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| Best outdoor speaker As much as I hate saying it, I have also had those white plastic Bose for about 10 years now. They do a fine job outdoors without distortion (which I've heard on many others when played above a whisper).However, I have also heard true audiophile o... | |
| Aside form the Human voice... If only the piano had a wind controller on it ... In lieu of that I would say the voice, then most wind instruments like sax and oboe and such, then a tie between piano and other stringed instruments.It still takes a human touch to make real music... | |
| VPI record clamp The trick to these clamps is not to overtighten. Gently flick your fingernail on the edge of the record. If you hear a ping, then adjust it a bit more until it sounds dead. With a little experimentation you can get a successful clamp on every reco... | |
| Need Cart Rec for Moerch DP-6 For any Moerch product it all depends on the type of arm you have (yellow, blue, red dot, etc.). This defines the mass of the arm, which dictates the compiance of the cartridge that will work with it. So, which color dot do you have on your DP-6?H... | |
| 'Racks'. Important? Best bang for $$? Here's what worked for me. Each shelf is filled with 50lbs of sand, making a seismic sink under each component.http://cgim.audiogon.com/i/vs/i/f/1155818474.jpgEnjoy,Bob | |
| ventilation fan vibration isolation help needed When I added a fan in my old cabinet I went through a bunch of different ideas. The best by far was to hang the fan from the shelf above with cord, so that it gently blows over the top of the ewuipment. Then get a dimmer switch and connect it to t... | |
| Have anyone replace VPI SSM belt with string? I've experienced the up and down movement on the belt. Here's what I found out, and did to solve it.- No change by levelling the motor, but it SHOULD probably be level anyway, so no loss in making it so.- Take a toothpick and make sure the motor f... | |
| Moerch DP6 or UP 4 I agree that the UP4 is a unipivot, but I don't know if I would call the DP6 a regular pivited arm. I would more describe it as a unipivot with horizontal stabilization. Take a look at the technical details at the Moerch site. They explain it far ... | |
| Tube rings for power tubes? Be sure to try them both with, and without the rings. I found that the life got sucked out of the music with rings on my EL34's.Herbie's are probably the best out there for tube dampers that don't kill the music, at least on small tubes.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Passive preamps: What are the relevant numbers? The McCormack amps have a very high input sensitivity. Basically because they were designed to work with Steve's TLC preamp ... which is passive. As long as your CD player has an output level that is close to the industry stardard (or above it), a... | |
| Your top ten CD transport??? Or something that stacks up for those of us on a more modest budget ...... the Empiracle Audio modded Sony 7700 DVD player. It consistently competes in the top end with those transports that run into the stratosphere.Enjoy,Bob | |
| What is very good imaging and soundstage exactly. Sounds about right. Do you have any room treatments ... especially right and left of your speakers at the 1st reflection points? That would help with the width of the image.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Any opinions on retubeing W/winged c or mullard re I have read and heard many non-flattering things about the Mullard reissues. I had a pair of Electro Harmonix EL34's and another pair of 6CA7's. They were both OK, but not ideal. I pondered the SED's, but wound up buying a quad set of JJ/Tesla E34... | |
| Who has Caps on their AC lines ??? I've implemented the Auricap tweak in several DIY mods to digital players and DAC's. In each case I've always put them AFTER the fuse, just in case there is a blow out. You really don't want a short, no matter how well the caps are rated. It could... | |
| If you haven't tried them, you need to... Funny, but not all HDCD's are actually labelled that way. Nothing on the box or the disk for Cassandra Wilson's Rendezvous CD, but it plays as HDCD in the player.Enjoy,Bob |