photon46
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| Subs for My experience with a sub when I had Maggie 1.6's was rather different than Stanwals. (Quite a nice system there Stanwal BTW.) I needed very little reinforcement from a sub in the room I was in, just a very slight lift in the lower registers. Follo... | |
| Wool Rugs New Zealand is known for quality wool, you'll probably be fine. Their wool industry shears live animals from what I've seen. Just make sure the rugs you consider feel soft and velvety. If one feels coarse and scratchy like burlap, avoid that rug. ... | |
| Wool Rugs What's the humidity level in the basement? Also, are you talking about machine made area rugs or hand made "oriental" rugs? There's a great deal of variation in the quality of wool and that affects propensity for static problems. A good hand made ... | |
| 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... |