stehno
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| hardwood floors and spikes Depending on the hardness of the wood floor i.e. maple or oak, I would rest the point tips right onto the floor. If you use Audio Points(TM), simply place your equipment carefully without dragging it. The indentations are so minute, that nobody wo... | |
| Need Feedback on Sistrum Platforms Rack There are those who claim to be performance-oriented companies and then there are those who ARE performance-oriented companies. Star Sound (mfg'er of the Sistrum racks, Audio Points(TM), and other products definitely fall into the latter category.... | |
| Power Chords or Power Plants? The Foundation Research LC-1 and LC-2 passive and dedicated in-line conditioners are pretty phenominal in what they do. They take full advantage of dedicated lines, do not have the current limitations of many to most other power conditioners, are ... | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? Now, as opposed to then, I'd have to guess that the execution of a speaker's chosen methodology and quality of materials is significantly more important than simply the methodology. There are some important questions about speakers (phase shift pe... | |
| What componant degrades the signal least/most? I don't know about signal loss. But how about signal perversion? If that's the real question, then the answer is definitely the amplifier. The biggest wive's tale around these parts is that an amplifier simply amplifies the signal.-IMO | |
| Biamping combining Tube and SS Sorry if this sounds crude, but why not just get one right amp rather than two wrong amps?-IMO | |
| preamp choice: pass labs, PCA-2, or?? I have a Pass Labs X2.5. Excellent sonic performance via the XLR connections. I've not tried the single-ended. Though, I think the user interface is pretty crude.-IMO | |
| Small Size Room No matter what stage you are in, there are so many things you can do to improve your situation. But as one put it "The best thing one can spend on their system is time."That is so true. If you want a hi-fi sound, go spend $100k and plug the system... | |
| Small Size Room You certainly do not have the biggest of rooms but you are still quite a measurement from having the smallest of rooms.My room is roughly 12.5 ft. x 18 ft. x 8 ft. I am quite satisfied with the room demensions. Although I don't think I need any sp... | |
| To Rack Mount or Not Hey, Nrchy. Thanks for the info and your gentlemanly response. And I'm sorry if I came across a bit too dogmatic.In recent months I too have been doing a bit of research as I've been protyping a new Post & Beam styled racking system that I des... | |
| What is the best speaker cable for Maggies 3.6? Sorry, I meant to include that member Eagle enjoys the Au24's AND also owns the Maggie 3.6's. I think Eagle didn't catch that or state that either. | |
| What is the best speaker cable for Maggies 3.6? It's possible that the Audience Au24's, which retail for $1100 for a 2.5meter pair, may just be unbeatable for the price. Some to many, including Stereophile, have claimed them to be superior to the Valhallas, which so many seem to consider a benc... | |
| To Rack Mount or Not Nrchy mentions isolation and dampening, which obviously is not the vibration handling methodology TimUnder is talking about.Isolation and dampening is but one methodology of dealing with air-borne vibrations and resonance and in my opinion does no... | |
| A newbie with a speaker cable AWG question. Ohlala, our ears aren't garbage pails.Tooter, some of the best cable that I am aware of are the Audience Au24 and the Audio Tekne ARSP 500 speaker cables. Both cables are about as thick as your keyboard cable. So you don't have to go the anaconda ... | |
| Cones, Points, Tweaks...??? If you cannot couple the points, spikes, or cones directly to the mounting surface, which is the preferred method, then perhaps your next best option is to purchase the associated coupling disks from the points, cones, or spikes mfg'er.But the coi... |