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| Anyone ever hear Meyer Sound X-10 speakers? Here's a story from an old issue of The Absolute Sound. Dave Wilson and John Meyer used to live close to each other in Novato, Ca. One day Dave's son told Dave that John's son bragged that John's speakers could blow Dave's away. Dave replied that ... | |
| Can room treatment improve bass accuracy? I found Ethan Winer's RealTraps, which uses solid fiberglass panels, to be very effective in cleaning up muddy bass in my listening room.The open baffle subwoofer idea sounds like a nonstarter to me, unless the baffle is 8 ft. x 8 ft. You'll get a... | |
| What's the frequency response of vinyl? Eldartford, the article does not refer to playback capability, only the encoding capability of the Ricker's cutting system and the master lacquer. As I mention in my post of 1/30, I do not know if that signal can be transferred through all the pre... | |
| What's the frequency response of vinyl? Eldartford, which phono stage are you using that is flat out to 100 kHz? Mine is Lloyd Walker's Reference Second Edition Plus. I've seen frequency response measurements of the Shure V-15VMR (most recently by John Elison at Vinyl Asylum). They meas... | |
| What's the frequency response of vinyl? Here's the link to the article about Stan Ricker inadvertently cutting a 122 kHz tape recorder bias frequency on a master lacquer: http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue2/mastering.htm. | |
| What's the frequency response of vinyl? Eldartford,If you are measuring the output of your phono stage, you better make sure that the phono stage bandwidth is not limiting (mine is rated flat out to 100 kHz). Also, if you are using a moving magnet cartridge other than a Grado, the high ... | |
| What's the frequency response of vinyl? Stan Ricker reported that his cutting system could cut signals well above 100 kHz on his master lacquers. Can this be transferred to vinyl pressings? I dunno. Only a few cartridges spec'd out that far (top line Allaerts, Technics EPC). | |
| Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution Tvad, I do not know the exact composition of the mold release compounds, but suspect they are a mixture of long-chain hydrocarbon alkanes. These can be synthetic or natural, like crude oil is a natural product. But either can be degraded by bacter... | |
| Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution FWIW, vinyl molecules are NOT substrates which can be metabolized by proteases, amylases, or lipases. However, I cannot vouch for the safety of the sporicidin enzyme mixture on vinyl if it contains ingredients (enzyme cofactors, buffers, etc.) not... | |
| Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution Tvad, the sporicidin enzyme cleaner sounds similar to the Buggtussel enzyme system and it would probably work well with records contaminated with fungi, but it would not work on the mold release compounds. That would require something with lipase-... | |
| Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution Here are a couple of reasons that enzymes could become inactive in solution. Most of this depends on the concept that an enzyme is a large polypeptide chain with a tertiary structure that is relatively unstable compared to simple chemical catalyst... | |
| Interested in a weekly audiophile radio show? You might want to contact John Sunier for some advice. He is from the Bay area and ran a nationally-syndicated radio program called Audiophile Audition, now a web-zine.I mourn the loss of In Fidelity, the local L.A. radio program on all things aud... | |
| JBL Project Everest DD66000 Reference Speakers The two woofers are not operating over the same range, eliminating my interference concerns. One operates from 700 Hz to 100 Hz, while the second operates from 100 Hz to 30 Hz. Both have 25 mm linear peak to peak excursion max, so there is going t... | |
| Comparison of Thiel CS2.4 vs. Vandersteen 3A Sig. Chad, maybe it is a matter of language usage, but I have heard the Thiel CS2.4 driven by a Bel 1001 Mk V amp and the sound was bright and exceptionally revealing, but not harsh. This is the combo owned by my former college roommate. He plays class... | |
| JBL Project Everest DD66000 Reference Speakers Interesting that the woofers are run side by side. I'd expect the lateral interference effects to be audible unless the woofers are crossed over well below 200 Hz (unlikely, as most big JBL woofers in 3-way systems are crossed over above 500 Hz).O... |