spatialking
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| 2 channel setup I echo the importance of listening to a lot of speakers. A lot. If you haven’t seriously listened a dozen in your price range, you aren’t shopping well. Likewise, listen to a set of speakers out of your price range on either side to know what your... | |
| The invention of measurements and perception "... taking CDs or LPs out of the house improves the sound. Quite a bit, actually. Very shocking. ... " Clearly, it is time for me to leave this discussion. | |
| Problems with Bluesound Vault and PC app finding Node2 that are wireless @Mahler123 - yes, I understand. If I could return all this stuff and get full credit, I'd do it and buy something more robust. But, I am reluctant to take a loss on it and, so far, Bluesound has been responsive and is working on the problem. ... | |
| Cartridge Mounting Hardware You can find a torque table here for various types of metal for small machine screws: http://www.federalscrewproducts.com/torque-chart.htm I don't believe nylon has a torque value as it certainly strips easily. The torque numbers come from the... | |
| Headshell mounted cartrige storage/protection I think you are going to have to make your own. The only ones I have ever seen are the Fidelity Research ones. I think they were FR - it was a long time ago and I haven't seen any since. | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Guys, Two things - First, I have a question - does anyone know when the first audiophile power cord was announced or sold? I know it came after interconnects but I was wondering what year it was. Mid 1980's?Second - Regarding why equipment manuf... | |
| Problems with Bluesound Vault and PC app finding Node2 that are wireless I finally got the Bluesound app to find the missing Node, did a upgrade, rebooting everything, and for now, it seems to be working. One thing I did discover, the hard way of course, is after an upgrade one has to do a manual warm reboot of the ... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD dynaquest4 Let me know what you don't understand and I will try to explain it better | |
| Problems with Bluesound Vault and PC app finding Node2 that are wireless @bubba12 & big_greg - tell us about your system - is it wireless, hardwire LAN? what router are you using? What is your signal strength if you are wireless? Are yo on a Windows 10 Box, Apple, or Lynx?I just noticed that a new upgrade is a... | |
| Problems with Bluesound Vault and PC app finding Node2 that are wireless The repeater is an interesting idea, the others I have already tried. I got a new router, recommended by Roon to solve this problem. It was better, yes, but didn't solve it. The ComCast modem was installed in Bridge mode, so that wireless par... | |
| Problems with Bluesound Vault and PC app finding Node2 that are wireless Actually, I just bought a new NightHawk router for that reason plus a few others. It could be a signal strength problem, I will check that tomorrow. | |
| Multichannel Class D amplifier for multi-room sound How many watts do you need? Are they the same wattage for all channels? It might be a lot easier to simply buy two 6 channel amps, they are more common and you can probably get more watts for your dollar, too. | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I've been reading this post for a long while now and I have to say there are some things that everyone has missed. First, there are distortion mechanisms in digital that do not exist in analog LP, likewise there are distortion mechanisms in anal... | |
| Cryo EL84 vs non / JJ vs EH Oops, yes, you did say EL84's, I read it as EL34's. So, why is there an endless supply of CV4003 tubes? I don't use them but I am curious. | |
| Cryo EL84 vs non / JJ vs EH I have a pair of CJ's that use EL34's. I looked at the options and ordered the Electro Harmonix EL34's, thinking they are the best bet. I did not see an option for cryo treatment, so I have no opinion on that.I have quite a number of used tubes ... |