pcolvin
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| Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables @audphile1 ”how can they be faithful if they are plugged into a speaker terminal…” Hence the question. | |
| Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables @audphile1 Please define “faithful”. Odds are overwhelming that 1 ft of added cable of equal or greater gauge will not add any appreciable resistance or capacitance to any cable to change the resulting sound. The only thing the OP has not define... | |
| Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables Years ago, like before the late 70’s, almost everyone used zip cord. Stereo stores, speaker manufacturers, consumers, pro audio installers. It was that or Belden 5000 series. Monster came out in the late 70’s with their large gauge multi-core spea... | |
| Is Full-size speakers for L-R Rears advisable? Additionally, remember that at that time you were, and still may be, shooting sound through a fabric screen with a bunch of tiny holes in it. The Academy curve took this into account as it also took into account that you were laying sound tracks ... | |
| Is Full-size speakers for L-R Rears advisable? @erik_squires I was the engineering manager for Litton-Westrex until 1983 (when it was sold to Quad-8) which did sound-on-film since the Jazz Singer in 1929, 6-channel film recorders, and record cutting lathes/cutting heads. At the time I worked... | |
| Is Full-size speakers for L-R Rears advisable? The original surround sound standard does not include a need for FS speakers for anything other than LR. All other speakers were 200hz and up. This has been carried through for decades now in the cinemas. Bass has always been handled by sub-woofe... | |
| Shipping speakers from West Coast to East Coast I shipped speakers across country a couple of years ago through uship https://ship.uship.com/lp/freight/?nis=2 Prices were very reasonable. | |
| Can anyone identify this equipment? Interesting amp. Looks very much like a shortwave receiver. | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets @8th-note Buy some 20 amp tamper proof Levitons from Home Depot. They're under $5 each. Then save them for a rainy day once you swap them out. | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets I just had my house rewired and installed 2 20-amp outlets for my stereo wall. I used Monosaudio Audiophile Duplex Receptacle 20 Amp 125V Pure Copper Audio Wall Outlets bought on Amazon. These were wired with all 3 wires for each duplex outlet pul... | |
| Ethernet cables I changed everything in my house to Phizli cable. Cost is only pennies more than your average cat6 and is available in all sizes on Amazon. My entire house is now at 10Gbe, both copper, and fiber, and I”ve no problem. I have 32 ports in use, plus... | |
| Ethernet cables I agree with @rcm1203. Replace all your Ethernet with cat8 cables from Amazon. They’re all triple shielded and will definitely improve things. And they’re good for 10G. I changed everything in my house to Phizli. Cost is only pennies more than you... | |
| Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming? @nagel You are right that the problem you had would be caused by a rogue radio, CB, or ham operator (in my day, when the FCC would actually be chasing these guys down they'd operate out of a mobile location (n.e. car/van) to stay ahead of them). ... | |
| Are your record surfaces as silent as CDs? Technically, vinyl can only give you about 60db S/N exclusive of the pre-amp (although different vinyls these days provide somewhat better that that), and CDs at least 95db+, so CDs will always be quieter. A properly designed phono pre will, itse... | |
| Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming? @nyev If you play an equivalent local file at the same time you have bad internet quality and it’s bad too, then it’s definitely something internal. Whatever’s causing it will be between the source and the receiver. In normal circumstances if you... |