stehno
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| Springs for homemade isolation stand Dgad, why would you want to do this? I can see where you might think this will help isolate your equipment from floor-borne vibrations.But if you do this what do you suppose will happen to the air-borne vibrations and internally-generated resonanc... | |
| Power Conditioners Hi, Tom. I'd like to qualify my post here that I recently became a dealer for Nuforce, Foundation Research, Star Sound, as well as my own custom racking systems employing the same 'resonance energy transfer' methodology as Star Sound for their Sis... | |
| Power Conditioners Now, now, Warren. All means all and that's all it means, right?For if you truly 'had them all', would that not also include the Foundation Research line conditioners? And if you owned the Foundation Research line conditioners, what would you possi... | |
| Power Conditioners Every line conditioner or AC filter has reasonable or unreasonable current limitations. To the best of my knowledge, there are two types of potentially unreasonable current limitations induced by some to many line conditioners. They are:1. The amo... | |
| $1,000 to spend on room treatment.... Beheme, that's good news. I would suggest also focusing on the parimeter of the front half of room that is not covered by the thick rug. Decorative pillows can help.Regarding the bump in the 200-250 Hz region and to further improve the sonics, I w... | |
| $1,000 to spend on room treatment.... Well, uppermidfi, I have a suggestion or two but Robert at Star Sound may not appreciate it. :)Actually, Star Sound is an excellent company with true performance-oriented products. You may have noticed that I use their Audio Points everywhere on m... | |
| $1,000 to spend on room treatment.... Beheme, you should not consider this the end but the beginning.Personally, I'm a little slow at making adjustments in my own system as it took me 9 months to find the 'ideal' speaker location. I've not moved them in almost two years and I'm sure I... | |
| Class A power amp will give the best BASS SLAM? Best bass slam like everything else in audio is a relative term. However, the tighest, deepest, most well-defined, and most natural bass I've yet heard come from the Nuforce Ref. 9 amps retailing new for $2500 a pair. Of course, The Absolute Sound... | |
| $1,000 to spend on room treatment.... Hi, uppermidfi. Overdampening especially for $1000 should not be a concern. There's already most likely plenty of reflection and liveliness off the walls and ceiling. But the first point of reflection should always be the floor.Any glass frames, l... | |
| $1,000 to spend on room treatment.... Aside from the 7 ft high ceiling, you have a near ideal room size.Before spending money on 'room treatments' per se, I would suggest the following:o That your floor is covered with a thick carpet pad and a thick berber or pile type of carpet.o Rem... | |
| Audience Au-24 With High Current Amp You should have no concerns whatsoever. I used to own the Au24s along with my McCormack DNA-2 Revision A amplifier that was capable of 600 wpc into 4 ohm and 1200 wpc into 2 ohm loads and my speakers were 86db sensitivity at 4 ohm.But then again, ... | |
| Cables /power conditioner- Order of importance Anacrusis' suggestions to clean the contact points, install audio grade outlets, etc. are good advice.However, none of those items will clean the noisy AC coming into your house from the pole. Nor will any simply power cable.And since everybody ha... | |
| Energy damping or energy transfer? Krell man's chemist friend is correct when he said, "nothing can stop airborne vibrations". That's why you need to expedite the transfer of resonant energy away from the component. Of course if you'd like to trap those vibrations (captured in a mo... | |
| Nuforce Plato, Woodburger, Jp1208, and Fiddler. Your common-sense postings are a breath of fresh air and are appreciated.Who woulda' thunk there'd be such a resistence to these very dynamic and refined sounding little 7 lbs. cool looking and cool running ... | |
| Remodeling - what to do - power You might consider purchasing cryo-treated 12 or 10 gauge romex house wire for the lines and most any cryo-treated audio-grade outlet is worth the little extra in quality of construction. Two of the better ones I'm aware of are the Oyaide and Furu... |