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| Long wall or short wall Long wall placement has a LOT of advantages so long as you can maintain a decent distance between you / the speakers / back wall. Here's the first and primary reason why this is true.When you have your speakers placed on the short wall, nothing yo... | |
| Acoustic Research component cables - crapped out You probably just have to re-solder the ends. Most cable breaks are right at the connectors. Sean> | |
| Interconnect Breakin with or w/o pre-amp on? If you can find a disc with a frequency sweep using a square wave on it, put this on repeat and let it play. Just make sure that you don't have any volume on the system as this can easily take out tweeters and / or sensitive mids.As far as whether... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? El: I commented that most "omni's" like the Ohm's are not true Omni's due to the limited vertical dispersion. Other than that, until you can do a side by side and listen to the differences in presentation between a panel and an "omni", it is all "... | |
| Anyone Blow a Release Valve on Power Caps? Herman: Thanks for the kick in the head and the explanation. It made me start thinking normally again : ) Sean> | |
| Warped record playback As a general rule, linear trackers with a properly aligned cartridge are much better at dealing with problems in vinyl. As far as cantilever deflection goes, that will have to do with the severity of the warp. An abrupt rise will surely result in ... | |
| DAC on Universal player You would only benefit from this if the DAC were of higher quality than the internal DAC's in the player itself and there were minimal amounts of signal loss and jitter introduced via the digital cable used. You might be better off having the play... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Drubin: The design that B&O has is severely flawed, regardless of what you read about it in "Hi-Fi glossies". It is similar in concept to what BIC did 20 years ago and Mirage is trying to do today but with a lot more research and technology in... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? While the Shahinian's are nice speakers, they really aren't "Omni's" so much as they are multiple radiators arrayed to produce a diffuse pattern. Any time you use multiple drivers, you run into lobing problems due to cancellation, etc... While i h... | |
| Anyone Blow a Release Valve on Power Caps? Probably just a faulty cap. None the less, i'm sure that Sierra will check the entire amp out as a cap blowing could be a sign of over-voltage. As a side note, caps are typically QUITE "loud" when they let go. While i've never seen one that has an... | |
| subwooferability ??? Most active subs on the market are pieces of under-designed junk that are sold for convenience purposes only. There are exceptions to this rule, but.... Sean> | |
| OHm micro walsh series... Those don't use real Walsh drivers. Walsh drivers look like "pylons" or "road cones" for lack of a better term. As t Holzhauer's comments, once you hear a "true" Omni ( NOT a driver that is manipulated to reflect signals ), you'll never forget the... | |
| Place to purchase refurbished Marantz, Denon, etc I was told by a local dealer to stay away from refurbed Denon gear. He was VERY adamant about it. Sean> | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup Sheesh. You guys thought i was long-winded ???Personally, i disagree with a LOT of what Exertfluffer has stated concerning full range mains, surrounds and powered subs. "Most" commercially built powered subs perform less than optimally for multipl... | |
| Denon 2900: Questions, comments Flex: Thanks for your input. As far as your rack goes, i wish i had that rack for this system as i'm using something that is much lower on the totem pole. Having said that, i have to wonder how one of Ken's Neuance shelves would work as a replacem... |