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| cable dielectric cause of artificial sound Dpac: One can pick and choose as to what they think matters at audio frequencies, but the bottom line is that Audioholics believe and teach that all reasonably well constructed cables sound the same. Since we know that all cables don't sound the s... | |
| cable dielectric cause of artificial sound Dpac996: You and Audioholics are absolutely right!!! I recant all of my previous statements, experiences and chalk it up to my ignorance of the "facts". Thanks for clearing all of this up for me. Helping me to understand that all cables of reasona... | |
| PS Audio Noise Harvester Musicseller: Try disconnecting your audio gear from the outlets while leaving the NH plugged in. If the light show remains, you've got a ton of noise coming in on that circuit. If the light show slows or disappears when plugged in by itself, your ... | |
| Can magnets permanently damage CRTs? I would suggest pulling the power on the TV for a day or so. This "might" discharge any residual magnetism within the circuit. Other than that, you'll probably have to take it in and have the unit serviced. If you like the TV enough to do this, yo... | |
| brass outlet covers...anyone try them? Sound good I'm with Albert & Tom ( Audiotweek ) on this one. Anything that physically touches or connects to your componentry becomes a transducer for mechanical energy. This mechanical energy alters the sonics that we hear and can be excited at a variab... | |
| Ayre Monoblocks vs. Linn Klimax Solo 500s I have never heard the two products side by side, but i'm familiar with each individually. Having said that, and this is based on what i heard from an all Linn system using their very finest ($$$$$) components, i think that the Ayre's would be a B... | |
| Is Bi - amping worth the trouble? Blindjim: Signal strength / drive levels and SPL's are directly correlated in an audio system, albeit at a non-linear rate. This has to do with losses through-out the chain, mostly within the speakers. Most all of these losses are easily measured ... | |
| Is Bi - amping worth the trouble? Blindjim: -3dB is equivalent to a loss of 50% of the signal, which would not only alter the amplitude, but also the quality of the signal in most cases. I'm not trying to pick on you, but i find that figure to be way out of line to say the least. ... | |
| Is Bi - amping worth the trouble? I agree about passive vs actice bi-amping. The only time that i think passive bi-amping is worth the added cost is if the speakers are a very tough load and / or extreme volumes are required. Obviously, i would prefer to do so using an active cros... | |
| Is Bi - amping worth the trouble? Bmotorcycle: This is one of those things that people won't / can't understand until they experience it for themselves. After doing that, they can't believe they wasted all of that time before stumbling upon this "aural revelation". As i've called ... | |
| Can someone guide me as to what Single driver ?? This Monacor SP-30PATC speaker may be of interest to some folks out there. Looks pretty similar to the aforementioned Eminence Beta 12LTA, but with higher sensitivity and slightly flatter response. Don't know how they work in the real world, but a... | |
| CD sound quality Before doing anything with the speakers in terms of a warranty claim, try removing and re-installing the brass jumpers. It's possible that you might have a bad connection, resulting in only part of the speaker receiving signal.Obviously, take a lo... | |
| Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen Pubul57: Thanks for pointing out what i've been trying to tell people for a long time now. I just get tired of repeating the same mantra over and over : )Due to the geometry that the flat series of Alpha-Core Goertz cabling uses, the impedance tha... | |
| Is Bi - amping worth the trouble? Perfectionist: Given the fact that you're using mono-blocks, you wouldn't be vertically or horizontally bi-amping. You would simply be bi-amping with mono-blocks.Blindjim: How did you arrive at the figure of 3 dB? At radio frequencies, every conne... | |
| PRat: a DAC or transport thing? Gregm: Yes, i would venture to say that phase linearity is a good portion of what contributes to "PRAT". As Dazzdax also added, an added bit of "warmth" can sometimes help this out too. As Dgarretson also pointed out, when things are right, your t... |