sean
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| Does unequal speaker wire length matter? El: I think that most people are using speaker cables of 12 to 16 gauge on average with quite a few at the 13-14 gauge area. Couple the higher series resistance with a slightly inductive load and a higher nominal impedance ( 40 - 100 ohms ) and yo... | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Most all "metal" sounds best at pounding volumes. One Classical piece that i've found that sounds great with peaks at your seated listening position of appr 110 dB's is Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, particularly "Allegro Molto". The dynamic cont... | |
| Stereophile confirms new gear is getting worse.... Cl: You are right on the money. Take a gander as to the conversation between myself, Trelja and John Atkinson of Stereophile that took place a short time ago. Form your own opinions based on their reactions. Sean> | |
| Cryo'd Decora Outlets? You can purchase any outlet that you like and have it cryo'd by sending it to a cryo facility or forwarding it to someone else that sells / offers cryo'd components. Sean> | |
| Does unequal speaker wire length matter? Sd hit it right on the head. Kudo's to him for taking into account the variables involved i.e. the actual electrical characteristics of the cables being used and how they will affect the system ( tonal characteristics and power transfer ) as a who... | |
| Mods - Odds and Sods??? There is a difference between modifiers and parts swappers. Some of these "tweak guru's" simply swap existing parts whereas others modify ( add / remove ) existing circuitry and upgrade the parts that remain. Some are capable of designing / buildi... | |
| Best digital cable below $500 I'm not directly aware of any manufacturer that currently offers such designs or cabling. Then again, i've not been shopping for digital cables in a while : ) Sean> | |
| listener fatigue? go analogue. Chris aka the Kid said a mouthful and was what i was getting at. Only difference is, Chris had more info to work with than what i did : )Other than that, there is no mention of cabling being used for either interconnects, speaker cabling or power ... | |
| What is everyone using for dedicated AC lines??? Solid conductors are prefered in any given situation except for situations where flexibility or repeated stress is of concern. I know of "honest" cable manufacturers that will agree with this statement even though most of their products are of str... | |
| Album cd or LP with best bass for new subwoofer If you're not "squeamish", a disc by a band called "Master" entitled "Faith is in Season". This is hard metal with "shocking" pictures and lyrics. Other than completely rocking you to the bone, the kick drums will have your woofers flailing about ... | |
| Best digital cable below $500 The best digital cable is one that maintains a consistent impedance that is characteristic of the devices being connected to it. On top of that, it should offer low series resistance, wide bandwidth, low dielectric absorption, minimal skin effect,... | |
| listener fatigue? go analogue. Digital tends to sound "harsher" than analogue. That is, until you find well designed components that use good quality parts and / or band aid poorer performing digital units. Sean> | |
| Smooth sounding DAC? Jayarr: When one looks at a signal at a given spot, it is called "sampling" the data. With digital, these "samples" are taken at very specific but limited points along the data path. One is not taking in ALL of the data, but simply "sampling" it a... | |
| Power cables, I need help As a follow-up / addendum to what Bigtee stated above, i looked into the comments being made by owners of Bryston gear stating that power cords make little to no difference on their gear. What i found was that Bryston incorporates more filtering i... | |
| Sistrum or Neuance or...? If someone is interested in educating themselves on the subject, try checking into these books. I've been doing some reading on the subject and both of these came highly recommended to me by what i would consider experts in the field. The first on... |