twl
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| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? I just came off of 2 physics websites regarding the speed of sound versus frequency. Both the Cornell physics dept. and the Nasa physics website stated that the speed of sound in air is constant, and does not vary with frequency. The only variable... | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? Two points for you Bigtee. Number 1 - If the highs travel much faster than the lows, then how does aligning the acoustic centers of the drivers time-align them? Answer: The time alignment attempts to simulate a single source of the sound so that t... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Yes guys, this mod is similar to a damping trough mod, with similar goals. I didn't really lower the center of gravity any with this, because I would have encountered clearance problems with the cueing lever and other stuff. I also wanted to achie... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Viridian - I already use the Expressimo Heavyweight, and found that to be a very good improvement also. I did not consult Origin Live about this, and am quite sure that they do not consider it necessary. This would be the typical response from man... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long In my first paragraph, I meant to say that the "horizontal movement plane is on a vertical axis bearing". | |
| Tubes Do It -- Transistors Don't. Personally, I think it is rather funny that some people think that "tube heads" are in it for the distortion. That cracks me up! | |
| Headphone Amps The David Berning MicroZOTL is a very nice headphone amp. | |
| Cart update: old TT, new electronics Tim, the Shelter 501 will not fit his guidlines. It is very far from high compliance, low weight, and light tracking. In fact it is the total opposite. | |
| Component obsolescence Well, except for the age associated degradation of cetain internal parts, the unit will sound as well as it ever did when it was new. If you replace these parts, like the capacitors primarily, you can keep the majority of the original sound. If yo... | |
| Coincident's "Victory" spk:beautiful, but... sound?? Sunnyjim, there are some $20k speakers that "roll off sharply at 40Hz". The real question is, how do they handle what they can reproduce? There are a number of speakers that can do far below 40HZ, that sound like crap. I don't have any experience ... | |
| Vinyl and slurring S'es I can't tell you exactly what it is on your system, but it is usually a result of a too hot high-end somewhere along the way. Or it could be the VTA on your arm. If it does not do it on your CDP, it is not likely that is in your electronics, but s... | |
| SEPT 11? For the sake of courtesy, and the good of the site, I am going to let that subject lay, Pablo. | |
| SEPT 11? Hey 6chac, we all love each other on this site, whether some have some disagreements or not. That is what I really like about it here. I can stick my foot in my mouth, and still not make any enemies, even if I can count on getting put in my place!... | |
| Is a offer of -20 percent on an OBO ad insulting? It depends on if his price was good or not. If the price was already attractive, or the going rate, then a -20% offer is too low. If he was high on his price, then it is in line. If you are buying this type of item, you know what the going rate sh... | |
| Analogue Upgrade Help. Your TT and arm are compatible with a Lyra Helikon, if you want one. That is a very nice cartridge. I don't know how good the Cary phono stages are, but most tube units will not have enough gain for the Helikon. I would take a look at good phono s... |