swampwalker
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| Preamp gain ??? For many people the issue is too much gain, resulting in operating the pre w near max attenuation and at the lower end of the volume control's range. Under these conditions you may be in that portion of the attenuator where channel matching is not... | |
| Best way to store cartridges? If you really want to preserve it for a long time, I would put it into an air-tight container and displace the air w N2 like you said. You could use one of those wine-keeper aerosols or go to a tire dealer who offers N for filling tires. You would... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? any suggestions for a readily available power supply? | |
| Can these speakers handle Neil Young's Le Noise? ...you will not reach the limits on a horn based loudspeaker like you will a dynamic based design.Agreed, which is why I suggested the Classic Audio Reproductions. Its the only horn that I have listened to recently. | |
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| Can these speakers handle Neil Young's Le Noise? If you really want to boogie in a large room, you might want to consider and have access to the Classic Audio Reproductions line, you might want to give their T-1 a listen. If you fried the tweeters on your old speakers, you were probably driving ... | |
| Relate sensitivity/impedance to speaker efficiency No one says it better than Al! the only thing to add, is that many tube amplifiers will sound "better" driving a higher impedance load, which I am sure Al and Atmasphere can provide the technical back-up for. This is reported to be especially true... | |
| Experiences with McIntosh MEN220 Room Correction? Square rooms are often prone to serious standing wave/room mode problems. You may need to try asymmetric placement. EQ can usually take you only so far. | |
| Bargain Basement, Giant Killing DACs for PC Audio Well you are most likely NOT going to find a sub $500 DAC that beats a full dcs stack but I took the OP to mean that he wanted something that gave him enjoyable sound from a computer based system while the technology continues to evolve. If I misu... | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs Most tube amps are supposed to be operated only w a load (speaker or resistor across outputs) but I have no idea if this applies to the momentary on-off approach Elizabeth advocates. Best approach is to use a variac and bring the voltage up very, ... | |
| Bargain Basement, Giant Killing DACs for PC Audio Music Streamer II+ USB. Hard to beat at $350 new. | |
| The Best Audiophile Earphones headphones and Amp Agree in general about the AVERAGE head-fi poster who is likely to value specific design or parts choices rather than overall implementation, BUT there are several veterans who you can pick out by reading their posts. Comfort is even more importan... | |
| MusicStreamer II incompatable with windows XP? YW, Phil. The MusicStreamer does not have its own interface or player software. You will need MediaMonkey or J River of iTunes, or Amarra or PureMusic or whatever. Not sure why WFMU is directing you to a particular player. | |
| MusicStreamer II incompatable with windows XP? Bummer. Mine works fine w XP on my laptop, but it sometimes is a bit finicky w the version of MS Home Server I have on my music server. did you check to see if there are any hardware conflicts? | |
| The Best Audiophile Earphones headphones and Amp Check out head-fi.org for all things headphones. I would also suggest that if you are really going for something high end, where you be spending $2-3K, it would be worthwhile to go to a "meet" or to a show like RMAF where there is a major headphon... |