swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| vintage versus modern speakers Raymonda nailed it when he saidgenerally one can spend less today and get much better sound per dollar than yesterday.IMO, partly as a result of what Timlub said:Material technology... we now have Kevlar, carbon fiber, magnesium, aluminum, ceramic... | |
| vintage versus modern speakers Rockanroller- There are plenty of modern "artisanal" U.S. speaker makers. Here is a totally random list off the top of my head (well, not totally random, definitely skewed toward tube-friendly designs). Per Paraneer, if you give us an amp maker or... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Rebbi- if you think that your amp clips "a little" you might want to consider a sub or pair of subs with its own amplification. I know the ref 3s roll off but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know whether that affects the amp trying to amplify thos... | |
| Platter Levelling Issue Thanks for that info, Last. Still not sure I'd trust an iPhone app IF I thought that this was a measurement that had to be accurate to within thousands of an inch, but it's good to know that the issue of the case is taken out of the equation. | |
| Platter Levelling Issue Stringreen's approach (leveling platter and then making sure azimuth is correct) makes sense to me to the extent that I understand the geometry and forces involved. However I would be quite hesitant to use an iphone app. As Doug Deacon has pointed... | |
| Why do my ears ring with my new amplifier? But it would tell you if the OP's ears are bad... | |
| Bi wiring v single run w jumpers My guess is that Michael was envisioning that there would be an odd number of half-baked answers, plus one answer that is 1/6th baked.Almost, Al...It's the audiophiles that are half-baked ;-) | |
| Audiophile Fakery And in addition to the car engine sound nonsense, which has been confirmed in the popular press by the manufacturers, it's now been reported that the NFL is investigating whether one of their team (Atlanta maybe) is using their PA system to amplif... | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors Tbg saidI am a reviewer, but it is still only my opinions in my reviews.Fair enough. Well said, Tbg. | |
| Bi wiring v single run w jumpers Sorry, Geph00078, but if you ask four audiophiles their thoughts on these 3 options, you will get 1,324,991.6666 different answers ;-) My thought is that if possible, ask the speaker manufacturer what they recommend for each pair of speakers and u... | |
| Cable Box Digital 5.1 converted to Digital Stereo However, I agree w Kal that you hit the point of diminishing returns pretty quickly on the audio in the cable feed. | |
| Cable Box Digital 5.1 converted to Digital Stereo Oddiofyl- Did you try a co-ax ground isolating transformer between your cable box and the incoming cable feed to see if you can get rid of the ground loop? You can get one cheap at Rat Shack (if they're still open) or in a pinch you can put two of... | |
| Drop ship components from a Wilson dealer? My guess is that an authorized Wilson dealer is going to charge you MSRP for the replacement parts. The drop shipment is probably an accommodation to you so that you don't have to trek to the dealer. | |
| Belles 350a or Mccormack DNA -1 Deluxe? +1 soix | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors I didnt realize this was a flame war. I took Tbg's comment at face value and thought it ironic. I'm bowing out now. |