ozfly
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| Re-wired to 30 amps? One problem with 8 gauge or lower is the difficulty in working with it. I'm a few weeks from moving into a house with dedicated 10 gauge lines. I have easy access to the same type of wire and am thinking about experimenting.I could wrap and solder... | |
| What's wrong with Thiel? Ronip, you'll love the 2.3's (I loved mine until I replaced them with the 6's). To answer your question, you may want to check out the MIT speaker cables (Joe Abrams sells a lot here on Audiogon and is a class act) to go with those -- it's a match... | |
| What's the funniest or dumbest thing you did? I haven't fried any equipment (yet). Does installing 16 speakers in a Ford Pinto count as dumb? -- had large midrange horns hanging from the ceiling and a set of 16 ohm boxed speakers in the back. Maybe the dumb thing there was slapping in a casse... | |
| Why Put Up With "Wife Approval Factor"? Bbtuna hit it. If this were a "normal" hobby, we really wouldn't have to worry much about WAF. I'm lucky -- maybe it's a combination of Wellfed's and Ultrakaz's comments. In any case, I've got about half a ton of big speakers, big amps, ugly cable... | |
| OT: Windows XP Update Service Pack 1 Just another fine example of a monopoly at work. Thanks for the heads up. | |
| What's the best add lib ..: guidelines proposed True, it would be very helpful. Perhaps a few will read your good suggestions and follow your advice but I suspect we will just need to keep asking for the details post by post. Maybe we could just cut and paste your post to save some time ... | |
| Re-wired to 30 amps? 15 or 20 amps is a typical residential fuse rating (other than for large appliances -- my in-wall oven, for example, requires a 30 amp fuse). Bear in mind that, for most residential applications, a single circuit with a 15 or 20 amp fuse will be c... | |
| Albertporter only needs 50 Sign me up for a couple -- pending the price. I look forward to comparing them to the Purist Audio Designs with cryo treatment I bought for about $32. Thanks. | |
| The Best Amplifier Ever ? Cj, thanks for the review. It is excellently written and clearly thoughtful. Welcome. | |
| The return of "Bubble Man" Jade, very nicely written first paragraph -- very funny.BTW, have you tried this with a lower cost platform than the Neuance shelf -- would something like granite tiles or another wooden shelf do as well if the bubble wrap is the main isolation fa... | |
| The Best Amplifier Ever ? Cj, we look forward to the review. Thanks for offering. | |
| The Best Amplifier Ever ? Hififarm, I second Jfz's motion. Please share. Thanks. | |
| Review: Bryston 4B-ST Amplifier Nice review. The Brystons are great amps, especially at their price point. I moved from the 3B to the 4B to the 7B's (all ST's) and noticed a marked improvement in bass and midrange "density" and presence at each step. I also noticed a touch more ... | |
| Your Favorite Austin City Limits Pbb, you raise a good point. When I watch performances like these, the sound system itself becomes far less important -- I focus on the musicians themselves and their performances. The music flows with them. That can't be duplicated on our audio-o... | |
| What was your biggest priority? For me, the biggest expenditure was for the speakers. The power amps are next at about 70-80% of the speaker costs. Following that is the speaker wire at about 50% of the power amps. Following that are the DAC set-up and the pre-amp at about the s... |