tom_nice
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| DIY and fiberglass and safety F.A. Everest's "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget" has an appendix on fiberglas safety, saying essentially that it's safe, as Twl suggests. But not long ago I obtained some Coincident Troubador drivers and built little boxes for them, with gen... | |
| the listening room: "golden ratio"? You could--I'd say should--also consult F. Alton Everest, "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget" and/or his "Master Handbook of Acoustics, 2nd or 3rd Edition". Among much other vital info, you'll learn that there's no magic about the so-called "g... | |
| the room: diffusors, absorbers, plants, books, mdf First read F. Alton Everest's "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget" (or his "Master Handbook of Acoustics", 2nd or 3rd edition--since the 4th is supposed to contain errors) and analyze your room's main resonant modes. Everest goes into lots of c... | |
| Need Help on Dedicated Listening Room First get F. Alton Everest, "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget" (covers all kinds of listening/recording rooms) or his "Master Handbook of Acoustics, 4th Edition". You'll then be able to analyze your room's main resonant modes and see what's n... | |
| Sonic Frontiers SFT-1 used. Good or bad? I've been using one with a Genesis Digital Lens, a Meridian 518, and an Assemblage D2D-1. I prefer any of these combos to an Accuphase DP-75, retail $1000, which I'm hoping to sell. I don't think you could go wrong. The SFT-1 was Stereophile Class... | |
| best CD transport available? Unless you're looking for a "cost no object" choice, let me recommend Audio Alchemy DDS Pro, which I've just started using in place of a Sonic Frontiers SFT-1, Stereophile Class A in its time. The DDS Pro has a separate power supply, which led to ... | |
| Passive Preamp - What makes it work? Types of passives should at least be mentioned. There's a transformer type I know zilch about, and three resistive types: (1) potentiometers, (2) series stepped attenuators, and (3) ladder stepped attenuators. Almost everyone would agree that (3) ... | |
| Preamp better than Cortese? I always look at the volume control in an active preamp since so many designers get lazy here and use one that in effect throws away some of the benefits of great circuitry.A striking example, IMHO, is CAT Sl-1 III and CAT Ultimate, which use a se... | |
| Low level detail's Mrderrick's advice sounds good to me. I'd just add that if you can manage a dedicated line, and--just as important--a dedicated ground, this will also help a lot. Standing waves are tougher to deal with, but slap or flutter echo is easier. Paralle... | |
| Custom Build Listening Room Another good place to start is with F. Alton Everest's "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget", which goes into all kinds of listening/recording rooms. You'd get the basics of room nodes there, and better understand the specific advice you can get... | |
| Audio Alchemy DDS Pro Tweak I'd certainly start by putting a Neuance Shelf under it, and then probably cones between it and the Shelf. But you have to worry about what's under the Shelf too--spikes are best, according to Ken Lyon, who will give you helpful advice if you ask.... | |
| Dedicated Audio Room Plans.... As always, I strongly recommend buying F. Alton Everest's "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget", which covers all kinds of sound rooms, including domestic listening rooms. Advice from others here is doubtless great too, but you should definitely... | |
| Advice on building a dedicated listening room. Buy F. Alton Everest, "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget", and learn why the 15' x 30' is bad, among a lot of other things. The book covers all kinds of listening rooms and should be a bible for all audiophiles, and especially for ones fortuna... | |
| Help Amp Repair: California I also recommend True Sound, especially for ARC amps, which I know he's worked on a lot. His name is Nick Gowan, and I met him through getting an outstanding upgrade he does on Quad ESL 63's--replaces 62' of Quad's inferior wire, along with a lot ... | |
| Taming/Damping Electrostat Backwave My experience with Quad ESL 63's might be slighly helpful, in that it tends to confirm your main intuition about total absorption of the backwave. At first I built DIY Styrofoam diffusors imitating the RPG Omniffusor, and placed them on stands par... |