spatialking
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| Couple of OCC Speaker Cable Options @lak Are the MICCA cables a star quad arrangement or are they dual 12 AWG wires? Star quad arrangement is using two 12 AWG wires for red and two 12 AWG wires for black, to one speaker. | |
| Radio Paradise Playlist Hmmmm, we listed to Radio Paradise all the time but I never bothered to look at the playlist. They do have a website where you can donate $$ to their support, perhaps they might have some info on playlist vs. queue. | |
| Subwoofer power conditioner You always want a power conditioner and surge protector. Always. One with good EMI filtering is important. Look for something that will handle an 8000A surge or more and suppress EMI, sometimes called RFI, down at least 30 dB out to 30 MHz or m... | |
| Starting from Basically Scratch. Help me power some Wilson Watt Puppys You didn't mention your budget so frankly, I would just call Hoover Dam and have them run a dedicated 100 KV, 3 phase line out to your house along with a step down transformer to three split phase lines of 230VAC each. Use one leg for the stereo,... | |
| MLAS 436 shipping carton? That is true about having UPS pack them so they will guarantee it. I forgot about that expensive feature - they charge a lot of money for that. In the case of the CJ Premier Fives, what do you do when they hand you a check for the insurance and ... | |
| QSA wall plates? I am always skeptical of audiophile companies that make big claims for their products but never post any specifications, tests, or even typical graphs of what their components do or how they improve things. These are UK grid units but whatever th... | |
| DENON 3800 red blinking protect mode It is very difficult or impossible to troubleshoot this just from a schematic. One thing is for sure, your power conditioner was not adequate for the surge that came though the line. When you get this system operational again, I would dump the c... | |
| MLAS 436 shipping carton? PS: I forgot to mention that any MLAS box you get for your amps will likely be in a similar decomposed state - those boxes aren't getting any younger. I never thought about this, but the best way to preserve them is painting them with a clear p... | |
| MLAS 436 shipping carton? My advice to you is this: Make the road trip. First of all, freight and insurance now is horribly expensive. I had to ship my speakers from CA to NY and I had to make the boxes as mine decomposed over the years. I spent a total of $6800 in fre... | |
| A free tweak revisited Yep, that is a psychoacoustic phenomena. You know where the sound is coming from and your eyes are far more objective than emotional whereas your ears are far more emotional than objective. Without your eyes confusing your mind about the sound f... | |
| Anyone familar with the EIZZ EZ-6012D Premium 12inch Tonearm ??? @solypsa Yes, you nailed it: 2K$ is a steal for a great tonearm and a fortune for a bad one. I would add it's a fortune for a mediocre one, too; hence my query posting. | |
| Difference between connecting five pin or RCA to CD player… Not really a loss, it depends on the quality of the cable and 5 pin DIN connector, so a DIN connector can be better than a lesser RCA. I have 5 pin DIN's on two high end tonearms, which are standard factory mounts. RCA's do give you more cable o... | |
| System set up in front of corner Vs flat wall - acoustical issues? The advantage of a corner placement for speakers is the corner and floor reinforce the bass, so you actually have more output in SPL terms. You can get too much, your ears will tell you this. If you have tall subwoofers, you get the effect the c... | |
| HPF LPF Settings Usually the subwoofer crossover is around 60 to 120 Hz, In your case, I would consider something around 80 to 100 Hz and see what sounds best. Trust your ears, you can always fiddle with it later after you set it. | |
| Weirdly Specific HUM issue The problem is not due to the fact equipment powered on, rather it is due to the fact it is plugged into the wall outlet, or in your case, the power conditioner. The problem arises due to the parasitic capacitance causing leakage current from li... |