shadorne
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| Most neutral speaker cable for less than $5 a foot Beheme,I use XLR cables. Ordinary "Yorkville" cables from Long and McQuade (a guitar/music store). The speakers are active and as such have very high input impedance. The XLR cables carry low level signal voltage with very little current and act a... | |
| Good power cord vs Killer power cord? The power supply board in most audio gear filters and converts the mains AC to a robust DC that should be stable enough for use in audio circuits under normal conditions. Special power cords or conditioners should not normally be required except f... | |
| Sand and shot? Blu-tack = Audio duct tape | |
| Speaker Cable-The Best of the Cheap? Since you have 12ga and want an improvement then by all means go to 10ga wires. This will have lower overall resistance than your monster cables by about 30%....although 30% improvement on a very small number is still a small number and of only in... | |
| Good power cord vs Killer power cord? A good power cord will be insulated. A Killer power cord will not! ;-) | |
| How far apart are your speakers? Nilthepill,The V's must sound great nevermind the distance ;-) | |
| ATC C6 Sub- How Good is it?? A good sub is not just about frequency response - harmonic distortion and power output are also important. The THD is quoted less than 1 % for this sub, which is low for this frequency range and driver size. It is driven by 1000 watts. It is rare ... | |
| First Experience w/ Airport Express to HIFI If you can't hear a difference then I would not worry about it too much. Jitter is much less of a problem than most people fear. | |
| Do they make Speakers For Rap/Rock Tacmc5,Just for the record I do own some rap music and I enjoy it too. I started collecting about 15 years ago with RunDMC. I just loved their version of "Walk this Way" done together with Aerosmith...even the video was awesome!My daughter and her... | |
| Most neutral speaker cable for less than $5 a foot Extension cord from Home Depot...but whatever you do, don't use the cord with anything else before hooking it to your speakers or it will affect the burn in.A Hedge trimmer makes the cable sound clippedA vacuum cleaner makes the cable sound suck (... | |
| Is balanced necessarily better? There is a lot of literature and it can be confusing as not everyone connects things in the same way or even grounds components in the same manner.Here is another linkhttp://www.rane.com/note110.htmlXLR balanced connections usually have Pin 1 as b... | |
| Higher power=better sound at low volume? All other things being nearly equal ( often the case in SS amps ), 200 watts power is usually better than 100 watts as it will be less likely to clip as source material becomes more challenging. A doubling of power is usually required to make a pe... | |
| Is balanced necessarily better? Could not agree more with Eldartford, see this link which gives a "balanced" explanation (forgive the pun)http://www.earthcurrents.com/london-live/balanced.htmThe article explains that it is all about less external noise pick up in the circuits an... | |
| Is balanced necessarily better? Yes it is better but RCA is good enough for most audiophile applications.I use balanced XLR as I have active speakers and that is the connection they accept. I don't even remember the brand of cable I use. I picked the cables up at a musical instr... | |
| Do they make Speakers For Rap/Rock I can confirm what others on this thread have said about ATC actives with regard to rock music. David Gilmour, Tom Petty, Lenny Kravitz and many rock artists use these speakers. However, the bass might be a little too tight and accurate for what r... |