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| What digital cable between levinson 360s and 37? I have the 36 and 37. So far, the best with this combination is the Audioquest Falcon. I don't think it's made any longer, but I've tried the Orchid, Cardas AES/EBU, and the Falcon. The Orchid was too lean and the Cardas was just a little soft in ... | |
| Room correction EQs with omnidirectional speakers? Zaikesman--you're right. The PARC only operates up to 350 Hz, and we recommend that it not be used above 200 Hz. Above that frequency you really don't want to mess with the signal electrically and passive wall treatment absorbers and diffusors is ... | |
| Room correction EQs with omnidirectional speakers? Here are I am. Sorry for the delay. The PARC is designed to do exactly what you are interested in. As a company we direct all of our energy towards the acoustical environment. The PARC is an answer to the one problem that frequently yields very di... | |
| What's the best USB audio interface? We use and sell the Ego-Sys. I can verify that it is a very very good product. | |
| Under Appreciated Jazz Piano Players Marcus RobertsHere's one you might not expect--one of my personal "under appreciated" which is Chick Corea. I never really appreciated his brilliance until he did the Mozart Sessions. | |
| Room treatment - diffusion question You might be surprised how much "coherent" energy is radiated behind speakers. It is then reflected and out of phase with the direct sound from the speakers. Diffusors behind the speakers break up these waves and make them less coherent. You still... | |
| MC demagnetizer, how many use one, any concerns? Gary: I have to go through the cable, as it is a din connector. That's probably best anyway. The other thing I recommend is that you rest the needle on a record (not spinning) when you demag. This puts the coil (assuming MC) in the center and theo... | |
| balanced power and ground loops Blueswan is correct, except for the Equi-tech wall units. These are very large very high KVa. The Q design is for high current (particularly useful for amps). Their smaller component type units, I would agree should be left for source components.T... | |
| MC demagnetizer, how many use one, any concerns? Lugnut: Benz unit is great and not very expensive. Cpdunn99: I'm a physicist and critical of even my own claims. When I tell someone it's the absolute truth--it pretty much is--but I rarely say this. I can hear a difference. I'm convinced for myse... | |
| MC demagnetizer, how many use one, any concerns? Cddunn99: (the last sentence) ...more detailed than before demag. | |
| Strangest Tweak? Brian: I don't think Tweekerman was talking about the Hologram things. He was talking about speakers. I think you are confusing Ben's (of Shakti) explaination of how the Hologram works--"like a speaker due to the amplitude of the wood he's using, ... | |
| MC demagnetizer, how many use one, any concerns? I've had similar experiences to Albert. Right after the demag it's a little on the harsh or edgy side. After a very short while (like only a couple of albums) it's back to a more relaxed yet (and I can't prove this next statement) more detailed th... | |
| What is the best way to convert LP's to CD's? Beowulf: not necessarily, in fact I don't. The 24/96 is the converter. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's saved in this native format (although you can) nor does it mean that you write to this format. In my case it's burned to CD-R and the bi... | |
| High end vs internet This is a touchy subject, and as a manufacturer very important one to our company. I think the internet and sites like audiogon have increased high end audio. It increases awareness and education in high end audio--both very good for the industry ... | |
| Earplugs for conerts? Piezo brings up an interesting point. Did you know the sound pressure at the end (12 inches away) of a trombone is 120 db? How do you think the guy in front of the trombone player in a symphony feels (what--couldn't hear you--or anything else in t... |