sean
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| Power cords to the same outlet You have to be careful when it comes to breaking your system up onto different outlets. Unless all of the outlets are on the same circuit breaker or fuse, you can easily run into ground loops, higher noise floors, etc... I found this out the hard ... | |
| Parasound vs. Bryston According to John Curl, the designer of the Parasound amp in question, the HCA-3500 was "cut cornered" by the bean-counters. The parts that he spec'd for them to use were ignored and cheaper, more easily available pieces were substituted. Even wit... | |
| Out of Control Components with LESS circuitry in them are actually harder to build. This is especially true of amplifiers. Since the manufacturer has NO idea of what type of load ( speaker cables and speakers ) that the amp will be used with, he has to worry abo... | |
| Consumer Alert PS300 actual voltage The voltage coming out of the wall outlets in my house typically measures about 122 or 123 volts. The lowest that i've seen it go in quite a while was about 117 volts. As Neils stated, this is not a big deal unless your running gear that is underd... | |
| Speaker Fetish Thanks for the laugh George. It's good to see that i'm not the only one that posts "novels" here. Next time, try and let it ALL out. You'll feel much better and won't have to drive to the shrink's office until next week... : ) Sean> | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Jostler, the cable length for the 12 gauge vs 18 gauge need only be 8' - 10' or so. Nothing "fancy" or "trick" going on. It's simple math. The 12 gauge will offer lower resistance with relatively high inducatance. On the other hand, 18 gauge has a... | |
| What tube for a Sigma dac? I tried a Mullard CV 4004 for a while and then switched to a Brimar. Both came from Kevin at Upscale. I liked the Brimar better but ended up switching back to my older 16 bit CAL Sigma for personal reasons. Even though the 24 bit Sigma II was much... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology It takes time to acclimate ones' self with the sonic attributes of a system. Some differences are very subtle at best while others can be quite noticeable. Sticking someone into a room with an unknown quantity and then asking them to identify whic... | |
| Any Famous people on Audiogon ? Fabio was rich long before the "butter substitute" deal came along. That just gave him more money to play around with.... Sean> | |
| Processor choices... As someone who has dumped WAY too much money into an HT system, i would keep it simple and seperate from your HT system. Some reasonable sized monitors with a powered sub and decent 5 channel receiver will probably do everything that you want it t... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Mtrycraft, is that you hiding behind the moniker of Stevemj ??? : )I find this type of post to be nothing more than a troll from some "pseudo-scientific spud". Someone that was truly interested in finding out if differences really do exist would s... | |
| Amp suggestion for Legacy Focus People that think amps or other components all sound the same are simply showing how nieve and inexperienced they are when it comes to trying out various pieces of gear. Sean> | |
| Any Famous people on Audiogon ? You guys are TOO much... With a crowd like this, it's no wonder i don't get any respect..... Rodney> | |
| Speaker Fetish All i can say is that i'm glad i'm not alone : ) Sean> | |
| Radio Shack SPL Meter mods corrections Lightningman, thanks for posting your results. Your comments about rolled off highs were echoed in some of the original info that i culminated this from. The change to C12 addresses that problem. Due to production tolerances, some mic elements and... |