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| Walker SST contact enhancer Hi Dave, I think the philosophy of reducing the amount of metal in a connector has some solid theoretical foundation (as best I can understand it since I'm just a lay person), and I think the theory is being substantiated in some applications (for... | |
| CJ premier 8 - please share your comments In the bass, you may be hearing room interaction more than a characteristic of the Premier 8s, assuming your speakers are still positioned as shown in your system picture. With the Premier 8s, you may have not "boominess" but actually more accurat... | |
| Spikes versus wall coupling My experience is different. Every speaker I've ever lived with sounded materially better when firmly coupled to a solid floor, including suspended wooden floors which is all I've ever had in my listening rooms. The most common difference I hear is... | |
| what is noise floor? Every system will have some noise inherent in the electronic circuits themselves. What your friend is hearing is the noise inherent in the circuit of his amp and preamp. Some are quieter than others (due to circuit design, layout of internal compo... | |
| CJ premier 8 - please share your comments Fernando,I would agree with all of your listening observations, with the exception that I am puzzled by two: I would have expected superb soundstaging from the Premier 8 and at least very good dynamic handling, with perhaps better microdynamics th... | |
| CJ premier 8 - please share your comments One of the great tube amplifiers from any manufacturer, and one of the best amps C-J ever designed. A true classic. Extremely well made, with high quality parts, and very reliable. C-J still provides complete tube sets.These should be a very nice ... | |
| What's Going On?? Sound changes every night Interesting coincidence that Bill Gaw should chose to write about this same phenomenon in his closing regular monthly column "Audiolics Anonymous" at Enjoy the Music, February 2005:http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/viewpoint/0205/aachapter65.htm. | |
| Walker SST contact enhancer I'm sorry, Dave. Your question lost me. The point of the small contact on the Eichmann and new WBT plugs is to reduce the amount of metal in the connectors, not simply reduce the surface area of the point of contact. It's the mass of metal they're... | |
| Tenor Audio Jonathan, calm down, read what I wrote:"The circuit in the Tenor is identical to one used by Atma-Sphere years ago..."You're correct that the current circuits are not the same, but that's not what I wrote. Ralph's offer of some assistance is an ho... | |
| Sweden's Opus 3 label LP...one of the best Like so many other labels, Opus 3 had to stop pressing vinyl back in the '90s; they held out for a long time. I've been delighted to see them return to some limited vinyl production over the past couple of years. The recent Eric Bibb recordings ha... | |
| Sweden's Opus 3 label LP...one of the best Jack, for the period up through 1979, when Gitarrkvintetten II was recorded, Hansen and Persson were using one of three recorders: Telefunken M12, Telefunken M28 or Revox G36 HS. This information is from the insert in my copy of Test Record 1 "Dep... | |
| Tenor Audio Bluedevil, just in case you missed the understated post from Atmasphere above... Atma-Sphere certainly can service your Tenor amp, if service is needed. Or they can help you diagnose the problem. The circuit in the Tenor is identical to one used b... | |
| Best Sounding Recording Stravinsky "Firebird Ballet" - 45rpm Mercury reissue from Classic RecordsLightnin' Hopkins "Goin' Away" - 45rpm reissue from Analogue Productions - let's just say this gets very high marks among a number of others. | |
| What's Going On?? Sound changes every night Changes in the electrical power over the grid, humidity changes (as Rwwear notes), and air pressure. All will have an impact. . | |
| To much wattage for B & W 805s ?? There's no insolvable danger to using the higher power amps, but you will need to exercise caution. Music played at reasonable volumes will not present a problem. But an unanticipated spike or "thump" will now have enough power behind it possibly ... |