twl
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| System Reference Recordings For imaging and soundstage width, I use Madonna's Immaculate Collection CD. This CD will put sound around you in 180 degrees on some tracks, especially "Vogue". On my system the sound is 6-8 feet outside the speaker boundaries and the depth reache... | |
| Sony DVP 9000 I have a 9000 and it plays great redbook. The SACD sounds better, but the redbook is excellent for the price point. This unit has a fairly long break in period, so don't be too critical right off if you get a new one. 200 hours on the CD laser is ... | |
| Reaching the end of a music collection One of the best ways to expand your musical horizons is to explore new musical styles, like Marakanetz says. If you are not sure of what is good in some styles, put up a thread on this forum. The people here are very knowledgeable in a wide variet... | |
| How Can I Play DVD-A? There is a Pioneer model out there for around $500 or so, called the 47A, I think that's the number. It is the cheapest one that I have heard about. Many DVD players that have separate audio playback for SACD or DVDA have TV menus for setup. You c... | |
| Teres turntable update. Grandpad, I think the Denon is so cheap now because they have been making it for so long that there is no tooling or design costs to pay off any longer. It is the only cartridge that has been made continuously for 40 years. It must have something ... | |
| shielded cables & IC's or not? Unshielded, solid core, small guage. | |
| Cartridge Tracking Force Agree with above. My DL103 tracks well at 2.75 grams. Just about every cartridge I've ever owned tracks at over 2 grams. | |
| Just got my new Teres turntable today. Yes, it is www.teresaudio.com | |
| Noise Filters & ferrite beads.... In my opinion, placing ferrite beads on signal carrying wires is a bad thing. The musical signal has a varying magnetic field that is present several millimeters outside the wire. Collapsing this field with a ferrite bead or shield will have adver... | |
| Best SET amp for Coincident Total Eclipse speaker The Wyetech Topaz with the 572 output tubes is supposed to be a great combination with the Eclipse. David Berning Siegfried with either 811 or 300B is great with just about anything that has reasonable efficiency. | |
| Clash of the Titans Albert, I haven't heard them, but I've been told that the Convergent Audio Technology(CAT) JL-1 is a helluva amp. You can use 6550s, EL-34s, or 6L6s in it for your preference. Pentodes wired in triode. Push-Pull. Performs much stronger than the ve... | |
| No interest in battery powered components? Jeff, I understand your point about making things simple. I am also interested in a simple solution. Unfortunately, at this time, there are few manufacturers working in this direction. That leaves us DIY types to handle the task, if we can. Maybe ... | |
| No interest in battery powered components? One caveat to the above post. Since large battery systems can dump enough current to arc weld, proper fusing of the output cables is needed to reduce the possibilty of a fire in case of a direct short circuit on the output lines. | |
| No interest in battery powered components? Audiofile99, yes you can increase the voltage by adding batteries in series. With 12v batteries, 2 in series would give the 24v you are talking about. And yes, you can parallel the batteries for more run time. No danger in doing this. There is no ... | |
| No interest in battery powered components? Brtritch, I think that the wall wart supplied components are easiest to convert, since many actually step-down and rectify to DC right at the wall wart. This would only require a battery and simple regulator circuit to make it battery powered. Som... |