stehno
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| Does bewiring decrease "wholeness" ? Bi-wiring is a personal preference and system dependent. Not just speaker dependent. In my experience, a better mono-wire has provided better overall sonics over lesser bi-wire where both versions cost about the same.Remember that you are paying f... | |
| Booming bass from my B&W Nautilus Keep in mind the room furnishings themselves can cause acoustical problems. Some time ago, I removed my leather sofa and installed a thick-cushioned cloth sofa in it's place and noticed an immediate improvement (firming up) in the bass/mid-bass re... | |
| Power Cord for Sony SCD-1 I would recommend a Foundation Research LC-1 dedicated in-line power conditioner. It retails for $700 and comes with it's own power cable and does more than any standard power cable without the typical current limitations found in power conditione... | |
| What should well placed speakers sound like? Idealistically, the speakers should perform a disappearing act. Thus giving the impression that a new listener cannot determine why the speakers are even in the room because that is not where the sound is coming from.More specifically, from the li... | |
| Booming bass from my B&W Nautilus I agree with much of the above. However, I've never been a big fan of B&W's partly for this very reason.1. Try placing the speakers further out into the listening area. Unless the room itself is to blame, this should help.2. Use 3 Star Sound A... | |
| Velodyne HGS-18 and Triad who makes it Platinum? Dan, from what I've read (was it the Audio Perfectionist?), I would steer away from most/all servo controlled subwoofers.As you know, I own a Platinum sub. For an 18 inch sealed sub, I find it really compliments my 2-channel system nicely.I've als... | |
| What is everyone using for dedicated AC lines??? Sorry and thanks, I meant 10/2. | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. foreverhifi2000 and I do not seem to agree on much. However, not only do his statements above appear to be quite accurate, they appear to be very insightful and wise as well.Both from an audio perspective and from a political perspective.Well said... | |
| What is everyone using for dedicated AC lines??? Hi, Albert. It is obvious to me that I actually posted first. :)I'm looking at the Parts Express catalog #21 on pages 55 and 141 where they have a heavy duty 10/3 power cable that is 99.9% OFC. However, it is stranded and I thought it was solid co... | |
| What is everyone using for dedicated AC lines??? 10/3 should be sufficient for all lines and as mejames says, would definitely meet or exceed code. Look for an aftermarket 10 gauge solid core 99.95% OFC flavor.PartsExpress.com used to carry such a product for about $30 per 50ft. roll I believe. ... | |
| Should cinema be our HT reference? I remember reading an article I believe by the 'Audio Perfectionist' where he discussed this very issue.If I recall correctly, he stated that the rooms and goals are entirely different. Therefore, the application and execution thereof is entirely ... | |
| Are two dedicated lines better than one? Oanhu, if I understand your first question correctly, the answer is dedicated lines do nothing to clean up dirty AC. With the exception that the digital source will no longer inject it's digital noise into the other components.Therefore, if a powe... | |
| Speaker cables for Aerial 10T's and BAT VK1000's Installing the Audience AU24 speaker cables in my Aerial 10T and McCormack DNA-2 Rev A amp combo, was easily the best cable upgrade I've encountered. Some to many, including Stereophile's reviewer last August, claim the Au24 speaker cables to be p... | |
| Are two dedicated lines better than one? Unless your amp is 1000 wpc or more, if you use 30 amp circuit breakers, you run the risk of burning down the house before ever tripping the 30 amp circuit breakers.On the other hand, I like to float most of my grounds, so I guess I really shouldn... | |
| Sony SCD-1 vs. SCD-777ES As an SCD-1 owner, I believe the only differences between the two units are cosmetics and XLR outputs (not fully balanced).Although I've not compared the two, several years ago, one or more reviewers reported the sonics as supposedly being the sam... |