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| Surge protector Power conditioning your stereo is never a bad idea. But absolutely install a whole house surge protector in your panel. In addition to your stereo. Your TVs, refrigerators, stove, washer, dryer and everything else electric are all at risk, not onl... | |
| A weird Problem with TIDAL/Blusound Node 2i Anyone else experiencing this? Also, makevsure yo have the right streaming package - one that supports multiple simultaneous streams. | |
| Streamers under $1500 Get a BlueSound Node and a decent interconnect, listen to it for awhile, then add on a LPS, power cord, and maybe even the internal upgrades. You'll start with a very good unit, and finish with a great custom unit, all within your budget and (unti... | |
| Thoughts? - First Watt F8 / Vandersteen Treo's The difference between 25W and 40 W is roughly 2dB, between 25 W and 100W is 6dB. Unless you're a head banger in a big room, you'll be fine. Just understand the limits, and maybe think of it as 'qui-fi' - as in quiet fidelity. You'll be surprised ... | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? While most house brand and white van speakers back in the day were uniformly hideous, the most disappointing speakers I was ever around were the JBL L-36, a 10" 3-way positioned as the little brother to the L-100. I worked in an Advent/ADS/Dahlqui... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? In my experience I would rank LOMC 1st, then HOMC, followed by MI, and then MM. I've had Ortofons (MM and MC), Grados, B&O, Hana, Grace, Shure, Pickering, ADC, Sonus, and even AKG. My intro to LOMC was an Ortofon MC-20 whose peaky high end was... | |
| ruined a phillips screw, any inspired solution? Lots of ways to remove messed up screws, but nobody hamentioned taping off the surrounding area to protect the case finish when the inevitable slip occurs. Use heavy panters tape, vinyl electrical tape, or duct tape. | |
| People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution? After you have co,pleted the room’s acoustical treatment, bi-amping, real bi-amping with a line-level crossover before the power amps can make a huge difference, both in allowing amp matching (transistors low, tubes high, e.g.) but in dynamic rang... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH You would be moving from a 5th Gen moving coil to more modest, albeit impeccably executed design. Still, I can't imagine you'd be happy with the results. A-T carts aren't really known for the two characteristics you mention - dynamics and soundsta... | |
| Yamaha RX-A4030 not powering on Power switches often only power a relay that does the heavy lifting. Sounds like that circuit may be faulty. Not generally a user serviceable situation. | |
| Loud pop/screech when powering on amp A 'pop' is a DC offset (try hooking a flashlight battery across a speaker to get the idea). A 'screech' is a decaying oscillation. While some amps pop on startup, if it is only in one channel that's not associated with healthy electronics, and the... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH You would be moving from a 5th Gen moving coil to more modest, albeit impeccably executed design. Still, I can't imagine you'd be happy with the results. A-T carts aren't really known for the two characteristics you mention - dynamics and soundsta... | |
| Which receivers have decent stereo performance? While not a receiver in the traditional sense (it's a streaming integrated amp, with no AM/FM radio) the Marantz PM 7000N has far better than average SQ, and with its conservatively rated 60/90 W/ch amp power, it is capable of driving most speaker... | |
| Where was the best reproduced sound you ever heard? Fifty years ago I heard a tri-amped set of Magneplanar Tympani IIIas with bass panels spread across a large basement rec room. They were powered by 3 - Audio Research Dual 76 amps, and an SP-3a preamp. The front end was a Thorens TD-125 with an SM... | |
| A Tale for Your Bemusement Slapping a tube TV might have helped reset a loose tube, but otherwise isn't a very good idea give the fragility of tube filaments. The modern equivalent of multiple reboots is often required before any upgraded software has reloaded, and in corr... |