timrhu
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| Speaker cables.. Budget again.. With a twist... bluejeanscable is a good place to start unless you want to go the Home Depot orange cable route. | |
| Would a political candidate audiophile be skewered You have no business berating the $1k toilet seat if you haven't sat on one. | |
| Funniest agon screen names MywifespissedI can relate to that one. | |
| Tightening loudspeakers screws... My advice is to tighten the screws just to the point of firm resistance. I have owned several Meadowlark Audio speakers that also had a dampening material between the drivers and the baffle. I simply stop turning the screwdriver when the screw tel... | |
| Any new ideas on an old theme? Very interesting discussion here. If you use the wood pedestal under the speakers is it best to simply lay it on the carpet or would it be better to spike the wood block to the floor? I think I may try it this weekend. | |
| Subwoofer Advice For Stereo Music System, Not HT I owned the Velodyne SPL-800II and enjoyed it. The sub was easy to integrate with my system which is a plus. But for deeper, cleaner bass I purchased a James EMB-1000. Another sub which is easy to integrate. This thing can rattle the windows with ... | |
| Soldering Cardas interconnect cables According to the Cardas web site it's "enameled." Knew I should have looked it up as I was struggling with the correct word.And yes it is difficult to work with. I had a pair of Straightwire Blac Silc cables that I wanted to reterminate. They have... | |
| Hobbies other than Audiophiliac? Tennis when my knees let me. Tomorrow morning if the weather holds.Chashmal, audio is a hobby for me. | |
| Soldering Cardas interconnect cables You don't specify what model the cable is. Some Cardas cables have an epoxy coating (I think that's what they call it) on each strand of wire which must be removed before soldering. That's the first thing to check. I would contact Cardas, they may... | |
| Integrated amp for B&W 805S under $1200? I have listened to, but not owned the 805s. Also, I don't listen to a lot of classical music. That being said I have owned numerous integrated amps including the CAP-151. For the used price there are better sounding amps.My recommendation is you l... | |
| Possible speaker short? Xti16,Have you ever measured a speaker with an ohm meter? After reading your post I got up and measured two different speakers; Kestrel Hotrods (without jumpers) measured 6 ohms across woofer and several k ohms across the tweeter and Silverline SR... | |
| cassette only releases: bonus tracks 80s/90s No idea about the cassette question but a couple of my favorite soundtracks from the 80s are "Mike's Murder" and "Until The End Of The World." Come to think of it I actually have a copy of "Mike's Murder" on cassette. If you were my neighbor I'd g... | |
| Impressions of Beck's New album? "Sea Change" gets played frequently here. It is my favorite Beck album by a lot. "Information" is next on my list. I'll have to check the new one out. I like the fact that it's only 33 minutes.I'll have to check out "Hollow Log" also. | |
| Possible speaker short? Did you mean you connected your ohm meter? If so you should read 4-8 ohms through each driver. | |
| The Moody Blues - "Seventh Sojourn" Ok, you convinced me to buy this one. I have to admit I stopped buying the Moody Blues albums after Every Good Boy Deserves A Favour. After checking release dates I see Seventh Sojourn was the first release after I graduated high school; maybe I t... |