willemj
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| Is it the beer or do speakers/electronics really need some extended warm-up period? If they need such a warm up, they are a truly bad design. | |
| Amp fan cooling without dc current in the 110 line I sympathise with your desire to keep audio boxes out of sight. I have a little digital amp tucked away in a wardrobe as a bedroom amp. My Quad 606-2 sits in a well ventilated cabinet, without any problems. Anyway, I would be surprised if a fan wo... | |
| Is it the beer or do speakers/electronics really need some extended warm-up period? If your gear is so thermally unstable it is crap. Fortunately, that is very rare - or you are delusional. | |
| Streaming vs traditional I think it is useful to distinguish between two kinds. The first is streaming from your own hardisk. This was the common way to do this: you rip (i.e. copy) your cds to you rown harddisk, or you buy downloads, and then access those from a device. ... | |
| Directionality of wire Some background: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/machina-dynamica | |
| Best speakers for Pioneer SX-1250 receiver Two things. First, make sure it is recapped, or you will be playing Russian roulette with your speakers. Don't bother changing the power cord, unless it is damaged. Second, beware of older speakers. Speakers do age, and not just the capacitors in ... | |
| Channel Imbalance at low volumes No traditional pot meter is particularly accurate at low levels. Does it happen with all sources? I ask because there may be a mismatch between the output sensitivity of the source and the input sensitivity of the amplifier. Many modern sources li... | |
| Directionality of wire Here about our Geoff: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-ultimate-in-snake-oil.379379/ | |
| Sealed subwoofer for ESL-63 Just to add: I cross over at 33 Hz and a 4th order slope. The advantage of the PV1d is that you can set crossover very precisely, and also choose between 2nd order and 4th order slope. I think it is important that you can cross over at a low enoug... | |
| Sealed subwoofer for ESL-63 I have Quad 2805s, and added a B&W PV1d because it was claimed to be very fast and easy to integrate with the stats. The result was disappointing, even in my large listening room. The combination sounded boomy unless I reduced the level to a p... | |
| Mini dsp what's the deal Or use an Antimode 8033 for the sub(s). The unit is cheap, and easy to set up (automatically). You can use it from the pre amp output or at speaker level (with an attenuating cable). It does not need a computer, so it can be used with all your sou... | |
| What order? I think one needs to distinguish between frequencies above the Schroeder frequency and those below, since the methods will have to be different. For frequencies above, damping material is essential, but such damping can hopefully be achieved by le... | |
| Full MQA music list. Archimago has run a blind MQA listening test: http://archimago.blogspot.nl/2017/09/mqa-core-vs-hi-res-blind-test-part-ii.html More statistical analysis will follow, but for now there is no significant preference for MQA over and above Hi Res PCM,... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Good of you to do this Jinjuku. I have had enough of the abusive spoonbenders and alternative facts here.I saw your video, and it was fun if it wasn't so distressing to see the dishonesty. Is there a portal or something where I can find all your v... | |
| What's the weak link in my system? i.e. frauds. |