photon46
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| Magnepan speaker set-up The more securely they are anchored, the better they'll image. Suspending them is not a good idea if you are interested in extracting the best from them. The Magnepan owner's forum has more info about better stands that improve on the flimsy facto... | |
| Refrigerator noise This subject has been of interest to my wife & I as well. We researched as well as we could, considering Bosch, LG, GE & Samsung. We cook a lot & make dinner from scratch every night, so it had to function well from a utility standpoin... | |
| HDCD DAC - versus CD Player ???? The dac will decode the HDCD signal from a non-HDCD player just fine. | |
| Modwright vs EVS vs RAM vs ASI-Tek, OPPO BDP83 Tennisamp, I totally believe that the Oppos sound as good as you say. Kyle's mods sound amazing. He's got a really good ear and seems to know how to extract the best potential from products. I've bought two of his modifications myself in the past.... | |
| Modwright vs EVS vs RAM vs ASI-Tek, OPPO BDP83 I'm sure many will disagree with me, but I just can't see pumping the kind of money these mods cost into a cheap platform like the Oppos. It seems analogous to the kids driving around in beater Dodge Colts with $3k wheels and tires and $5k stereos... | |
| phono preamp crackling Assuming you're using the stock Clearaudio cartridge the Marantz ships with, you're working with a 3.6 mv cartridge signal. That's pretty middle of the pack, nothing unusual there. Not sure exactly what the GCPH's lowest gain setting is, but I'd m... | |
| phono preamp crackling The GCPH preamp he has is solid state. Tubes aren' t the culprit here. I'm not sure you're telling us enough to be sure of the problem. Are you saying that if you move the phono stage different distances from the turntable, that change in distance... | |
| Power cords with inductive Aloia power supplies Your observation about hum is interesting. Power supplies on both my preamp and amp hum ever so slightly. The hum can't be heard from more than three feet or so away in a dead quiet room, so I've not let it bother me. Before buying, I listened to ... | |
| Top notch speakers with their own sub I'm not aware of any speakers that are constructed like that anymore. I bought the last of that breed, the ACI Talisman SE, a couple years ago. ACI was ceasing production as production costs were rising and they weren't sure about marketing it at ... | |
| Ravel's Bolero I can't lay claim to having heard all releases by any means, but among the probably 6-8 versions I've heard over the years, the MFSL Minnesota Orchestra/Skrowaczeski release is a sonic overachiever. Great dynamic range and beautifully recorded. Fi... | |
| Which attenuators do I want to use? When you consider the cost of your fine system, why quibble over the $30 difference between Harrison & Rothwell Attenuators? Your speculation about use of attenuators and future hearing loss is off base in my opinion. First of all, most of us ... | |
| Sarode Mastreo Ali Akbar Passes away A great musician has passed, he'll be missed. I saw him in Orlando, Florida several years ago and will always remember that night. Even though he seemed tired and wasn't at his best that evening, it was an honor to be in the audience. He left many... | |
| whats the best way to reglue record covers Wow, I can't believe how much time we can spend talking about glue seams! It's no wonder non audiophiles consider us strange. Of course, paper conservers have week long conferences debating this stuff. In any event, Rubber makes a good point about... | |
| Garrott P77 MM Cartridge Thanks for the review and sharing your experiences. Your review was well written. As I'd mentioned in another thread, Garrott (under new ownership) has released a new sapphire cantilever Optim for $1350 U.S. dollars that can be ordered from Austra... | |
| whats the best way to reglue record covers Albert, I prefer to use a white PVA adhesive like Elmer's and there's a trick to keeping errant glue from wreaking havoc. Cut a thin sheet of cardboard sized to just barely fit inside the jacket and wrap it with wax paper. Or, you can use silicone... |