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| $100 Challenge: Build this system She wants to be able to listen in multiple rooms. She would like speakers in each room. Did I get that right?For $100.And you say you want the best sound for the budget... with respect, for that money, in multiple rooms, if you get sound at all yo... | |
| Any advantage to using monobloc amps Libertasdon, you place the amp near the speaker and connect it with a short cable. Then you run a loooong interconnect from the preamp's output to the monoblock amp's input.You've moved the lengthy connector cable from the speaker-amp interface to... | |
| Any advantage to using monobloc amps In practice: I've noticed they tend to throw up a bigger soundstage than a single-chassis equivalent.In theory: full rated power is always available to each channel, whereas single-chassis amps demand a lot of the PS on loud & complex passages. | |
| I've come to the realization... I use Ensemble Masterflux interconnects, which should cost in your range for used examples. I have not compared them with the ones you know--I lucked on to them early and have never thought they needed fixing--but the lower mid warmth and the smoo... | |
| New 11' x 7' listening room....small speaker? My second room (bedroom) is about that size, maybe a tad smaller on the long side. I'm using Triangle Titus ES on 24-inch stands about 21 inches from the short wall and a bit more from the side walls. Listening is near field, of course; I sit on t... | |
| In my system: upgrade the preamp or amp first? I agree with the notion to change the preamp first. Happy hunting! | |
| TLC for Vintage Marantz Receiver in NYC Area The spray cleaner suggestion is not much help without some idea of how to use it. Although there used to be at least one place on the Net which told you how to clean a component, I seem to have lost my link to it.I imagine the point was that your ... | |
| Opinions on Wireworld and Acoustic Zen digital I used the Wireworld GS 3+ for a while and liked it a lot. However I had it in a short length, just a half meter. Since then I have proved to myself that Empirical Audio's Steve Nugent is correct to recommend a 1.5 meter minimum length.That made t... | |
| using 110v unit in 220v Asia I use iso trannies on digital front ends. I have tried them on integrated amps and receivers, though. I did not drive the amps hard because the transformers in question were not as big as I wanted (only about the same VA rating as the amp). For th... | |
| Home theater furniture - husband vs. wife You want a functional rack and she wants something that looks like good furniture. Mission not impossible, there are actually quite a lot of choices that could satisfy both of you.I like the inovaudio racks... they're expensive, but the pics might... | |
| using 110v unit in 220v Asia You can use a stepdown transformer; it won't reduce dynamics if it is big enough that the core won't saturate even on peak demand. Check your amp's power draw and multiply that by three, four or even five to get the kind of VA rating you need. A b... | |
| What CD-player or DAC should I get ? I wouldn't worry about any CD player being too much for my system--for my budget, yes, but not for my system. This is because every time I have heard a source upgraded in a system the improvement has been audible, and pleasing. The same has not be... | |
| TV and/ or system rack between speakers... Donbellphd, moving the TV back 15 inches and covering it with something thick or padded will probably help you get some depth back. You'd have to try it to see how much--and also to see how much of the screen you could still see !Your second quest... | |
| TV and/ or system rack between speakers... Perhaps yours is a combo 2-channel/HT system and you don't want the screen to affect the image when you're listening to stereo. In that case see if you can place the speakers a bit ahead of the screen. Then put a padded room divider, or a Japanese... | |
| Blessed Yes of Baton Rouge Just the name would be enough to get my vote, but there's obviously much more. I liked Trace, and Good Graces too, but I can't decide if I want to take home the puppy until I can hear the lyrics better. I am guessing that I will like them, be able... |