vair68robert
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| Thiel Owners Thank You TomI had no intention of trying these as you had advised me to just use better electronics on the cross-over board ,( I had to ask out of curiousity )this is the same advise that Mr. McCormack gave me when asked about upgrading my DNA-25... | |
| Thiel Owners Good Morning AllI had to look at the 3.7's on E-Bay , listed at $7,300 .When I purchased my 2.7's new and delivered for $3,000 I passed on the chance of owning new 3.7's for $7,000 delivered ,the same birdseye maple finish ! ( if they were $6,000 ... | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. imabucfan300wpc amp powering 99db sensitivity speakers is overkill ,my friend has these speakers and powers them with an inexpensive chinese all tube integrated amp putting out 35 watts and they fill the room ( 16 x 22 ) with loud music and deep b... | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. As the Small Faces song says" I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger "Since you are starting from scratch I'd recommend a tube or hybrid integrated amp , you'll save a lot by not by not having to spend money on interconnects and pow... | |
| blue jeans cable? My first upgrade after 20 years of Monster cable was Blue Jeans ,I went with the 10 gauge Belden speaker wire and they where great sounding but like many that enjoy the hobby there's more out there .So when a pair of used ( major manufacture ) ca... | |
| Which of these power cords ? Make your own ,you can buy Furutech cable, iec and power plugs orCardas cable ( if you have a Hotpot ) with their iec and power plug .Cardas has 9.5 guage cable for your amps and 11.5 for the rest of your power needs . | |
| More questions about dedicated lines orthomeadI believe that audiozenology explained the best set up .Run a heavy gauge wire like 6 awg from your main box to a mini or remote box as close to your new outlets as possible , then you could run Audience 10 awg wire to your outlets ( like... | |
| More questions about dedicated lines One more of my opinions ,use an extra deep outlet box . | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? big_gregGreat choice , the album I use when testing any new equipment .Just listened to Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Song Book . | |
| More questions about dedicated lines orthomeadIn the April 2019 edition of The Absolute Sound magazineRobert Harley wrote about building a listening room . | |
| More questions about dedicated lines orthomead , I would suggest that you only need 2 lines not 4 ,with the equipment and power requirements you have .( just my opinion as a retired biomedical equipment technician )As for romex or premium in the wall cable ,there have been many dis... | |
| More questions about dedicated lines With all that you are doing to improve performace I would suggest using high purity audio grade thru the wall cable .Since Cardas no longer makes it you might look into JPS .Size: 10 AWG, UL/CSA listed for in-wall useDesign: Optimized Field Matrix... | |
| Isolation Platform for my Sota Cosmos? jrislesYou'll probably be happiest with Sota's solution ,but if you want to try something cheaper, read on .I too have a suspened TT , a Merrill Heirloom that I mounted on the wall .I first screwed a 3/4" 2' X 4' piece of plywood with 4" screws t... | |
| Pass Labs and Fuses I would like to David for posting his experiences on fuse swapping .I like many others have experienced sound differences when swappingfuses . But before I did I was skeptical how could the power going thru a small wire ment to melt affect the so... | |
| Thiel Owners dsperHow much of a DYIer are you ?Would you consider replacing and upgrading the componets in your amp? If so try replacing the rectifiers with fast and soft recovery ones .Since the 500 is an older amp it might have fast recovery but not soft ,I... |