tonywinga
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| Duelund/Mundorf Ultra Loudspeaker Purifiers I received my purifiers from Audioman58 last week. I thought I would try them out since my amps plug directly into the wall. I have dedicated circuits for my amps and the front end but the front end components are supplied power through a Niagar... | |
| Systems over $100k I know it can be daunting to think about, especially for a young person starting out in audio to see the high cost of hifi gear. Most of us did not walk into a store and buy a complete system at one time. I couldn't even imagine trying to build ... | |
| 6H30 replacement You could do a lot worse. | |
| Systems over $100k Yes it is! I got to live and work there for a few years back at the end of the 20th Century. It was still a DM economy back then. My family and I loved the experience. I cherish those memories. | |
| Systems over $100k Some years back I wandered into a watch shop in Germany that looked interesting. Owning an Omega Seamaster Professional I considered myself a watch aficionado. I got schooled that day. Every watch in that store was hand made. The prices were breat... | |
| Why terminate speaker wire? Someone mentioned a gas tight seal. That is exactly right but not just for corrosion resistance. Electricity will not flow from one surface to the other unless they are in contact. Gas tight means no gap between the mating surfaces. And in ord... | |
| CD transport vs.streaming I replaced my CD player of 15 years with a new DAC and CD transport last year. Both units use vacuum tubes and the CD transport can upsample to DSD through either an I2s cable or 3 BNC cables going into the DAC. I thought my old CD player sounde... | |
| Systems over $100k I broke $100k on my system early last year after retiring. I replaced everything but my speakers and turntable last year. I planned to replace my speakers early this year but after changing out electronics, running dedicated power lines, adding ... | |
| Preamp connection to multiple powered subwoofers I found the Artcessories Clean Box Pro to be a good line level buffer to run a pair of subwoofers in parallel with the main amps. My preamp has two sets of outputs in SE and XLR configurations. But that doesn't mean the preamp can drive both lin... | |
| Bonham’s Squeaky Drum Pedal Amazing! I've played this song only a few times but never noticed it before until now. It sounds like a little mouse in the far right side of the sound stage on my rig. Very apparent now that I have heard it. I would have never guessed it was ... | |
| Thiel Owners @thieliste Good stuff and always fun to try out new gear. Some of us cringe at the word "smoked" when it comes to amps. 😊 Thinking back to the 70s and 80s it was not so uncommon for some amps to literally go up in smoke. In fact, my Dad’s 196... | |
| Quiz about adding dense mass to a vibration isolation application! First, I'm a believer now in decoupling everything. But you are correct about energy having to go somewhere. Passive components like DACs and preamps have little created vibration energy- the transformers perhaps. Active components like speaker... | |
| Isoacoustics Orea vs Townshend Seismic Pod on Components Oh, French units then. I can do that. So 4 springs with a rate of 4000 N/m adds up to 16000 N/m and will yield a natural Frequency of 3.3 Hz. A little bit lower spring rate will lower the frequency some more. Some spring mass system calcula... | |
| Isoacoustics Orea vs Townshend Seismic Pod on Components How much do your speakers weigh? I sized these springs for my 165 lb speakers to give me a 3 Hz resonance. | |
| Isoacoustics Orea vs Townshend Seismic Pod on Components It is spring p/n 9657k409. ‘This link, if it works goes to that page. https://www.mcmaster.com/ |