oldhvymec
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| Why are there so many wooden speakers? kenjit OP975 posts Your right, plane and simple, MDF is the least expensive for what it does,and the most expensive for what it cost to make. It is the cheapest solution to the speaker making, world.Is it better than plywood? It is better than mos... | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position Your speakers are 4.5 foot apart and your 4.5 feet from the speakers?That is close to you and close together. WOW!You are in the wrong place and so are the speakers, it sound like, a bit of humor. Your in the "cancel zone", if the bass was trappe... | |
| McIntosh mc 2105 w/mac1700 and Bose 901 speakers w/equalizer The 17-1900 ARE old. The 2105 is a great unit, as long as it was taken care of. The MX110 is great but OLD. Look I'm saying this because I've owned all of them, and still own 2 110Z, C8,11, 20, 2500, and MX120.The 110 is the best of the lower pric... | |
| Fully DC-Powered Home Audio System A good cap bank, in the mix, would do it. So would a good voltage maintainer (300.00), and no batteries...Kinda funny, automotive guys drag a generator behind their car stereos so they have enough power to run the things, at show.Home stereo guys ... | |
| Explain what is a clean power amplifier? mahgister3,019 posts07-29-2020 6:05pmNo amplifier is cleaner than the electrical grid where it is embed... Even the cleaner amp in the world will be polluted by the noise of the electrical grid of our house....Then not only it is important to have... | |
| CJ PV10AR upgrade? At 20 years it might be more maintenance, than upgrade, but while you're at it, might as well replace the old with BETTER.. Teflons?CJ likes the teflon upgrades, takes a while to break in, aren't cheap, but a good upgrade. With the Emotiva..It can... | |
| Explain what is a clean power amplifier? What is a clean "sounding" amplifier? My Macs, My Nords, and My Carys, My VTL use to be... SUPER clean, Krell, less clean Pass.Dirty, there are to many good ones to pick a bad one, any more. Just a little looking will get you a good amp..What is a... | |
| Computer Guru's, Does my external Hard Drive go to sleep if its still blinking? Look OP, hard drives will last a LOT of hours working a 24/7 365 duty cycle for 5 plus years. A lot of the better drives have more than one safety feature. Notebooks actually stop spinning and go to sleep if that is what you want. Some PARK the h... | |
| Upgrading Speaker Cables: Wireworld Silver Eclipse or Transparent Audio Ultra? auxinput2,166 posts07-28-2020 6:49am@auxinput You’ve posted here enough to realize what a canard the old silver is bright line is eh?sorry, but I have done extensive listening and testing with silver components. Silver interconnects, silver fuses,... | |
| Cary Audio CD 306 SACD player (non Pro version) I've looked and found the strangest thing STOP a disk from being read.LOOK real close, and make sure a good cleaning isn't the issue. Does it read in a different, player?Maint. 101, clean, clean, clean.Regards | |
| Debrox - maintenance for your ears OP I wasn’t trying to be a total, putz, just a partial one, But I manage. Ear cleaning is important. I’m bad. I’ll sit in the corner now.The firecracker will get the dust out of your ears. Just setting down, can be a problem for a while. :-)Regards | |
| Bose 901 Series 1 & 2 versus KEF 104/2's and 105/3's OK What's the question? Or just sharing. Sounds like you have plenty to keep yourself busy.. A lot of gifts for sure..One thing I can say for Bose 901 v 1. That is one of the toughest speakers ever made.We used two pairs, hanging (to clear a dance... | |
| Integrated for bi-amping with AtmaSphere MA1s A lot of the amps, mentioned sound great, for bass. I bet OP is looking to cool the joint off a bit, and still have plenty left in the tank... Not to mention, NOT break the bank.. I duno, maybe I'm just too studious..I've heard the MA-1 a few tim... | |
| Integrated for bi-amping with AtmaSphere MA1s I like a few different ones, depends on the duty. For bottom to top, Hypex modules, work real well. Mine are from Nord, in the UK, and got wonderful service. There is an option for volume control, rack mount, buffer board, opAmp options. There is ... | |
| Integrated for bi-amping with AtmaSphere MA1s What about a good class d? There are a few good ones with tons of power and NO NOISE background.. I love um. Run cool...What's wrong with the Aleph3? That is a good amp, too. Quite a little heater though...It will push any load, down to 0 (zero) ... |