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Latest Heil Creation
Top insert to reduce turbulance around the top step.  Double-sided tape will secure these.  
Loud buzz with Marantz receiver preout to amp
I am suggesting that perhaps your "RCA cable" does not have long enough positive pins to properly engage the signal through the jack.  Are the pins on your cable as long as shown on that jumper?  
Loud buzz with Marantz receiver preout to amp
OK, it is my recollection that Marantz jumper plugs have an extra long pin to engage the internal connection or such.  I had actually considered this, but it seems like you would end up with no sound, rather than a loud hum..., but who knows? Th... 
Loud buzz with Marantz receiver preout to amp
Sounds like you have no ground connection between the preamp and amp and maybe should be using using that/those ground terminals. Also, some interconnect cables are only grounded on one end, not both, and maybe this is the case here. If you have ... 
Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked?
If electronics slew rate is a limiting factor, obviously the more sensitive speaker is at an advantage because the equipment doesn't have to slew as many volts to reach the same volume level.  Assuming the same electronics (amp), the slew rate is ... 
Best speaker brands for transient response
Unless you were to match the 590s and 4367s to the same volume, your test is invalid. I doubt that both speakers have the same sensitivity, so one will be at an obvious disadvantage unless you have the means to match their volumes.  
Best speaker brands for transient response
Life is a compromise. Don’t make the mistake of giving up one desireable parameter for another. For example, while electrostatic panels may provide the the desired transient response, you could easily give up soundstage and imaging because sound ... 
Don't do anything!
Daily changes in barometric pressure?  This affects the speed of sound and therefore the peaks and troughs relative to where you sit.  
Looking for a component for ripping and playing CD's.
Yes, from my understanding, the OPPO105 does rip.  I have the BDP-95 and it doesn't rip.  My understanding was this was the primary differentiation for the newer model.  Later they added the Darby video enhancement to the 103/105. Of course this ... 
Looking for a component for ripping and playing CD's.
Maybe the Oppo 105 would do would you want to accomplish, and then some.  
The Horror
Actually, I think that the rooms were not all that bad for sound, and certainly better than most people’s home listening spaces. The rooms were actually quite large compared to a regular living room and set up symetrically. Speakers were typicall... 
The Horror
I did not see the Dana Point Room as I never got to that part of the lobby until I picked up my program before leaving.  I guess that I didn't realize there was even a room over there. Damn!  
The Horror
I came home and today I fired up Pink Floyd and feel pretty damn good about my system. I assume that you saw the PBN system with six JBL 18"s, two JBL 12"s, and an AMT in the big ballroom? Mine is similar but with just one JBL 18" (2241H), one JBL... 
Are your speakers losing air?
It’s not just the room. The higher the frequency, the more it attenuates with distance as it is absorbed by the atmosphere, slightly heating it in doing so. This goes beyond "spreading losses."  
Parking at T.H.E. Show in Costa Mesa?
I parked two floors below the hotel (sign said event parking) and there was a door to get in to the lower level ballrooms right there.  Nobody cares about wrist bands and the elevators to the upper floors were open to the general public.  There wa...