subaruguru
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| Can a low resistance speaker be efficient? When dropping to 4 ohms at certain frequencies the speaker will simply draw TWICE the current as at 8 ohms. This can of course tax many amps. As importantly, with tube amps that often have a high output impedence, grotesque nonlinearities can resu... | |
| Purpose of triangular placement of cones/spikes? Of course 3 is better IF a plane is maintained, inferring a very rigid chassis. If the damn thing's sagging or trampolining then more is better, but maybe it's hopeless at that point! (sorry)Yes, cones transmit, not absorb, Their directionality sh... | |
| Redbook for the long haul I'll keep my Electrocompaniet EMC-1 around, that's for sure.... | |
| What was your first music that you paid for? Wow! Little Deuce Coupe for me too! | |
| What is everyone using for dedicated AC lines??? Highend: yes. | |
| Best Integrated for 400 dollars Gotta give the nod to the new NAD BEE | |
| Budget DC Player Do you mean battery operated? | |
| Best Downgrades you've done Tix to any live acoustic music. | |
| Massachusetts Audiophiles - Dynaudio Special 25s You can bring them to my basement "hung" Aleph monoblocks. I'm near Boston...you know, near Harvard and MIT. Who sells Dyne out there? Natural Sound? | |
| Tinnitus - do you have ringing in the ears? I have periodic short episodes (minutes) of tinnitus in my left ear primarily, and had learned a while ago that ginger is helpful (blood thinning), but that most NSAIDS(esp. aspirin) cause it. Garlic's anticoagulant properties are supposed to be o... | |
| improving stereo listening with ht set up Yeah, pay attention to the first reflections, get a rug, and maybe a nice used $700 Audio Refinement Complete Integrated and ask your spouse to watch your jaw drop! | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Hi Chris. Careful...early adopters claim the new S4's too heavy to be as much fun, despite the V8. Like me, you've already "chipped" (mine's an MTM) your 2.7T, and seemingly done a CAT-back to get from 300 to 330hp. Let's just hope the "glass-jaw"... | |
| The obsession, the trees. The music, the forest. Newbee, yes, rather than break Verity Audio's strict proscription to NOT readjust the Parsifals, I'm now working on my VLA (yup, V Listening A) not by retilting ME with a variety of visco-elastic and Thalalay (huh?) seat cushions.ZZZZZzzzz.... | |
| Power Cords - Shielding or No Shielding Eldartford, it's nice if the shielding is NON-MAGNETIC, though...I really like the Belden 83803 over ANY BX....Hi Joe! If you send me a foot or so of it I can better comment. RSVP personally. Re Plugs my favorite cost-effective plug is the all-bla... | |
| Power Cords - Shielding or No Shielding Yes, generalizing, shielding is more useful on front end components than power amps. The LAT info is a decent primer, but doesn't offer much in depth. That's ok.There is widespread agreement that fluorocarbons' (Teflons)very low dielectric involve... |