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| Silver DIY Interconnects Wdi: If you are looking for a cable that is characterized as sounding "warm and smooth" or "musical" by many folks that have heard them, try building a pair of Jon Risch's SSTP ( Solid / Stranded Twisted Pair ) cables. This makes use of copper cor... | |
| silly HT front/rear matching question? The better your sources are and the more multi-channel music that you listen to, the more you would notice the differences between matched and mismatched speakers. Other than that, i would agree with Kr4. Pay the most attention to matching the cen... | |
| Stylus pressure gauges Albert, i must be slipping up : )Honestly though, i think that cartridge set-up is much like speaker placement. I guess the common factor here is that both devices are electro-mechanical transducers. I think that "tools" are necessary to get thing... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ As long as we have at least one member of Stereophile reading this... : )I have more respect for a few specific reviewers than i do for others. Some are more willing to divulge information than others. Having said that, most of that information ha... | |
| Stylus pressure gauges With recommendations from both Albert and Mike, i'm sure that the Winds is the way to go. Having said that, i've used the "el cheapo" Shure many times and been satisfied that the results are reasonably close. I'm sure that one can get a more accur... | |
| Suggestions for toslink cable? I was surprised at how good a Toslink can sound after experimenting with a few. The two that i had the best luck with are the Glass Toslink's on Ebay or a DH Labs plastic model. Quite honestly, i don't know if i could hear any difference between t... | |
| Major Problems with Aleph Ono It may not be a matter of isolation so much as it is a matter of having the table positioned directly in a low frequency high pressure node. No amount of isolation underneath the table can damp the excitation of the table via air-borne means. Plac... | |
| Yoiks, I'm amplifier confused. Don't know what the output impedance of the Rogue preamp is, but you should find that out and then re-examine your amplifier selections to see if all of them are truly compatible. Sean> | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Great to see such a variety of music here, both new and old. Sean> | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" The disc that has gotten the most spin-time in the last few days has been Johnny Cash's most recent disc entitled "American IV: The Man Comes Around". This is a pretty interesting disc as it sounds like the voice that we've always recognized but h... | |
| Why do AC cords make so much difference? Redbeard: The parts to make a "real" AC filter are all commonly available. One need not even buy parts as you can buy commercial grade units that will work phenomenally well. Just make sure that you have a freight truck to transport them, a dolly ... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Paulwp: That's a great observation you've made. While i never really paid attention to that in Stereophile, i have used a similar line of thought on various salespeople at Best Buy regarding Blose products. For instance, i'll ask them if they thin... | |
| Silver DIY Interconnects Someone reading this thread contacted me and took my comments re: "you guys crack me up" as being somewhat of an insult. As such, I'd like to clarify what i meant when i said what i did. My comments were NOT meant as an insult to anyone participat... | |
| Monster HTS power conditioners, do they work? Some of the less expensive Monster PLC's actually introduce noise into whatever is plugged into them. To avoid this problem, stick with the larger units that have at least eight outlets on them. Whether or not you can tell a difference in your sys... | |
| Why do AC cords make so much difference? It's too bad that so many things in life have to be "protected" as intellectual properties. Otherwise, some real progress in technology / science / medicine / etc... might really be made by those with common goals yet different ideas and experienc... |