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| Canare 4S11 two strands vs four strands Anything you use will probably work, but here's a couple of things to consider:1. Not sure why but with speaker cable you want the send (pos) and the return (neg) to be together, molded side by side like lampcord, or twisted around inside the same... | |
| Why does my system sound better?? When cold some power amps boost the bias until they warm up thus making speakers sound sweeter. But my vote's for your imagination and its unlimited bias :^) | |
| Are Dual turntables any good? Bought my top of the line 1219 new in 1971. The idler wheel had a flat spot after about 15 years. Never actually noticed it until my cassette deck showed the bump on its meters. It was an easy fix. I'd guess as long as you get a Dual with the full... | |
| CD Transport Maintenance It is a great idea to lube the drawer but I can't say how. The teeth do become very brittle. Mine broke all off unexpectedly and Theta replaced.You can clean the lens with a fluffy Q-tip swab dipped in alcohol. Be careful though because the lens i... | |
| What the H ll Happened Here? Your voice coils may be shorting out in contact with the magnets. Maybe burned or melted from extreme use? The crispy bits could cause interference. With the amp off, and lightly pushing the woofer cones inward through their travel with your splay... | |
| audiophiles or retrophiles Rf, for about 20 years I was your basic audio caveperson, strictly sharp stick on potter's wheel. Then about five years after CD's caught on, finally so did I. There's no turning back now. However, with CD giving way to DVD and both becoming redun... | |
| audiophiles or retrophiles Rf, no hardrive music storage or bagpipes here thanks. Care to go double or nothing all your music is of the foot tapping variety? | |
| audiophiles or retrophiles Taking it one step further, nowadays it seems anyone who doesn't store their entire music collection on a hard drive is a retrophile. | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Thanks for your well written and interesting piece. It made me wonder most about the balance between elasticity and brittleness. Wonderful! | |
| A "bit" of information Pondering your question got me thinking about optics, like the ones in cameras. Precision optics render sharp images. Dull optics produce errors, particularly at the edges. While maybe irrelevant to CD transports, the precision concept by itself m... | |
| CD sputtering? Yes, the door operates smoothly and the CD always initializes to show track numbers and total play time as usual. | |
| Bi-wire options Hi Marvin. Sonically it's up to you to discover which you like best. However from one standpoint, because the low frequency drivers are going to demand the most power, I'd connect your single wire speaker cables to those first. Allow the jumpers t... | |
| High output DAC? All the Theta DACs have high outputs. In a Stereophile interview the designers claimed they sounded better that way. Both the Pro Prime IIa and Pro Basic IIIa have balanced analog outs, and sell used in the USA around $350-400 and $650-800 respect... | |
| Your auditioning music? Rather than take favorite audio candy like Badalamenti's Sountrack to Twin Peaks or CJ's Trinity Sessions to confirm how sweet they sound I audition with difficult pieces to hear how musical they can be. In particular, the flow of Keith Jarrett Tr... | |
| Which 'Shipping carrier provides the best overall FedEx Ground at Kinkos gets all my business' business (around 3 boxes a week) because they have a counter nearby. Same prices as the FedEx counter that recently closed. The Kinkos staff seem alot friendlier than the FedEx staff. Twice over three y... |