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| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: PhotonYou are right about those fasteners in use with mdf. I dipped my brass screws in Cascade Audio paste. The paste product is like concrete when it drys and it is drawn into the pores of the wood or mdf. When my Dunlavys were in use I sealed al... | |
| SOTA, soft feet or cones, when to use either? There are Audiopoints available to work with Sota turntables. I use a couple of Starsound products in conjuction with my own designs in the grounding and mechanical coupling of musical instruments. I also use the Audiopoints in unison with my LP12... | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: Most tweeters use metric size to hold the domes in place. Vifa, Seas, Scanspeak, Peerless all use metric. Brass the metal of music, on a t-shirt coming your way soon. Tom | |
| Cable elevators - conventional wisdom wrong? I use cables that have mass loaded non ferrous dielectric insulator to absorb and deflect vibration and emf. Can it get better....always. Tom | |
| Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics? The Cirkulus is flat black in color to tame light scatter. It also is a lightweight metallic to act as an instantaneous heat sink to counter some of the heat generated by the laser as it reads each pit. You don't want your pits warped do you. Tom | |
| Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics? Norm,I found a few extra Cirkulus cd disc enhancers in my stash. I'll send you one to try. I painted the top surface of one of mine with AVM. If I were to paint the inside with AVM it would increase the thickness and may not load properly with my ... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Sometimes there is much more involved than meets the ear while doing quick a/b comparisons in wire. Geometry of the wire, conductor material and dielectric material need to find their relaxed neutral state of mind once they have been disturbed and... | |
| Monitor users, isolation? There are coupling devices that are designed to be directional much like a mechanical diode. Meaning they will reject low frequencies passing thru the structure of your home or apartment. Keep in mind that this low frequency hash is poluting your ... | |
| Monitor users, isolation? All approaches are decoupling the acoustic device from its environment. Vibration is the method by which we hear. Knowing how to reapply and direct that vibration is the key. Why kill what we try so hard to reproduce? How efficient can that be? Th... | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: Grant,To place a Sistrum platform under a speaker like yours would require at least two people. The first step is to predetermine where the speaker sounds best and to mark that area. If the floor is carpeted I stand on the platform so the points p... | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: And yesterday I thought I responded in the same way as I am on this day. Grant you are the AD man so I will leave it to the experts. Tom | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: Take a screwdriver that has a magnetic tip along for the ride. If its sticks or it has a draw its ferrous. Go for the brass not the stainless. Brass is the metal of music.Tom | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: Its the brass material 95% and the torque the balance..thats the measure of it all. The torque measurement device has much to do with adjusting for the shear strength of the brass material. Versus that of the inferior sound and greater shear stren... | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: Cdc,Very interesting. I remember a fellow writing in Audio Amateur some years back about gluing felt strips on the face of a cone driver with the idea of breaking up standing waves and how well he thought that worked. If I decide to EnABL my drive... | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: Albert,You would make a great candidate to do the brass for steel swap out. Lotsa drivers lotsa steel. I performed that surgery on my Dunlavy 4's some years back. I used brass machine screws intead of wood screws. The machine screws had a higher n... |