stehno
Responses from stehno
| Isolation for power line conditioner? Passive or not, every component is near equally susceptible to capturing air-borne vibrations which are typically far more prevelant than floor-borne vibrations. However, if a component has a motor and/or power supply, that is simply additional vi... | |
| $25k vs $200k Boy Warren, you're going to alienate yourself from half the agon community with this thread.The scenario you present is certainly not always the case but yes it is rather easily attainable. Well, maybe not easy.But it requires much time, dedicatio... | |
| Which Room has More Potential? Sorry to hear about the wife.without seeing either room, I would definitly go with the 13 x 24 room and lay down some good thick (cheap if need be) area rugs and padding underneath.Proper speaker placement can overcome many room deficiencies, but ... | |
| Speaker Bass Reduction Doggonit, Brucege1! Just like Mfkeleher, you forgot to add the clause "in my opinion." I guess the more dogmatic one presents one's opinion, the easier it is to convince one's self that they speak fact rather than opinion. But I will not be swayed... | |
| Speaker Bass Reduction Strictly speaking, Mfkeleher should have qualified his statement above by concluding that he is sharing his opinion rather than mislead the reader to think what he says is fact. Perhaps his experience is difference than mine when dealing with this... | |
| Speaker Bass Reduction I'd recommend first trying to relocate your speakers further away from any back or side walls. I would suggest a minimum of 5 or 6 ft out from the back wall and at least 3 feet in from the side-wall as a rough starting point.On the other hand, it ... | |
| Inconsistency in System Slv is pretty much right on the money. Nearly every, if not every, system will sound better during late night listening for at least the following reasons:1. The system is probably getting more juice because most everything else in the house is sh... | |
| tweak, do they realy bring improvement? Driver, it took me 8 months to find the ideal local for my speakers. As as you probably know, it's only ideal until I find an even better spot.But I will say this, for best sonics, I'll take an average system tweaked to the max over any system at ... | |
| tweak, do they realy bring improvement? Absolutely!! A tweak is no different that swapping components. Sometimes it's better, sometimes it's worse. It depends on the tweak and it depends on the system.If you have a Sony am/fm bathroom radio, no tweak in the world is worth implementing.B... | |
| "hard bop" jazz heads.... I'm not a real fan of a lot of jazz/blues. For example, I have a Patricia Barber cd, a Diane Krall cd, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, et al, but I still don't get it.However, lately I've stumbled across and been getting a lot of pleasure from listenin... | |
| What makes a system compelling? I've never heard this level of sonics in any store's demo listening rooms. But then again, when you think about it, the sound you describe is rarely heard anywhere. Period.Far and away, the biggest factor (yes everything is a factor) toward achiev... | |
| Any locking IECs that I can install on an amp? Hey, Peter. Don't know exactly what you mean by locking IEC (since I don't believe such a thing exists).But if you are looking for just a good snug fit quality-built IEC connector, you might try:1. A Hubbell 15 or 20 amp IEC from Jena Labs that is... | |
| Hi-Fi test Actually any cd that previously did not move you emotionally but now does. And any previous cd that did move you emotionally should now leave you a bit dumbfounded.There are far too many cd's that will sound somewhat flat, 2-dimensional, closed in... | |
| Internal Amp/Preamp wiring - Should my ICs match? The weakest link in the chain may in fact not be the best you can get. It seems logical but in the end it really doesn't matter.I certainly can't explain it, but sometimes just one superior pair of ics can make fantastic sonic improvements.-IMO | |
| High-end hifi market share My understanding is that the 'high-end' equates to perhaps 1 or 2 percent of the adult population. Whereas general stereo/Best Buy would obviously equate to a substantially larger percentage.But on the other hand, what would statistics such as thi... |