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| Townshend Springs under Speakers For those who might want to read R. Vandersteen’s comment:I have tried to duplicate Townshend’s test results but was unable to measure the amount of movement of the floor in the lab or my home (was unable to sinc the test with a earthquake even th... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS Grant after following your recommendation? It’s the interconnect probably it’s loose . If that’s true, then excellent news!If you have some contact cleaner/enhancer, then now might be a good time to clean your interconnects and apply some contact ... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers Seems to me, when it comes to Vandersteen loudspeakers, the best advice comes from Richard Vandersteen. He's a very thorough designer.If a Vandersteen owner reports results using Townshend podiums, then that will offer some further insight.Until t... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS Using the same recording, and same track on the same source component...Swap your amplifier interconnects at the preamp. Left IC to right output, and Right IC to left output.Does the scratch follow the swap? If so, it’s not the amplifier. It’s ups... | |
| Listening Descriptor Chart @sbank, that's a very interesting, and helpful diagram. Thanks for linking to it. | |
| Listening Skills Part Duex: What are you listening for? How and What:1) Hearing live music. As an extension, being trained to play in an ensemble. Are either required? As @whart has written multiple times...no, but the skills can be applied to listening to a home audio system. 2) Listening to a familia... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend As a Bricasti M3 owner, my DAC search is largely over...except perhaps for a Bricasti M1 SE...or possibly an Audio Note UK DAC. I will be interested in the listening comments from the Bricasti DACs.BTW...Audio Note Kits components are not Audio No... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS If one uses Tekton Design’s sensitivity specification of 94db 2.83V@1m, and enters into this calculator 150w (peak power output of the Tsakiridis Apollon Ultra amplifier), at 1 meter, speaker away from walls, the calculated decibel level is 115.8d... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS @rixthetrick,Yes, actually on both days my speakers were given a generous amount of time to listen to. My wife actually proclaimed that after listening to Tracy Chapman on vinyl it was the best sound she’d ever heard. That’s quite a statement! Als... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? 1) U2 - Shea’s Theater (Buffalo, NY) - 1983 - early in the tour that was later documented in the film "U2 Live at Red Rocks"2) Rolling Stones - Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA) 19973) Tie - Stevie Wonder solo charity show - Marla Gibb Theater (Los... | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts A jazz cat who got in with a pretty good rock band. R.I.P., Mr. Watts. | |
| When are people going to wake up and realize listening is a skill? @phasemonger & @cdamiller5Very happy to read your posts, as I was thinking about this yesterday.Anyone who is (or was) a musician, and there are many in the Audiogon community including myself, is aware of listening as a skill. It’s taught in ... | |
| Good fix-- Have you scratched the wood on your Cornwall IVs? Good job. Thanks for the helpful post. | |
| Apple TV Set Up Darko has very helpful videos. This one demonstrates a method to connect an Apple iPhone or iPad to a USB DAC using Apple’s Lightning-to-USB adapter.https://darko.audio/2021/06/the-best-way-to-stream-hi-res-audio-from-apple-music/I am not aware of... | |
| Newbie setup https://www.parasound.com/pdfs/vintage/hca2200llom.pdfhttps://www.arcdb.ws/Database/LS2/ARC_LS2MKII_manual.pdfhttps://www.bluesound.com/products/node/ |