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| Excess Power Cord Length Changing lengths of ANY cord or wire will change its' impedance somewhat. If the cords are counting on a specific length to achieve a nominal impedance or are "fine tuned" at that specific length, shortening them might alter the results that you'r... | |
| Sensitivity Issues While i don't know know what all the reviews or even Pass Labs will tell you, my experience with Nelson's older designs tells me that your amp should easily deal with lower impedance loads. While his amps may not have as much current as some of th... | |
| To tone control or not to tone control I agree with Greg. Look into upgrading your source and making sure that the rest of the room ( cables, speaker placement & room acoustics ) are as good as they get BEFORE adding "unnecessary gadgets". Adding some type of "band aid" will not "h... | |
| Tired of SS amp. While i'm not real familiar with a lot of different tube gear, i too liked the Atmasphere stuff that i've previously heard.As to your Pass amp being the problem, i would probably chalk it up more to lack of system synergy than the amp NOT being a ... | |
| What affects timing in a system? Since bass is the "foundation" of music ( drums and bass are the "rhthym section" of a band ), "tightening" or "thinning" of the lower frequencies will almost always reduce the "pace" of a system. That is, unless it was bloated to begin with. Whil... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? 7, i think that you'll find that sometimes electrical measurements VERIFY what we hear even though it would not show up under "normal" test procedures. Moncrieff did reviews of products and talked about ( others still do it today ) product X havin... | |
| Why doesn't that movie star have... Since most people (including the "rich & famous") have never been exposed to a truly good system, it would be easy for them to overlook such things. Aside from that, just because one has money doesn't mean that they have good ears, good taste ... | |
| Musicality" in a system? What IS that ? Wow, good thread Doug. Coming up with this topic was probably like building our systems. Simple yet quite elusive. I have to add that there have been many excellent points. As others have mentioned, when someone mentions a system is "musical", i t... | |
| UPS or should I Say Oooops Bulldogger, i have NO idea of where your getting your information from about the handling of packages. Even if you did or do work there. While NOBODY in their right mind would purposely damage goods or "play games" in front of a supervisor, it hap... | |
| Cal Audio Alpha 24/96 $700 upgrade ??? It is $450 for the upgrade as far as i know. At least it was the last time that i checked. Sean> | |
| UPS or should I Say Oooops I will guarantee that EVERY claim starts off in their computer as "denied". I have witnessed first hand how the procedure is done AS THE CLAIMS ADJUSTOR ENTERED IT INTO THEIR SYSTEM. One of the clerks at the shipping counter was even freaked out a... | |
| Cheapest places to buy gear? Yeah, i was thinking the same thing about the deals here on Audiogon, Audioweb, Audioreview and Audioshopper. If these prices are TOO high, your just TOO cheap : )As to Hififorless, they recently had a BIG change in terms of advertised prices on t... | |
| UPS or should I Say Oooops Yes, they will pay out if the unit is not in the original box. The damage has to be quite obvious though and packing would have had to have been MORE than up to their standards in the first place though. In other words, been there / done that........ | |
| Cal Audio Alpha 24/96 In the past, CAL was very good and easy to deal with. I do know that the company has undergone quite a bit of internal "shake-ups", so things might or might not be the same now. As to doing the upgrade, it will result in a more spacious and open s... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? Steve, the fact that some people CAN and DO have very high "guess" ratios while doing blind testing PROVES that there HAS to be differences amongst cables. It also proves that there are different levels of hearing ability. Just because 10 people s... |