rlb61
Responses from rlb61
| Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement @newbee ... nope, never touched the cables and everything is in phase with a strong center image. | |
| Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement @lonemountain ... as I said previously, it was a happy accident. I had been so indoctrinated with the concept that all measurements had to be exact. I never thought that an ostensible mistake would be a solution. | |
| Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement @immatthewj ... I’ve got the speakers a little over 2.5' from the front wall to the baffle. | |
| Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement @soix ... you are correct, as usual. Funny thing is I had them firing straight before futzing with them and there was some directionality. Perhaps the 1/2" is somewhat related to the small room size (10x9x8). In any event, it’s been quite a happy ... | |
| PREAMPLIFIER UPGRADE QUESTION I second the recommendation for BAT. Amazing sound, built like a tank, and great customer service. | |
| Grounded Speaker Cable @cd45123 ... Given my research on this issue and now having spoken to a couple of electricians, I’m gonna pass on the SP14s. I think there is the potential for real problems with this ground wire, and I’m not convinced that there will be any mater... | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For I started out with a BAT VK-3i preamp and then went to a BAT VK-33 a couple of years ago. I pair the VK-33 with a BAT VK-225se power amp, and the sound is simply astonishing. Great air and detail to the music, and built like a tank as well. | |
| Grounded Speaker Cable @tony1954 ... they are not on the website yet. I read about them in a post from a guy on A’Gon and then emailed the company. I use AE SP12s and think they are excellent. However, I am skeptical with respect to this ground wire thing and, after hav... | |
| Grounded Speaker Cable FYI, I spoke about this with a client/friend of mine who is a master electrician. His opinion is that the ground wire could cause some problems depending on the amp, and could result in ground loop hum. Unless there's a massive amount of RF (which... | |
| Grounded Speaker Cable I spoke with Cap. Still not clear on the need for a ground wire on the speaker cable of my amp is grounded already. | |
| Grounded Speaker Cable @ditusa These speaker cables apparently have a ground wire running from the cable itself to a nearby outlet. If the purpose of this is to reduce RF (as with Tannoy), then it may be more useful in a city, where a lot of RF exists typically, instead... | |
| Grounded Speaker Cable Makes me wonder whether the separate ground wire could cause a ground loop hum due to too many grounded items. | |
| Grounded Speaker Cable Audio Envy makes it. It's their SP14, which is the successor to the SP12 that I'm using currently. | |
| Can we create a consensus list of the TONALITY of different amps/preamps/brands? I don’t think that there will ever be a consensus, BUT I’ll play just for sh*ts and giggles. I use a BAT preamp (tube) and power amp (solid state). As to the clock face example, I’d say that they are at about 11:30 (somewhat warmish, but not overl... | |
| Why Preamps Thump on Turn on IMHO, the correct way to avoid thumps is as follows: Power on - source, preamp, power amp. Power down - power amp, preamp, source. The above works well and is completely silent. |