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| Whatever happened to Enid? I've wondered the same thing. As i've mentioned before, what she used to do in terms of cleaning and preserving her LP's puts most current "vinylphiles" to shame. Then again, she was doing this 20+ years ago, when vinyl was abundant and not "rare"... | |
| Ground Loop - New Twist? Unless you have a digital power amp, i would ground everything BUT the amp. Some digital components such as CD's, DVD's, Transports & DAC's, maybe even tuner's, etc... are VERY ground senstive and get "squirrelly" when you remove ground. The g... | |
| Need feedback on Classe amps I would agree with Pops in that Classe' amps are "sturdy" and can drive difficult loads. My little Classe' 70 ( 75 / 150 / 300 wpc with 3 db's of headroom ) could easily drive some very low impedance / low sensitivity speakers that my Bryston 4B (... | |
| Dunlavy vs Coincident One of my buddies had SC IV's and had nothing but problems with them. While his room might not have been big enough for them to operate at their best, i know that Dunlavy DID make changes to the IV shortly after he started bombarding them with pho... | |
| System sounds better at night? Tell your buddy that someone is "smokin' somethin'" but it's not you. This is a common occurance and you are not alone in your findings. My systems typically sounds noticeably better after about 1 or 2 in the morning. Soundstage becomes far more v... | |
| Ground Loop - New Twist? If floating the amp gets rid of the hum and does not tear up system performance, don't worry about it. I've seen and read more than a few manuals that specifically state that it might be necessary to eliminate / minimize multiple grounds. As such,... | |
| Making Stereo amps into Mono One correction to your post, Paul. Nelson Pass did not design the Nakamichi amps. Nak simply paid licensing fees to Pass for letting them use the Stasis design. While i've never heard the Nak versions, i've been told that they sound QUITE differen... | |
| Straight wire with gain???? My experience is that mating a "musical" component with an "analytical" component in the backbone of a system seems to work best. Otherwise, you end up with TOO much of a "good" thing or a system that is not well balanced. While certain characteri... | |
| Need feedback on Classe amps The smaller Classe' amps were quite lean in my opinion with the larger models filling out quite a bit. Don't know about the newer stuff. Sean> | |
| Cal Audio Alpha 24/96 upgrade? One other thing. If you use your DAC on a regular basis, i would simply leave it on all the time. I've done this and never had any problems whatsoever. Life expectancy of a low level tube like this is VERY long compared to what you get out of a po... | |
| Cal Audio Alpha 24/96 upgrade? I somehow posted early and didn't finish the job. Is this what they call "premature....." ??? : )Even if you ended up buying a pair of each tube listed above, it would set you back a whopping $75 including shipping. This would give you 5 sets of t... | |
| Cal Audio Alpha 24/96 upgrade? I "somewhat" agree with Camadeco as you might have summed up from my first post. Bargain hunters ( most everybody on this site ) see the 16 bit Alpha's for sale at reasonable prices and have a hard time spending the greater amount of cash for the ... | |
| wood tonic hurts ? I also forgot to mention that Wood Tonic only hurts when you drink it. Besides that, it makes a lousy aftershave !!! Talk about "burning in".... : ) Sean> | |
| wood tonic hurts ? As long as you put it on the wood and NOT the drivers, you'll be okay : )Somethine else that breathes life back into old cabinets is Lemon Oil. The oil feeds the wood AND adds back some of the original rich wood tones that used to be there before ... | |
| Why No Testing of Isolation Products? While i would agree with the basic concept behind your post, variables such as physical size and differences in weight / loading on the devices could make MEASURABLE differences. As such, very thorough or in-depth testing would be necessary. For i... |