oldhvymec
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| Measuring TT Speed WoW is every rotation, fludder is intermittent? Or is that backwards..Been a while.. If the belt is in a grove and the NEW one is just a hair to wide, as the belt comes off the pully and out of the grove, BOING! it snaps out..Make sure there is no... | |
| Is the ideal multi-way a 3-way with limited bass? 45hz and down is a good place to start... NOW get rid of all of it...unless space is a serious issue. 250-300 hz and down.The larger the driver surface the more prone it is to distortion. IF you control what comes back to hit the cone surface (pha... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Takes a while to get noticed... gosh don't do a Van Gogh, that would add value to your art, BUT tough on the hearing, AY? :-)Regards | |
| Opinions on Transparent Cables I've seen 3 of their cables with the "box" and ends opened up..I've used some of their formulas and MITs. To tell the truth I've made better, compared to the older, series.. I used better materials and a LOT better hand made inductors.. for low / ... | |
| Bias adjustment for the CARY SLI-80 Integrated Amp If it doesn’t blow the fuse, and you haven’t biased. That’s one thing, you bias and it won’t hold the bias that different. Kinda sounds like the little resistor, for that valve is heating up and going out of spec. A signal valve can cause problems... | |
| Bias adjustment for the CARY SLI-80 Integrated Amp First thing, swap to a DMM, digital multi meter. No room for error. 7-45 dollars.. Borrow one, use a different one.. Make sure your connection male and female are good and clean.Especially on the amp that is messing up.. (Bias 1/4" female on the a... | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Vibration Control Journey MC, I got a question, are the granite slabs, your using, MMG (man made granite), or quarried? Quarried, granite, has a few different signatures.. ay? Quartz vibrates, right? I know when I use to show up and they were doing core samples, seeing how... | |
| Chasing down the problem The deal is a lot of toggles and switches in general, get a build up of worn material INSIDE the switch housing.. Different aerosoles, with different blends, do different things. BE very careful spraying brake fluid or starting fluid on ANYTHIG...... | |
| Bass Driver Size - how much better is an extra inch? Most reference speakers, in the bass/mid-bass area are mid 6-10 mm at the most on Xmax, and higher sensitivity. If they even address sub at all, other than to roll it off sooner.. Better idea.. Monitors can't do it all well.. Full range speakers ... | |
| Speaker cabels for dark sounding speakers? koestner355 posts11-12-2020 5:32amSo, it seems that this is the majority opinion: silver is bright, gold is warm and copper soft. Are they describing the sound, or the color of the wire? I don’t get it. Is it as simple as imagining the sound in yo... | |
| Why is black so popular for components? Come to think of it. I have a 3300, and Thirty Three Marantz (pair) of preamps.. That is one great look.. Brushed Aluminum. Kenwood, Pioneer, Sansui, and Marantz.. Slides, pots and switches for everything..TONE control.. On all of them.. yup..Re... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker roxy, I think he just said "EARTH" is special.. :-)Regards | |
| Why is black so popular for components? They use to paint stuff with a "TYPE" of black to dissipate heat quicker.Come to find out it built HIGHER very quickly, THEN cooled very quickly also... That idea came and went.. Now powder coating is really nice...Carbon fiber, all kinds of goodi... | |
| Put that in your pipe(s) and smoke it mapman18,021 posts11-11-2020 6:46amIf one were to assume people who complain the most about being censured are never the ones who work the hardest to silence others, one would be mistaken. <<<<<<<<<<<<<&l... | |
| Speaker cabels for dark sounding speakers? Oh come on that’s silly. Silver cables? That’s going to make no difference. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Yup that’s... |