sfischer1
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| Has anyone added a small subwoofer to 2 channel and been thrilled with the result? I have. Martin Logan CLX with Descent i . I like to use a second preamp output to drive the subwoofer. This has the advantage of a cleaner signal for both woofer and main speakers, but the disadvantage of requiring a level adjustment if the main a... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Given the differences are claimed to *audible*, I guess it’s reasonable to assume that sth like noise levels, sound distortions etc must show measureable differences after changing power cord. Curious whether anyone has done that. @yang_hongTransi... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound If you purchase a power regenerator, I assume you do NOT need a better power cord for the regenerator itself. Yes? Because if takes power, confers to DC before producing ’clean’ AC again, I would guess the power coming in can be as dirty as you li... | |
| No right channel in new cartridge I purchased a high-end cartridge and it arrived with one channel dead. The seller assisted in getting it serviced by the distributor and all was fine. The consensus is that a lead came undone during shipping. A moving coil cartridge has EXTREMEL... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers I can whole-heartedly recommend Martin Logans. I've owned ReQuest, Arius i, Prodigy, and CLX. The early ReQuest, required occasional vacuuming of dust to keep quiet-squealing at bay and good HF extension. The Prodigy and CLX were and have been f... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound As an EE I initially chaffed at the notion that a power chord could affect the sound of a piece of equipment because the AC signal is typically rectified and smoothed to DC by capacitors. After being blown away by apparently large improvements in ... | |
| Dr. Feickert Protractor It is an excellent tool. However, be sure to verify the absolute calibration of the pivot to spindle dimension. My protractor was off by about 1mm. A setting of 258mm for a VPI arm, was actually 259mm. Easily acounted for by setting the protracto... | |
| Grey amplifier Imports from Japan? I’ve purchased an Accuphase phono module using Audiocubes successfully. | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? clearthink, As an example, and as a recovered watch addict, people don’t justify expensive watches based on their time-keeping accuracy (rational), and the differences between different high-quality products can be described as minor. While the fe... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? A sort of statement I often encounter in Absolute Sound, and Stereophile reviews is the declaration of an expensive item's (20K turntable) great sound/performance but then compared to a 75K item (tonearm) which is appreciated as better, and the di... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? There is no rational basis for extraordinarily expensive anything. Such items may be scarce, have attention to detail, materials and performance lavished on them but cannot be rationally justified if an individual cannot afford them. Is a Ferrari ... | |
| Pass XA200.8 Review - Fun measurements I read the measurements and they are quite respectable and aren't pejorative in substance or assessment. I'm not sure of the point of this post, other than an axe to grind with the concept of Pass? These amps are massive, heavy, and there are tw... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? I'm offering a like new, current model, Accuphase preamp with the optional phono for 65% below US retail. The offers I get aren't absurd but are so low that I'd buy the unit again, even though I already have one. ;) I chalk it up to summer distr... | |
| too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers oddiofyl, you assert: "So many Pay Pal scammers." I suspect you haven't had any real experience. I've sold hundreds of luxury items through Audiogon and my own website and my preferred payment method is PayPal since, unlike credit cards, they a... | |
| Transfiguration Proteus I'm late to this discussion. I picked up a lightly used Proteus and found the active vs transformer opinions aren't so clear cut. I’ve now had a chance to listen to the Proteus with several configurations. It’s pretty sensitive to the amplificat... |