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| New electrical wiring specifications @skyy92677 Hum always occurs at the powerline frequency 50 or 60 Hz, depending on your national standard. Ground hum is always the result of an imperfect ground causing a resistance, and thus a current to flow. Induced hum is also due to an imbala... | |
| What to upgrade from a Kef ls50 meta? @gkelly Mama always said if you're telling the truth, you ain't bragging. | |
| What to upgrade from a Kef ls50 meta? @mattw73 Not taking anything away from KEF, they've done more to advance speaker technology than almost any other manufacturer except maybe JBL. That said, I've typically found them to lack the dynamics of, for example, a JBL in exchange for a smo... | |
| What to upgrade from a Kef ls50 meta? I may be the only one here who has upgraded from LS-50s to a Monitor Audio product. And I have zero regrets, LS-50s are a nearfield monitor, They work best in small rooms with a current-heavy amp of 100W/Ch or so. In my room, they just sounded los... | |
| A great singer you may have never heard, or even heard of. Let us not forget a little effort put out by Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt. Those 3 could sing harmonies like few others can even approach. | |
| Best way to dampen a micro-vibrating Printed Circuit Board inside an amp? Thanks! Tubes can have microphonics, and they are easily measured and heard. Soli state, not so much. P-P wiring does away with PCBs, but the wires can ring - audibly and measurably in a P-P wired tube amp also. So at what frequencies did the micro-resona... | |
| Need help matching speakers with amplifer Roughly speaking, a 100W/ch amp will play 5dB louder than a 30W amp, unless the smaller amp has extraordinary peak capabilities. It's also.likely the larger amp.will be more comfortable with complex low impedance speakers. As far as upgrades go, t... | |
| the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile Stage 1: AR-4x / Sansui Integrated / AR-XB Listening to Mississippi John Hurt in a small off-campus apartment, but the speakers were set up properly and I heard a stereo image for the first time. Might have been the pot, though. Stage 2: Bose 90... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy @dynacohum Don't know where you're coming from ... Actually, I do. And I love the Zappa punn in your user name. I was going to write almost exactly the same letter, but you beat me to it. I also read the long and detailed Keith @ Darlington Audi... | |
| Ethernet Wiring Use Cat 6 Plenum rated wire and you'll have no problems. I used a hardwire backhaul for my mesh routers and have no issues. Invest in a good punch down tool for the terminations and keep them neat and clean. Get or make a holder for the jacks &am... | |
| Differences Between Folded Horn Speakers and Transmission Line Speakers @russbutton Great explanation of horns, but i would add that a 40Hz horn quarter wave is just over 7Ft, so a full-range horn is impractical in most domestic settings. The Klipchorn 'cheat' of 1/8 space loading the woofer is so room variable that... | |
| Acoustics experts - a little help please Looks like you need sidewalls and ceiling treatment. Front wall treatments don't really do much to control early reflections, as these are the ones that need the most attention. | |
| Fed Ex makes good Im still fighting with FedEx who lost a pair of Magnepans. How do you lose a box that size with my name/address on it as well as the shipping label? And then they sent me a check for $188 because I didn't buy extra insurance. The eBay app doesn't ... | |
| What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase? I have three completely different recommendations, each capable of outstanding sound quality, but each approaches that very differently. +1 for Monitor Audio. The Silver 500 7G ($3400/pr) is simply the finest speaker available under $5000 per pai... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? None, absolutely none, of this matters if your room is not properly treated. There is simply no way you can properly hear what even an average system is capable of without proper room acoustics, let alone the finer points of equipment sound and in... |