twl
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| Audio and Wine? I am definitely a wine lover. While I enjoy many types, my favorites are the Premier Cru Bordeaux. I generally enjoy at least one per week. Some of the recent highlights have been: 1982 Lafite, 1982 Margaux, 1982 Cheval-Blanc, 1966 Margaux, 1927 Y... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Clueless and Jla, I too used to bike race. Time trials mostly. I rode Bianchi. First a Rekord 748 with Campagnolo Nuovo Record gruppo, some Gipiemme stuff, and Nisi wheels. Next a Bianchi Superleggera, all Campagnolo Super Record gruppo and access... | |
| I need help choosing a power conditioner. Viridian, Check the Dave Magnan home-brew recipes for power conditioning. He gives simple solutions for little money if you are a little handy with a soldering iron. | |
| Is Audiogon worth it? All my transactions here have been positive ones. All my interactions on the forum have been beneficial for me. Everyone that I have corresponded with from Audiogon by email have been polite, knowledgeable, and friendly. If you can't do it on this... | |
| any decent amps 17" wide? David Berning MicroZOTL is only 12 inches wide. Just about the size of a normal shoebox. Weighs 4 pounds. It delivers the most incredible 1 watt of pure audio nirvana that you will find. With high efficiency speakers like Lowther, AER, Reps, or ho... | |
| Will I benifit form a external phono stage Yes, Zaikesman, you are correct, finding good low noise and low microphony tubes for something as early in the signal chain as a phono preamp is somewhat of a pain. I like to use NOS tubes which is even harder and more expensive than the new-made ... | |
| Teres Turntable / Portland I am a Teres owner. I have a model 135 with battery power supply, a Origin Live Silver 250 arm, and DL103 cartridge. This is an excellent performing turntable. As none of the Teres models come with an arm mounted, the comparisons would only be aga... | |
| 40hz ratings/speaker response Clueless, pipes are already made with a S0 of zero. Drivers are on the way, but not here yet. Everything is ready to just plug in the drivers. Apparently, Brines is really hot on the Mathcad program, but not too interested in using the right drive... | |
| 40hz ratings/speaker response Clueless, thanks, that was where I read it. I just couldn't remember where it was. Also, I noticed he was pretty rough on quarter wave pipes in that article. But, if you really tear any design apart that far, then nothing will really hold up too w... | |
| What are the "best" DYNAMIC speakers available? I think that Lowthers must be considered in this category. First, they are an extremely musical loudspeaker that does 36Hz- 22kHz on its own. Very nearly the entire range. Requires no crossovers. Has 100db/1watt efficiency in a cabinet. Handles 10... | |
| Will I benifit form a external phono stage IMO, you will get an improvement. The two phono stages that you mention are very good ones for the money. Nothing really wrong with your HO Benz, but, in general, LO will be a little more detailed due to lighter moving parts. Being able to "load" ... | |
| 40hz ratings/speaker response I have recently read an article that stated that even if a certain low frequency fundamental tone is not reproduced by the speaker, if 2 or more higher harmonics of that fundamental are heard, the brain will psychoacoustically hear the fundamental... | |
| What will it buy me? John, I don't know if those re-positioning of breaker steps will really make any improvements because all the breakers are parallelled onto the buss bars anyway. Both on hot and neutral. So there will be common connection between them no matter wh... | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? Blackie, I have to admit that my experience is not with the latest series of either the Linns or B&W. So my take on these may have to be taken with a grain of salt. My findings were based on listening to both on a variety of amps in an audio s... | |
| Static from Aesthetix phono stage when tt not on Bill, my first thought would be to use the basic testing methods we would use with any component. First unplug the entire phono rig from your preamp, and see if there is any change. If it goes away, the problem is somewhere before the preamp. If i... |