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| Criminy, I've reached 300 threads Over 600 threads if you count my personal moniker, Abstract7, before I started the commercial moniker which I use now. But that has been over 2.5 years or more. There are others that I'm sure will be well into 4 digits. | |
| Graphic equilizers? Do not go the equalizer route for high frequency. High frequency harshness is caused by three possible things and should be corrected at the problem--not a band aid:1. The room is too hard, not enough high frequency absoption. The cure--add absorp... | |
| Bright room, help Owens Corning 703 fiber board covered in fabric. You can make it look nice (any fabric you pick). You only have to use flame retardant like Guilford if it is permanently mounted to the walls. You may choose the Guilford anyway, but it is a little ... | |
| Looking for a great XLR Digital cable Believe it or not, these too are system dependent and quite often change the character a bit. I've tried the Orchid, AQ Falcon, and Cardas. The Orchid was a little thin for my tastes. Did not seem to get the bass right. The Cardas got the bass rig... | |
| Sibilance how do I get rid of it? Stehno did a remarkable job of describing how to fix an AC problem, if it does exist--and can often be the culprit. However, in your case, you need to concentrate first on the weakest link, and then work towards other areas. You may need to do som... | |
| Subwoofer for Audio Physic Virgos........ I just heard James Loudspeakers subwoofer. They make 2 but the small one is really impressive. Isobarik loaded, with a few exceptions it is possibly the best sub I've heard with music. The few exceptions are in a different price point altogether. | |
| Who makes a Stereo listening chair Krypton, the Egg Pos Speaker Chair. www.krypton1.com | |
| Holy SnickerDoodles Read This Lak: is the Equi-tech a wall mounted unit? I'm familiar with many of their units, but not that one. The reason I am asking is that did the power go through the equi-tech before the outlets you mentioned or was the Equi-tech out of the equation. If... | |
| Wolcott 220 compatible with ribbon speakers? The Genesis is bi-amped, but the bass amp comes with the system and is an active servo driven system. I've not heard the Wolcott's with this system, but I have heard the Genesis with other amplifiers. I think the tubes would be excellent with the ... | |
| Cleaning vinyl - am I using this thing right??? There are some other solutions--deeper cleaning ones that are good to get the junk from garage sales out. I've made my own solution, and for deep cleaning you want a good mold releasing agent. Many albums that have been in storage in damp areas ha... | |
| Electrostatic vs. Boxed vs. Ribbon? I think your comments are off to the right start. Also, I think the suggestion of spending some time on your own making a list is a good one. First, no speaker does it ALL right--at least I haven't heard one yet. Some speakers sound great with thi... | |
| Members without scruples- a continuation Your right--sort of. This happens on e-bay as well. However, if you see a member that has gotten a lot of positive feedback within say a month of each other, and no other history that's a little suspicious. Also, you can see who left the feedback.... | |
| What is the most difficult component to upgrade I tend to agree with you. I had the same problem with my pre-amp. It's odd, what should a pre-amp do: select sources, control the volume (pretty simple). What should it not do: compress, roll-off, degrade, or otherwise color the sound. With such s... | |
| Dedicated outlet..suggestions.. If you can afford it I would recommend a 220V dedicated line going to a isolation transformer that can drop the voltage down to 110V with 2 balanced poles (rather than one live and one neutral). I did this in my last listening room and was very pl... | |
| Why low sensitivity speakers? Perhaps my explaination was not clear. It is not the driver response, but rather the crossover that makes the efficiency (thus sensitivity) change. Gs556 analogy is really excelent and as to how it applies to speakers, it's back to what I said in ... |