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| What Cart. for a Infinity Black widow My responses were based on the constraints of the arm being used. Off the top of my head, i don't know any MC cartridges that work optimally in a very low mass pivoted arm. Other than that, i can understand how someone listening to a good MC cartr... | |
| What can the average enthusiest do to get A+ HT? Unsound: I think we are comparing apples to oranges here. I'm talking about a dedicated HT system here, not multi-channel music. I know that some people have "hybrid" systems i.e. two channel music combined with multi-channel HT, but the two types... | |
| Which solid state amp loves a 4 ohm load? Unsound: My comments were primarily aimed at Nelson's earlier Threshold designs and the X series. The Aleph's will work okay with lower impedances, but would suggest using the larger models in such a situation. Like you, i too prefer the X series ... | |
| Counterpoint 3.1 Preamp question It's been my experience that a LOT of Counterpoint gear is really starting to fall apart at this point in time. As was mentioned, it would cost as much or more to have it refurbed than what you could get out of it. As such, i would suggest using t... | |
| How to avoid hum and hiss to speakers from amps. I agree that using tubes with very high sensitivity speakers can make for a noisy system. Tube based systems typically have higher gain and ANY noise that is generated is easily reproduced through the higher than average sensitivity speakers. Havn... | |
| DIY mesh sleeve If those guys don't have it, then try these guys : )http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&DID=7&WebPage_ID=161 | |
| Is there way to stop mold due to water damage? Something that we used to do for flooding at a company that i worked for was to take and have books, documents, lp's, etc... freeze-dried and then dehydrated. Try contacting a local business that does fire and flood restoration and see if they off... | |
| Which solid state amp loves a 4 ohm load? Rooze: Glad you're "temporary fix" worked out as well as it did for you. Nothing like a pleasant surprise, huh? : )As you noticed, i have a couple of Perreaux's that i use for subwoofer duty. Both are 3150's and run in the same system driving eigh... | |
| What's Better - Denon 2900 or Sony NS999es? Why? Quite honestly, i was stupid and shelled out the cash for the 2900. Mind you, it's not a bad unit, but i should have learned my lesson and just bought something that was cheap, competent and easily modifiable. Having said that, i wanted something ... | |
| What can the average enthusiest do to get A+ HT? $70K to get good results?!?!?! Somebody is doing something WAY wrong, especially if they are taking advantage of deals on Agon, Audioshopper and Audioweb!!! Other than that, i agree with Brent. Keep it simple and pay attention to details. Most of ... | |
| How to avoid hum and hiss to speakers from amps. If you are already experiencing this, you've got one of what could be many problems.1) Tubes could be bad or going bad2) You've got ground / AC polarity issues or very noisy AC mains3) You are picking up higher than average quantities of RFI or EM... | |
| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? I held out for quite some time after hearing the best that CD had to offer ( Nak, ReVox, Kyocera ) in the early days. Even so, i bought a Sonographe model for next to nothing and that is the only reason that i bought it. If i remember correctly, t... | |
| Have recently purchased NHT 3.3 from an audiogoner From what i understand, Nelson Pass has designed more than just the Adcom 5800, 5802 and GFP-750 for them. I could be wrong about this though and am only repeating what could be "audiophile mythology". Sean>PS... Even if Nelson did design some ... | |
| What's Better - Denon 2900 or Sony NS999es? Why? For what it is worth, TAS ranked the appr $1000 Yamaha higher than the Denon 2900 an issue or two ago. As such, it may be worth checking out. Having said that, i'm sure that the Denon is much better than the Sony in terms of video performance. As ... | |
| Home audio drivers vs. car audio drivers Gunbei: Most car stereo woofers have a high Qms, which results in a big impedance peak at resonance. This is what causes the bloated, indistinct bass that you hear from the "boom / tizz" vehicles. Lower impedances aren't a problem for a good amp, ... |