subaruguru
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| Old Classic Receivers: A Mistake to Buy? The tuner section of my old NAD7400 receiver continues to outperform the new one in their T751 receiver, nearly matching that of my Magnum Dynalab.$100 spent on a couple of power caps and a thorough cleaning restored this dozen-year old battleship... | |
| What are the advantages of offset tweeter location Offset tweeters result in unequal, or staggered, distances from baffle edges, hopefully preventing reradiation from summing lumpily. Also can allow more flexibility in setup, as you can compare tweeters in vs out, very helpful to balance room side... | |
| Which is better: Spendor BC1, SP1/2, or SP2/3. My experience is with the smaller, more WAF Spendors, wherein I'll recommend that you chase the Classic S3/1p, which is like the 3/5 except that with a vented 6.5", and therefore has much greater extension, while also being +4dB more efficient. I ... | |
| Can you put an amp between shelves? Well said. In addition to WAF and overheating the listening room reasons, I decided to suspend my Aleph 2 monos in well-perforated plastic milk crates on hanging racks bolted to my floor joists in the basement, under my speakers, thus providing up... | |
| Power Cord Burn-In Nah...this is fun. | |
| small room speakers I've listened to the S3, the Sig, and the bigger one. The Sig is clearly too bright when in free-space on a stand; it was developed specifically with a new tweeter for the US market. The bigger new one sounds less tight than the original, which al... | |
| Voltage conversion from 220V to 110V. As a high school science project one year I followed POPULAR ELECTRONICS' schematic to make a hand-held battery-operated "muscle stimulator" that sent unsuspecting holder's arm muscles rippling when both hands closed the circuit. Of course I had t... | |
| Voltage conversion from 220V to 110V. El...tingle? I remember working on an old ( tuber back as a teen in the mid sixties, dutifully keeping one arm behind my back to ensure not closing a loop. Two hours later I woke up 10 feet away on the floor, with a bump on my head.Later I noticed... | |
| small room speakers If you listen in the VERY nearfield than indeed give the Quads a try, as they'll stay relatively coherent as you shift around. Avoid any monitor with widely-spaced drivers, and even perhaps metal domes, although that's perhaps too strong a general... | |
| Hi-Fi test Dunno, but maybe "Elements of Style" by Strunk is available on Redbook? | |
| Correlation: Money and Good Sound Get the phase correct on that keyboard, eh? | |
| Home brew cleaning solution For what? | |
| Monitors:JM Lab, Proac, Revel, Soliloquy or Totem? I like the Spendors' forgiving qualities for HT. The discontinued SC3 is a phenomenal center speaker, being a ported S3 with 2 midwoofs. I use one in between a pair of S3/1P 6.5 two-ways for a completely seamless front trio, as their sensitivities... | |
| "I am there" vs. "They are here" Yeah but then I'd feel compelled to shave and smell good. | |
| Differences between small vs. large mid driver El, 600Hz? That's over an octave above "middle" C on the piano! Most mids that cross that high have coherence problems, especially obvious with the human voice. And asking a "big" woofer (8+) to work cleanly at least an octave past there is pretty... |