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Looking for Speaker Input
Looking for Speaker Input I saw the heading in the Top New Discussions and instead of taking it the way it was intended, I though for a second you could find the speaker terminals on the back??  I was puzzled as to how you couldn't find them..an... 
Tang Band 2145 in action
Magnesium, worlds best material for midwoofer cone musical resonances.- mozartfanIt's an unfortunate situation where though it's true that magnesium makes for an exceptional sounding mid-bass driver, it corrodes easily, uncoated.It sounds much b... 
Crossover issue.
+1 stereo5When you say the bank of capacitors had only three of the five connected, they are in parallel I presume?That’s an unusual way to get a particular value, two maybe three, but five?I don’t suppose they are marked with values on them? Volt... 
Best Way to Upgrade Digital
Exact Audio Copy EAC. FREE!A little setup is required and once you work out the naming conventions you want your music ripped to, you simply lookup the inserted disk on the online database, it fills in the names of tracks without the need to type,... 
Are you also leaving free (virtually) performance on the table?
@Tomic601, do you know of Mike Lenehan, Lenehan Audio Australia?So she had a big Ego, many do.  
Are you also leaving free (virtually) performance on the table?
@tomic601 -  I looked up Enid Lumley, thanks for in introduction to some audio history.@lemonhaze - I'd bet it's good.Apparently, everything does matter. 
Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics
Mahgister - what an interesting guy, his methods inspired me to make efforts with power supply (Puritan PSM-156), room acoustics (effective absorption on the front wall between speakers) and his ideas were to get the most out of your gear before s... 
Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics
you pretty much nailed the psychology behind this recent tweakery.  How about helping me sneak a new bicycle into the house?  My tactic so far is that the more bicycles you have, the less likely one more will be noticed.  That approach sort of... 
Bypass built-in CD player DAC
@stereonista - have you considered storing your CD data on a server with a solid state drive?Letting the clock of the server, and software, deal expressly with the timing delivery of the bit stream, all with no moving parts. Many have CD ripping s... 
Has anyone heard or built an Axel Ridtahler (Ridtahler dipole) sub woofer?
For me that bottom octave has been quite illusive and look forward to hearing about how you solved it.  Me, how I solved it, as in the past tense?Yeah, I'm waiting to see how I solve it too. :-) Sorry I hadn't cleaned my terminals before you hear... 
Are you also leaving free (virtually) performance on the table?
@tvad https://www.amazon.com/Brush-Connector-Cleaning-3-6-20/dp/B0015A9DRK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=connector+cleaning+brush&qid=1631455600&sr=8-2Where does your wife get them from? I bet natural fiber is hard to come by in these t... 
Has anyone heard or built an Axel Ridtahler (Ridtahler dipole) sub woofer?
@ danager - that Decware W032 looks interesting.I heard some loaded horn speakers recently and they were very good. 
Are you also leaving free (virtually) performance on the table?
Thank you Tracy Miller for this >https://www.musicdirect.com/accessories/mobile-fidelity-connector-cleaning-brush-ea@rudyb - of metals, silver (pure) is the most conductive, copper (pure) and then gold. Silver oxide is still a conductor where... 
Has anyone heard or built an Axel Ridtahler (Ridtahler dipole) sub woofer?
Danager is cool, met him at millercarbon's place.West Texas, Odessa. I work mostly out of Midland actually. Working out in the oil fields, amazing what I've seen in Texas and abroad. Horny toads, Bobcat, loads of Coyotes, White tails, Prarie dogs,... 
Are you also leaving free (virtually) performance on the table?
Electrosolve huh? I wonder the best way to clean inside both XLR connectors, might be worth a try. I was even considering tiny pipe cleaners (natural fiber)?