shadorne
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| Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs Here are some repetitive ones of the simpler variety that you can never get out of your head (once you've heard the song). Some are mind numbingly simple but like Beethovens 5th - the simple ones stick. Queen - Another one bites the dustQueen - We... | |
| Speaker cable for ATC scm 19 I'd suggest copper cable with a decent number of strands (79). A reasonable number of strands will make for a flexible cable and ensure good contact at the binding post (low bending moment on the post and easy to flatten for large surface area con... | |
| Voltage fluctuations I use an APC regenerator - it works fine - it makes a click when the AC goes on as it adjusts the voltage to keep it within target range. | |
| Thinking of upgrading speakers, any suggestions? From your perspective, how do “hi-fi” manufacturers with some professional monitor pedigree fare in comparison with ATC/PMC, for example Focal and Wilson Audio? If you are talking dynamic Hi-Fi speakers and panels They are generally extremely com... | |
| Cable Burn In Problem Shadorne, you cheeky monkey, you.Yes. I am being cynical again.....I know and accept that many will disagree but concerns about cable break in are,IMHO, bordering on paranoia...just play the music and enjoy it for goodness sake...Frankly if a sys... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Playing around with these in various configs and switching inputs back and forth (both blind and active, I used some fellow audiophile friends) - there is NO difference whatsoever between ANY of these cables. This matches my experience. I maintai... | |
| Mid life audio crisis Congrats Monty! Good to hear that you survived the crisis and are doing fine! | |
| Thinking of upgrading speakers, any suggestions? Here is a link to an interview with Roger QuestedSting is a customer of Roger's and so are several other famous musicians and studios. If you read the article you get the impression that he was so frustrated with speaker technology of the 70's tha... | |
| Thinking of upgrading speakers, any suggestions? Oh one thing - if you want that "live factor" then you can pretty much forget everything in dynamic speakers except ATC, PMC and Genelecs. Forget about panels too. One good option which also might work for you would be large horns - Meyers, Westla... | |
| Thinking of upgrading speakers, any suggestions? What I look for is tonal accuracy, open and clear midrange and dynamics, as I feel these are the most important parameters that can give you impression of live sound, in other words a reproduced sound of live unamplified instrument is as real as ... | |
| New Build I have not yet picked up the G2's but can get them for $400. Are the Kinima's that bad? I don't have direct experience but the look of them and the design got me very worried. A quick google indicate that there are some unhappy customers of their ... | |
| Cable Burn In Problem Saxo,I really sympathize with your problem but there is really is no way that anything other than playing all the equipment for 100 hours properly all hooked up (exactly as it would be in the music listening real situation) and also with the parti... | |
| Do you need full-range speakers with great subs? I would not advise this - that 3" polydome mid was discontinued - it won't play loud enough for you space requirements - you will suffer terrible midrange compression and difficulty to hear dialogue on movies in such a large space or worse you wil... | |
| New Build You should seriously consider auditioning other (better) speakers before further upgrades, IMHO. | |
| Damaged Dome Mid-Range Eldartford,Thanks - you are correct. A good power amp would have power rails around +/-75 volts or more. It is indeed possible that the Denon 2803 HT Receiver has much less - however I doubt it would be less than +/-50 Volts. This could be a probl... |