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| Going Topless Removing the lids on components can have a DRASTIC effect sometimes. Besides tubes receiving more direct stimuli via vibration transmitted through the air with the covers removed, circuit stability may also be effected. While most of my experience... | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" The problem with blind tests is that they are typically conducted in less than familiar surroundings. As such, one may not be comfortable in test setting. They are also not allowed to familiarize themselves with the subtle timing, tonal or spatial... | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" THAT is the VERY reason that he got his ass "bbq'ed" over on the Asylum. Saying one thing and doing another is what made him the "poster boy" for hypocrisy on this subject. Sean> | |
| Advice- wiring for dedicated sound room Glen, thanks for sharing your info. It's always good to hear from a professional. I would like to share some of my findings in regards to some of your statements though.As to your comments about #12 being fine for runs up to 150', i would disagree... | |
| Best 2 ch. speaker placement algorithm. Jdwek's directions are right in the ballpark. I would simply add that using a solo singer with your preamp set to mono ( if possible ) is a GREAT way to determine the width of the speakers. When you no longer have a central image and are hearing i... | |
| Advice- wiring for dedicated sound room Depending on how serious you want to get, you might want to have a 20 amp line for each amplifier and two seperate 15 or 20 amp lines for the rest of the gear. It has been recommended that digital gear ( such as CD player / transport / DAC, DVD, t... | |
| PS Audio built into room circuit? Bill, i'm going to be checking into doing something similar but will be using a different approach. Since i have a basement, this might allow me to take the power regenerator out of the room entirely. I'd like to try mounting the power regenerator... | |
| "Load" end of IC s, which direction? Herman is right. The "source" end would always be towards the origin of the signal while the "load" would be flowing towards the speakers. Chances are, Bob Crump has built in a telescoping ground into this cable. This will almost always work best ... | |
| 5 ch. amps--Parasound; Rotel; Marantz While i am not overtly familiar with the Rotel stuff, the Marantz 700's would be a better choice than the Marantz 500's in my experience. Something else that you might want to check into is using a two channel amp for the mains with as little sacr... | |
| A meeting by the River.... This is one of the many discs that Bob Harley lists as part of his reference recordings in his "complete guide" book. I bought it along with all of the others listed so that i might have a better feel for where he and other reviewers were coming f... | |
| PS Audio built into room circuit? I think that the idea behind the PS is that the power being supplied to the equipment is clean, a symmetrical sine wave, free of RFI & EMI, etc... A power cord with similar attributes of RFI / EMI rejection could only help maintain the integri... | |
| PS Audio built into room circuit? If you want to do something like this, simply run the aftermarket cord of your choice from the PS to the extension outlet. Another option is that there are several companies that make "power strips" that either make use of that company's power cor... | |
| I live in a large cement room... Ezmeralda is right on. Most foam is not NEARLY as absorbent or linear as most folks think that it is. As such, it can totally skew the frequency response of the room. I would HIGHLY suggest checking out Jon Risch's website. Sounds like his sound a... | |
| 5 ch. amps--Parasound; Rotel; Marantz You have to be careful when looking for 5 channel amps. Since the manufacturer assumes that you'll be using this primarily for HT use, they tend to make them sound "exciting". As such, the bottom end may be slightly hyped for impact, the mids are ... | |
| gear To appease the "snooty" folks here, my collection of amps does not include any of the above mentioned names except for B & K. Even if i did have the some of the other products that were mentioned and i was happy with them, i would have NO need... |