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Outlet shoot out
Hdm, thanks for the response and personal findings. Like you, i respect Bob and most of the others that are willing to share their personal findings and thoughts. Also like you, my personal experiences sometimes contradict those of others. That is... 
Condition this baby
Pbb, yes, i am sure of what i stated. One is likely to run into severe voltage sag when the circuit is overloaded. Overloading a circuit could occur because:1) you have too many items plugged into that circuit with all of them turned on2) you have... 
Where to buy reversed polarity AC cords?
dzetye emailed me and was interested in trying to check equipment / ac polarity. I forwarded him to a thread titled "noise, hum and AC polarity" as that tells how to do it without spending more than $5. That is, so long as you already have a multi... 
Copper Deterioration?
Two points:1) Bomarc, how do you make an air-tight / sealed connection using bare wire and a binding post ?2) Unsound, you give me WAY too much credit. I had simply intended on stripping, treating each stripped cable with a specific type of "conta... 
Turntable Hmmmmm
The amount of hiss that you hear will vary from system to system, primarily from preamp to preamp. Some preamps will produce no noise to very little with the gain cranked all the way up while others will have a much higher noise floor at any gain ... 
Active crossovers
KP, it looks as if you were thinking about passive bi-amping. While there can be gains made by doing so, they do not in any way, shape or form compare with the benefits of active bi-amping. That is, if everything is set up right and the speakers d... 
Recommended subwoofer list The Perfect Vision
Scott, thanks for sharing this info with those of us that don't get to read or see "the perfect vision". There is one thing that should be pointed out here though and it is something that one can easily overlook: How many other subs have they test... 
Where to buy reversed polarity AC cords?
dzetye, out of curiosity, why do you wish to do this ? Sean> 
Active crossovers
KP, i would contact Albert and see what he thinks about active crossovers and see what he recommends in terms of necessary mods to the speakers. Most of the benefit of active multi-amping comes from going "direct drive" from amps to speaker driver... 
Outlet shoot out
If i remember correctly, i think that Mr Crump has commented that nickel plating typically tends to sound bright. This could lead to one hearing an increase in "open-ness". Quite honestly, i've not played around with outlets. As skeptical as i was... 
Condition this baby
Will, since your amplifiers output is based on the rail voltages present, reducing available power to the amp will reduce its' potential for output. As such, LARGE voltage sags can become audibly noticeable if standing on the throttle due to reduc... 
Citation 23 Tuner Display: Where to get them?
Brandon, if you buy a generic learning remote, i can lend you one of my remotes to program it with. That is, so long as you PROMISE to send it back ( prepaid ) : ) Sean> 
Released From Customs
That's good to hear. Hope it is WELL worth the wait : ) Sean> 
Mail Service Canada from US, "Who Shot the Eagle"
Recently had two packages ( used LP's ) sent to me via "media rate". For those that don't know, this is the cheapest way to ship books, records, tapes, etc... This works fine so long as you aren't in a hurry for them. The USPS website basically st... 
Copper Deterioration?
One of my "projects" is going to be testing and comparing various "tweaks" to conductors. I'd like to take several identical pieces of wire trimmed to the same length, bare both ends and then treat them with various "contact enhancements" that i h...