stanwal
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| Two Amps One Speaker Issue - Plinius & Rotel Let me get this straight, you have both amps connected to the same speakers at the same time? A major no-no in my experience. Use some type of external switching box to select EITHER amp; I am surprised you haven't blown at least one up. I am not ... | |
| Subwoofer to go with Wilson Maxx II's Assuming the Maxx 11 really need a sub I would look at the REL Studio and use it in parallel with the Maxx woofer and set to the lowest possible crossover frequency. But are you sure that you really need one, what is the Maxx 11s bottom end cut of... | |
| Where to get an arm board? Woodworking shop or one that works with acrylics. | |
| speaker banana plugs When customers use to ask me about what kind of termination to use I would tell them "nothing is better than nothing". | |
| Is speaker accuracy important for a rock speaker? Not really, at least for you according to how you have described your taste. | |
| Is the red glow normal for 845 tubes? Red glow in morning, audiophile take warning! Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself. | |
| 78 rpm speed for Thorens? You should use a cartridge specifically designed for 78s; the grooves on 78s are considerably wider than LPs and require a much wider stylus. Check out 78 forums on Vinyl Engine and Audio Asylum for more info. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The fools said perpetual motion was impossible; this thread will prove them wrong! HAHAHAHAHA | |
| can bipolar surround speaker on backwall with 5.1 Yes, but get ones intended for wall placement. Most intended for HT use should work. Most two channel speakers are designed to be used out into the room and the sound is affected if placed too close to wall. You are going to have trouble with the ... | |
| can bipolar surround speaker on backwall with 5.1 You can't mount a speaker which radiates both forward and backward on a wall; the back radiation would have nowhere to go and cancel out the forward radiation. In any case you would get no benefit from using bipolar radiators in regard to sound di... | |
| Replacement fuse for McCormack DNA 225 and RLD-1 A friend of mine uses magnets in his equipment and ,yes , there is no protection when you do so. A tweak too far for me but I have read on other forums that it has its advocates. | |
| Origins of the word Amarra Stupid in, stupid out! | |
| Audionet separate vs ASR??? I use the ASR Exclusive phono stage, it is a great unit. I haven't heard Audionet. | |
| Mixing/matching transports with DACs All I have ever used are; there seems to be an exception for everything in audio but I thing you would be safe to assume it will, I have never heard of any that would work only with their own DAC. | |
| You got to be ?& ยท Kidding me Remember that the big electronics companies took their designers off CD in the early 90s. They no longer design chips specifically for CD, but adopt chips designed for other purposes. Many of them fall into the "measures good, sounds blah" categor... |