onhwy61
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| Straight Wire "Maestro" They used to be the top of the line for Straight Wire. In the early 90s they were general considered to be a reference quality cable. They are somewhat system sensitive; they can be overly bright if mismatched. | |
| too laid back, or deeper soundstage? Joe, there are a number of test CDs out that you could use to test how accurately your system portrays depth. The test track usually has a person walking around a room talking and/or striking a percussion instrument. At different points in the roo... | |
| How delicate (or strudy) are cartridges? Don't worry, you didn't hurt the cartridge. How do I know? I really don't know, but you said the cartridge sounds great. If it were significantly damaged, its sound would betray a problem. It is possible that the cartridge is slightly out of whack... | |
| is there an alternative to PS AUDIO The PS Audio is a tremendous product. Although it doesn't directly relate to sound quality, one of the things I like about the P600 is that its operating principles are logical and straightforward. It's good engineering as opposed to what some oth... | |
| Price/performance curve Tubegroover, my room is 33 feet long by 14 feet wide with mostly 8 foot ceilings (a third of the room is 8.5 feet). The main speakers are placed about 15 feet down the length of the room and the subs are located behind the listening position in co... | |
| Price/performance curve Tubegroover, sorry if I was unclear. My intent is that for a total outlay of $6 to $8 thousand, up to 90% of what is in the music can be uncovered. I'm something of a hypocrite here in that my main system is five times this price range. And, yes y... | |
| Price/performance curve Interesting question. Assuming MRSP, the 85 to 90 percent level can be acheived for $6k to $8k. The value of moving up from this level is extremely subjective. Even if money is no object, most people do not go beyond this level. If you do decide t... | |
| Best speakers for near-field listening? You should only consider speakers specially designed for near field use. Typical audiophile speakers are not tonally balanced for the type of close up listening you are intending. Look at pro oriented speakers. Tannoy, JBL, KRK and Genelec all mak... | |
| Does room size affect volume and bass? Your question is somewhat confusing, but if I have interpreted it correctly, your dealer is wrong. A smaller room should attain higher volume levels than a larger room for the same power input. Also cone excursion is independent of room volume and... | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Regarding the enjoyment of recorded music, what difference does it make whether the equipment upsamples, resamples, oversamples or nosamples (Sakura and Auido Note). Stop obsessing over the internal workings of the complex internal workings of our... | |
| Is there an alternate to Martin Logans? I'm not a big fan of ML. They make decent product, but the cone bass does not fully mesh with the panels. The Aerius suffers least from this problem. On the other hand, MLs do alot of things very well and I can easily understand why people, includ... | |
| MIT or MITH? I have mixed thougths on MIT. I've used two of their products and both malfunctioned due, IMHO, to poor construction. However, sonically both cables were of very high quality. Cables are a tremendous profit center for both manufacturers and dealer... | |
| Turntable Problems Recheck the cartridge set-up. It could be mistracking. Check to make sure the turntable platter is flat (use a bubble gauge). Alternatively, your cartridge could be overloading your phono stage. The manufacturers' literature should tell you how to... | |
| Quicker warm up advice for pass labs amp I use an Aleph 5 and on weekends I leave it continuously on. For after work use, consider this, after a day at work and following a commute, it's probably the worst time of day to really listen to music. Your body's too wound up and your ears have... | |
| Pass Aleph amps with PS300 or PS600? I've had a P600 for about a month. It replaced one of the big original (slant sided) API units supplemented with Versalab woodblocks. It's plugged into a dedicated AC outlet. Using it with Pass pre/power amps the change in sound quality was an unm... |