rushton
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| 20 Amp Dedicated line: 10 gauge vs 12 gauge wire Mr_Lewis, most of us running dedicated circuits have installed two or more. For example, in my minimalist two-channel system, I run three dedicated circuits: a separate 20 amp circuit for each of my Atma-Sphere MA-2 220w monoblocks, and a third ci... | |
| Air Tight Supreme compared to PC-1 Steve, in a nutshell, J.Valin liked the Supreme as a "greatly improved" cartridge over the over the original PC-1, which he'd liked very much. Quoting briefly from the review by JV: "The new cartridge goes lower with much better timing, focus, and... | |
| How good are grado cartridges Snook2, if you could move to the wood bodied Grado Reference Reference ($1500 retail), that would be a nice improvement from the Shelter 501 MkII in respect to reproducing the natural timbre of acoustic instruments and tonal quality through the mi... | |
| Air Tight Supreme compared to PC-1 Steve, have you had a chance to read Jonathan Valin's review of the Supreme in the February 2009 issue of TAS? He gives a nice overview of the differences he's hearing between the original PC-1 and the new Supreme.. | |
| 20 Amp Dedicated line: 10 gauge vs 12 gauge wire From all that I've read, it's about voltage drop over the distance of the circuit run. At shorter distances from your breaker box (perhaps under 30') go with 12 gauge, at longer distances (50' or more) definitely use 10 gauge. I've seen some chart... | |
| Furutech Destat or Walker Talisman or both? Theo, I haven't used a Destat, but I do use a Walker Talisman. The Talisman works very effectively here for static elimination and delivers a sonic benefit even when there is no static. As I've noted in another thread, the benefits I hear when usi... | |
| Are contact treatments worth the money? Designdude, good for you to go out and try this! Glad to hear you've had some results that please you. To clean and prep other contacts in your system, unless you see some obvious corrosion, isopropyl alchohol and a Q-tip will work quite well. Tha... | |
| Last song on most LP's pressed with compression Eldartford is right. The spacing by itself is not the contributing factor. But the closer spacing does reflect music that has less dynamic range and/or less lower bass energy and often the music here has been compressed. I take this to be what you... | |
| The best phono stage out there? The Aesthetix Io Signature or the Io Eclipse are two additional candidates for consideration among the top competitive phono stages. | |
| Walker Prelude Step 4 rinse-Somewhat mixed results Johnny, trust your ears. If you're hearing it, it's real. The next time I do some more cleaning, I'll do some more comparative testing to see if I come across any examples that match your two negative experiences.. | |
| Walker Prelude Step 4 rinse-Somewhat mixed results Johnny, I've had only positive or occasionally neutral results using the Step 4 Final Rise as compared to the same LPs using Prelude and just the ultraPure water rinses. I've never had a negative effect. On the two LPs you had a negative result, d... | |
| Can we go back to 33's please? Nicely described, Mike. Agree totally.. | |
| Best wood for an isolation platform Mattcone, I use the Walker Audio amp stands made from 3" rock maple butcher block and I've been very pleased with the result. They are mounted on Walker Audio Valid Points screwed into the maple butcher block. You can come close to replicating th... | |
| Are contact treatments worth the money? No harm, Bicycle_man. We can certainly agree to disagree for there is much room in this hobby to differ. I agree that experimentation is important as we seek to improve the enjoyment we get from our respective systems. Sharing actual experiences i... | |
| Can we go back to 33's please? Regarding some comments on the 45 rpm RCA classical reissues, I continue of the opinion that the Classic Records 45rpm reissues are vastly superior to the originals (that I've been able to hear) and superior to any of the 33 rpm reissues. Not to o... |