tombowlus
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| Dedicated Line, Surge and Safety To follow up on what Ernie just said, I ended up having him help me make a custom 4-way box with an in-line switch (60A) using the 9AWG Belden (on the 10AWG Romex line). I used this box for my amps. A simliar box (was that a 40A switch, Ern?) was ... | |
| Thiel replacements Thanks for passing on your accumulated knowledge, Ex. Your advice is helping me as well. My room is even more of a mess than Kevin's (I think), with two hallways, and a doublewide sliding glass door leading off of it, but worst of all, with an ope... | |
| Best amp for studio 100v3, Rotel , Anthem or other How about a Theta Digital Dreadnaught II? You could get three high power modules and add one 2x100 module for the rear surrounds.Tom. | |
| Is there an Audiogon for musical instruments? Not sure what you six-stringers do, but for us bass players, there are TalkBass.Com (fantastic site) and BassGear.com.Tom. | |
| Thiel replacements I have 3.6's, and they image very well, but as others have alluded, are very sensitive to upstream gear. For soundstage, I found the biggest improvement in my system by upgrading the amps. After auditioning several amps, I ended up buying a pair o... | |
| Jazz Big Band Recommendations? I heard the Afro-Cuban All Stars on the radio recently (NPR, I think), and I agree. They are well worth a listen!Tom. | |
| Sony NS999ES ModWright upgrade vs. external DAC Thanks for the responses. I am very seriously leaning towards just firing my unit off to Dan when it comes in. I will see if I can swing the Aboslute Truth mod. I do not need volume control. My only concern are warranty issues. What do you do if s... | |
| Sony NS999ES ModWright upgrade vs. external DAC Maril555:Just curious as to what you ended up doing, here. I have an NS999ES on its way to me, and I am considering the Modwright upgrade option. In my case, I am also hoping to upgrade my pre/pro to a significant degree (either Krell HTS 7.1 or T... | |
| Jazz Big Band Recommendations? George: If you liked Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, then be sure to also check out the Cherry Poppin' Daddys and Brian Setzer, in all his various incarnations. You may also dig the Squirrel Nut Zippers, though I would call them small band swing.Also in the... | |
| Any bluegrass fans? Ricky Skaggs and Nickel Creek would be my two current faves, though my bluegrass collection is admittedly thin (though hoping to grow significantly). Being a fan of a huge variety of music, I am always amazed at how involving good bluegrass can be... | |
| Speakers for extremely close listening I will second the recommendation for studio near field monitors for your application. Studio equipment and home audio equipment are designed with different goals in mind, to be sure, but from what you describe, your situation sounds more akin to a... | |
| Dedicated Line, Surge and Safety Romex is available at Home Depot. Belden is not. | |
| Negative feedback, voltage and output impedance Theta Digital amps employ a no feedback design. Here is a quote from their webpage:"FeedbackWhat is feedback? Like a snake biting its tail, a negative feedback loop sends some of its output signal back to its input.To cancel out the errors that ha... | |
| Best Amp/Preamp Combo for around $6K? I recently went through an amplifier upgrade quest and ended up falling in love with the sound of Theta Digital amps. A 2-channel Dreadnaught II would fit into your budget, although on the preamp side, Theta is apparently more geared towards multi... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Ern:If you ask Dean Markley, strings DO sound different after cryoing. Their Blue Steel line of bass and guitar strings are cryo treated. I do find that their bass strings do have a fairly unique sound (and I have used them on and off for about 12... |