rodman99999
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| Why do McIntosh come with cheap plastic remotes? If you want elegantly and solidly constructed remotes: buy Balanced Audio Technology gear. My VK-D5 came with one, carved out of a solid aluminum billet. The, "guts" are absolutely NOT at all the, "same" as any other, being of the same high qualit... | |
| What is the answer? ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? I have an unfortunate(cramped) home listening environment, that requires my equipment to be arranged in a cabinet/rack, one component above another(shelved). I'm using sheets of TI Shield under and/or above every component, to block emissions. I'v... | |
| Can Silver Interconnects be bright in your gear @Mr J- Absolutely(on all counts)! | |
| McIntosh & the Bachelor Pad Absinthe | |
| Can Silver Interconnects be bright in your gear Whatever the component; the better(more transparent) it is, the more it will reveal weaknesses(such as excessive brightness) upstream of it. | |
| What are standing waves, how do they effect sound Too much to type! These sites should help you: (http://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/listening-room-acoustics-1) (http://www.marktaw.com/recording/Acoustics/RoomModeStandingWaveCalcu.html) (http://www.sae.edu/reference_material/audio/pages/Ro... | |
| Cary 300SEI - tube rolling/modifications Happy listening! | |
| Test CD This CD(http://www.musicdirect.com/p-6813-cardas-ayre-acoustics-ibe-burn-in-cd.aspx) contains Pink, White and Brown noise tracks, which can all be used to burn-in speakers or electronics. The Pink Noise track can be used, with a spectrum analyzer,... | |
| Do prefer a black or silver faceplate? BLACK is BEAUTIFUL! | |
| New Variac @Jond- Variable thanks, for your contribution! | |
| New Variac That's shocking(increasingly)!! | |
| Hearing issues and signal attenuation It seems that you would want to accentuate the tweeter level, on the weaker hearing side, to compensate for your loss, rather than the opposite. BUT: L-pads are designed to present a constant impedance to the crossover, so as not to change the cro... | |
| Cary 300SEI - tube rolling/modifications YES- Changing the amp's driver tubes will have a major impact, on it's presentation. Bottom-gettered Sylvanias(VT-231/JAN-CHS) & Ken-Rads(VT-231/JAN-CKR), from the 40's, both offer nice sound stage, depth and clarity. At least as much noticeab... | |
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