tonywinsc
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| All Amps Sound the Same.... Some people like a Timex because it accurately and reliably tells the time. Some people like a Timex because it shows they are pragmatic and sensible in how they spend their money. Some people like a Rolex because it has a nice weight and feel on ... | |
| vibration control My experience with isolation and dampening of stereo components has yielded more focused images, more detail and tighter, more detailed bass response. First, a very obvious improvement is cones under the speakers. My Thiels come with cones, as do ... | |
| vibration control Vibration control consists of two elements- isolation and dampaning. Isolation, as it implies means putting barriers between the source of the vibration/sound and the component. Stacking components on rigid and massive platforms are a good way to ... | |
| Heaven or Hell I can remember discussing this topic with some audio friends back in the late '80s. It is certainly not new or an uncommon phenomena. Some of the things we listed as possible causes at the time were: air temperature, humidity, frame of mind, and q... | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor I wanted to find out just how parallel my stylus was to my tonearm but I do not have a mirrored protractor. I do have access to our Smart Scope (a computerized optical measuring device) at work, so I very carefully schlepped my cartridge/headshell... | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor I read the very interesting article about cartridge setup. One critical factor mentioned is aligning the cantilever to the headshell because the cantilever was found not to be parallel to the cartridge body. So my question is, how can the cantilev... | |
| Why are Pass such a good match with Maggies? If someone offered to buy my Pass, I'd pass. | |
| Tube Rolling - Any tips or caveats Thank you mofimadness for that link. That is a great article. My experince with NOS Amperex 6dj8's in my phono section mirror the comments in his article. A lot of good info in the world of NOS preamp tubes. | |
| What did you own in the 60's? I was about 8 or 9 years old (1966-67) when I bought a crystal radio set mail order from the back of a comic book. I strung the antenna wire in the maple tree outside my bedroom window. It worked. I picked up all of the local AM radio stations. | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner What he said. | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner Just because you do not hear a difference doesn't mean others cannot. That was my point in an earlier post. If YOU do not hear a difference or actually an improvement then don't spend the money. It's that simple. On the other hand, if you want to ... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner "You can't lump in power cords with ic's and speaker cables. Electrical engineers (like me for what it is worth) will tell you that one is connected to a device designed to accurately amplify or transmit a signal and the other is connected to a fi... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner Good luck with the power cord project. With one son in college and one in high school, I spend any free time I can these days just listening to music. It's hard to get the S/N level in the house down to a minimum for total musical immersion. Hey, ... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner Blind listening tests have been done over and over ad nauseum. Thomas Edison did his famous "Tone Tests" in 1915 using a live singer on stage along side their recorded voice playing on an Edison Disc player. Audiences often times could not disting... | |
| Which speaker has the biggest sound stage? I heard a set of very large planar speakers, I think they were Magnepans but I am not sure at the CES in Chicago in 1989. That was one of my most fun days ever, seeing all the rooms in the hotel across the street set up with different stereo syste... |