phomchick
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| What Makes a Difference? I do have s turntable, but I haven’t listened to it for 20 years. | |
| Ribbon midrange pros and cons I’m uncertain what Magnepan uses, but my guess is long, thin, planar magnetic drivers. (Though the new LRS may use ribbons - but if the conductor is bonded to a membrane, it isn’t a ribbon). I did some research and Magnepan makes "true ribbon... | |
| Ribbon midrange pros and cons PS Audio was working on an AMT midrange, but was unhappy with the sound. At AXPONA, they will be using a Bohlender Graebener Neo10 planer magnetic driver.There is a lot of inaccuracy bandied about when talking about ribbon transducers. A ribbon is... | |
| How good is your system My system is good enough, though I’ve never heard of Seal before. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, “Tragic,” Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony [2001] | |
| How Often do you Change Your Gear how do you even properly break in 5 speaker pairs per year on average??? The logistics of all that equipment swapping makes my head spin.I’m sorry to be unclear. I averaged 1/10 of a speaker set per year (0.1). Stated another way, I kept each pair... | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? Rectilinear III (Highboy) Infinity 2000 Hybrid Electrostatics Chartwell BBC LS3/5A Chartwell BBC LS3/5A with custom built KEF B200 Transmission Line woofers (bi-amped) B&W Matrix 801 S3 Infinity RS1b (quad-amped with minidsp crossover) I think... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Like I said, I'm not saying one way or the other whether you can hear a difference or not. Just curious to see if there are any measurable differences, even very subtle ones. Anyone else?Excellent question. | |
| What is the best sound system you ever heard? The Infinity IRS V speakers with $100,000 of associated PS Audio gear at PS Audio is a strong candidate for the best system I’ve ever heard. | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Actually, if one had a spectrum analyzer then one could see the improvement since it is easy to measure the power output with and without the new cord for a given piece of music. Once you have it hooked up, there is a LOT you can measure. ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Just an observation. Interesting conversation. I started reading it from the beginning but then the same ole pattern was obvious. There are those who have spent the money, did some serious listening, and have drawn some conclusions on if this or t... | |
| This question is aimed to TRUE Elec Engineers, not fuse or wire directionality believers. This should work, and is cheaper...https://www.opto22.com/products/120d45 | |
| This question is aimed to TRUE Elec Engineers, not fuse or wire directionality believers. Please let us know what you find out. | |
| This question is aimed to TRUE Elec Engineers, not fuse or wire directionality believers. This is a good question. I have an amplifier with a mechanical relay on the output. Replacing it with a solid-state relay might be a good move. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa & The Iceberg; Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Choir, 2L Records. Recorded in discrete 11.1 at DXD resolution.This is the best recording I have ever heard |