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| Relative air humidity on electrostat performance I have my ML monoliths with a biased power supply to adjust the kV on the panels. It works very well. I initially did it because the older monoliths ran at a higher kV than needed--it just shortened the life and made them a bit on the bright side-... | |
| TACT 2.2X As Preamp? Or Run Thru BAT? I debated a little while before posting this. First, you will clearly see that I am heavily biased here. I thought I would go ahead and post this, as this is a new product for our company, and most likely many A-goners do not know about it. All ou... | |
| Taming/Damping Electrostat Backwave The back wall reflection of E-stats is very important. For one it comprises probably 35% of the total sound that you hear (in the panel frequency range). Secondly, the back wall reflection is short in terms of timing. You can calculate this by tak... | |
| Review: Genesis Technologies G-201 Speaker Arnie is back from what I understand, so you shouldn't have a problem there--at least I hope not. Stemart: I'm curious about the ribbon upgrade. I know it's a pretty pricey upgrade, and I know what Arnie says about it, but I'm curious what you tho... | |
| Sibilance how do I get rid of it? Stehno: I gave you one specific example. It was a Swiss Hotel Entry (I had forgotten the specifics before). It was modelled before and after and then actually done. This is one example. Peter has many more from Airport lounges to concert halls. Th... | |
| OT: Windows XP Update Service Pack 1 There have been more problems with that update. I've had my share, but thanks for the warning. | |
| Sibilance how do I get rid of it? Where to begin?? Well first I don't think anyone would argue that siblance can be caused from poor (on sometimes purposely done--as Zaikesman points out) source material. What can you do about this--nothing. Siblance can also be caused by poor sou... | |
| Albertporter only needs 50 First--I'm interested. But there's no mention of actual price. I know that Albert will get the best deal possible, and it's great that he is doing this. I'm sure there's no final price, because he doesn't have one yet, but before some of us commit... | |
| Linn or VPI I think the TNT is VERY musical--but I think that has more to do with the cartridge, set-up, and phono stage. I use a tube phono stage with cryo treated NOS tubes. The sound is pretty incredible--just makes you want to listen to music. As for spac... | |
| Linn or VPI I have little experience with the Linn, but quite a lot with VPI. The TNT has been a great table, and a joy to make small changes over time--very modular. Also, I can say that VPI as a company and Harry Weisfield are a real pleasure to deal with. ... | |
| Upsampling Sound board for PC We sell an external sound card that we use for acoustical measurements. It's a USB plug in, so there's no "computer surgery". It's 24 bit A/D and D/A, coax in and out, toslink in and out. The analog in and out are balanced, but they use profession... | |
| Help for power conditioning of changing current If Tripplite makes a 220 unit this might be a good bet. It's not designed for audiophile equipment, and I probably would not normally recommend it. However, in your extreme case, it does do voltage correcting and could be a good answer to your pro... | |
| Why "splay" walls 4 custom listening room design? Wooterb: Please read my response more carefully. I said he is VERY qualified. "The fact is Russ H. is very qualified for small room acoustics" My point was that some people--not Russ--who do large room acoustics and studios are not qualified for s... | |
| Electrostatics, Rear walls, and Art Glass behind the speakers is generally not a good idea. Not only will it add to high frequency reflections, but glass will also resonate, unless it is a laminated acrylic on glass. As to the oils--they could work nicely there, but it sounds like t... | |
| Why "splay" walls 4 custom listening room design? Wooterb, first I should comment on Russ H. HT home theater architect. Just because he designed IMAX doesn't mean he is qualified for small room acoustics--they are very different. The fact is Russ H. is very qualified for small room acoustics, but... |