shadorne
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| Unusual parallel speaker cables - DIY I would check carefully that you do not have a contact problem somewhere. It sure looks as though the additional cable is adding weight and causing a significant bending moment on your banana plugs and binding posts. FWIW - this may be affecting c... | |
| what are the thoughts of stand alone super tweeter BTW - I would add that many ordinary tweeters compress quite badly - yes really - even the ones on five figure speakers. FWIW - I would be more concerned with the quality of the transducers producing the all too audible frequencies between 60 Hz a... | |
| Which way to go to built a music server?? Use Apple Airport express and connect APExpress via Toslink cable (with mini jack adapter on one end) to the DAC to get the digital signal into the DAC. Would be the cheapest because I do have the cable, the APExpress and an iPod touch to control... | |
| what are the thoughts of stand alone super tweeter is it worth my money... regards forevermusic414 Only you can decide. FWIW There is not much above 15Khz that most adults can hear. If you want to improve on a tweeter that rolls off at 12KHz then by all means go for it - however, for the money, I... | |
| Which component upgrade will produce more BASS? Rauliruegas,Good link. I did not read the entire thread but I realize that I do share your views about the terrible amounts of distortion from typical bass in both subwoofers and most speakers. This is why I recommend large woofers with large moto... | |
| Legal & Ethical Questions in the PC Audio Age But this time, I bought the one that was identified as "New," because this discussion makes me wonder to what extent I'm being complicit in unethical behavior when I buy a used CD. There is a difference though. If you own the original media (even... | |
| Blu-ray format... Do you like it compared to DVD? "Has anyone noticed that 720p TVs seem to look slightly better on hi def TV and regular DVD? "It is an issue of pixels. If you have a TV with 1920 x 1080 pixels then it will display HD 1080P as perfectly as possibly. If you have a different number... | |
| Noise Destoyer Power Conditioner don't think computers are the culprit here since before the installation of noise destroyers, the sound of my system was actually darker. Right now, it sounds a lot more energetic like it has been given a vitamin drink. What you are describing, h... | |
| Which component upgrade will produce more BASS? Agree with Bill. Change the speakers. By lower mid bass I take it you mean kick drum (rather than a subwoofer) is your main need. If you want to go serious then get something with at least a 10 or 12" woofer (I would add to check the voice coil si... | |
| Good entry level cd? Cambridge CD players are good at this price range used. | |
| Preamplifier power supply for example the built in preamplifier in the Benchmark DAC. To me it sure looks like a pretty big overkill toroidal transformer in that little box... | |
| Preamplifier power supply Yes you do need a good quiet power (toriodal) supply that keeps noise away from the circuitry - and big capicitance like on a big power amp is one way to do that. Of enormous criticality is how power supply is kept away from ground and how balance... | |
| The best CD Player for the money One other CD question. If the CD is properly encoded, how could there EVER be any frequency above about 20khz? There isn't. However, jitter and other issues can produce out of band noise which can get aliased in. Upsampling will try to push the n... | |
| Blu-ray format... Do you like it compared to DVD? FWIW - A $250 BD player can play DVD's too....just because you own one does not mean you are forced to buy every $35 release that comes out. I use common sense. I only buy movies that I really want - the others I wait until they show up on TV. Bes... | |
| Favorite Telarc releases..... Lorin Maazel and Cleveland Orchestra Shostakovich 5th is way way fun on Telarc.Rachmaninov with Horacio Guitierez also with Lorin is also another favorite of mine. Lorin makes classical fun and a bit funky. He seems to understand rhythm and pace b... |