 04-14-2021 8:07pm"Great to have a replacement for Geoffkait."Where? Please! We need it. Since geoffkait left, we have been reduced to millercarbon. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<... | |
| All things being equal (hypothetical) which do you prefer, XLR or RCA? We are talking about 300.00 usd in cable no matter the cable manufacture. The fact we are even comparing cost is kind of moot for me. I suppose if I was buying someone’s off the shelf cable that would be the issue.Because I don’t buy anyone’s bran... | |
| Best of Germany! Geez you can get that here.Super Tiger Tank.. Get the one with the better stereo and external speakers... :-)Maybe they have a Tesla retro fit to be just a tad greener than 5 gallons to the mile. BIGGER :-)Regards | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! A person that is willing to listen, is a person that is willing to change.The only thing in life that is absolute is CHANGE.Just because I like one product doesn't mean I can't like another.Yup, owning up that's different.. That just shows growth.... | |
| What are Your Favorite Tweeters? I've used Morel and still do on QSO 808 and as a HF driver along with a UHF ribbon on a pair of RSIIbs. 1. I've never blown one.2. They (Morel) are one of the best Ring and Softdomes around... Good to over 22khz. 2500 to 22,000, NO sibilance like... | |
| Seeking ideas about how to improve my system My point OP, simple is better..:-) Especially with vinyl..Regards | |
| What topics are best discussed here than in the open forumn? No I use the insider to support AG, no other reason.. There is no magic here, sorry to say.. It's been a while sense I've even been here.Regards | |
| What are Your Favorite Tweeters? Aurum Cantus any of them. AMT or ribbons, wonderful drivers.Regards | |
| Compression Titanium Worlds finest tweet ever engineered Horn guys go whacko. the stuff they do.. I played for 25 years. The number of combinations I tried was NUTS.. It never stops. I finally settled on small planars/ribbons. Because of the prices, quality and speed of planars/ribbons, it was an easy m... | |
| Connecting a streamer via an Ethernet cable Dump the WiFi and hardwire. I didn't lose a single packet in 2 years hard wired.. WiFi, and any ol sunspot will do. :-). It will just STOP and re buffer.WiFi is flying around in YOUR house. My routers shut down from 2 - 6 in the morning. They only... | |
| Cary Audio SLA-70B amplifier I could open up a Six Pac or V12r and take a peak. All I have on hand, currently. I'll bet they are all pretty close..Regards.. |