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Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Pass had this patent since expired and copied and changed by others..only 25 years have pass-ed.Active low frequency acoustic resonance suppressor. www.google.com/patents/US4899387 Filed 1988 granted 1990Also change the 90 degree angles all around... 
How an audio rack can enhance your amp/pre
I have been rebuilding my mono amps for some time now finally have them completed. I have mechanically direct coupled all the components. These include the transformer all filter caps including the mains and the new Clarity Cap TC's that supply th... 
StarSound Sistrum racks
I made that same suggestion 15 years ago to 2 reviewers.I suggested using platforms..2 at a time either for source and preamp, speaker pairs or mono amps. Easy and fast..they don't want to short change their pocket books by publishing the outcome.... 
When is digital going to get the soul of music?
Geoff wrote.When a person dies he weighs 0.00044 ounces lighter as measured with an atomic scale. That's the mass of his soul.Probably the contents of the lungs that was their last breath.Tom 
Brass screws make a real difference on Dunlavy s ?
If you cut all those hairs its called good grooming. In this case better sound. All in the details leads to more and better detail. Tom 
Brass screws make a real difference on Dunlavy s ?
Great. 
Brass screws make a real difference on Dunlavy s ?
Never known of any speaker manufacturer to adjust the torque on any of their speaker drivers when mounted into the cabinet and this includes DAL.. except one for sure. If any were indeed factory set there has never been a setting quoted in a shop ... 
Brass screws make a real difference on Dunlavy s ?
Also energy can be drawn in a particular direction by mechanical force or tension. If you have a speaker driver that is to be secured with multiple fasteners then all those fasteners should be tightened the same. Like a drum head the energy should... 
Brass screws make a real difference on Dunlavy s ?
Dunlavy speakers have no threaded inserts. Dunlavy speakers do sound better with brass machine screws on all the drivers as well as the tweeter mounting face plate. Replacing the steel mounting hardware with brass on the crossover back plate ..imp... 
StarSound Sistrum racks
Your like an old 45 rpm record deeply scratched and just repeating the same phrase as you have 20 plus times here on Audiogon. So how when and where have you compared so many racks and platforms to come to your repetitive and ongoing conclusion? 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Keith are you the Father or The Son of Tara?? Or Both?? Maybe just the Spirit with no body? Tom 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
When I hear my DeFrost working it has some crackling and popping would it be less noisy if it were grounded 40k like.Tom 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
I have my own cd topper that is like a giant flattened bottle cap that also covers the edges of the disc. The inside is painted green and the out side is painted black and then a coating of AVM. Can't live without it. Nice to listen to different c... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Damped if you do and damped if you don't. Damped is your key word and definition by all examples. 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
What if the term isolation was never used or was scientifically recognized as an impossibility at the outset? That factual reality may have sparked new studies and innovations for managing detrimental properties caused from vibration. HFC has show...