williewonka
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| Sonic Barrier damping sheets vs cork Unlike Geoffkaits experience with sorbothane - I have used it with great effect to completely deaden all vibrations on my rack and shelving.HOWEVER - YOU DO have to know what density of sorbothane to use - a rating of 40 or 50 should suffice for m... | |
| Need help with room and speaker setup, big dip from 250-80hz tboooe - have you tried putting the speakers against the 3ft wall?If yes - did you still get dips in freq response?What is on the floor? if it's hardwood - try a rug in front of the listening position.Regards... | |
| Recent experience with Gershman Avant Garde Bill, I currently own a pair of Gershman Sonogram speakers.When I was auditioning the Sonograms I also tried the RX-20 at the very same dealer in the same system, but did not really hear anything to cause me to part with the extra cash they comman... | |
| How close to rear of speake for a rack? Some of us do not have the luxury of having lots of space. In my case, I’ve taken lots of measures to isolate the stand and turntable from vibrations...- the mass of my turntable is pretty high and has sorbothane suspension in the ball bearing fee... | |
| Neotech interconnects and speaker cables From my own DIY experiences, I've found the Neotech stuff to run hot and cold.e,g. their hookup wire is extremely good, but their plugs and connectors are average performers.I use the hookup wire for the neutral in my DIY interconnects with amazin... | |
| cable and interconnect advice? I'm with Herndonb - I never fully appreciated the full improvements cables can make until I had installed excellent power cables.I'd always found good speaker cables provided some benefit, but the interconnects were always marginal.Then I upgraded... | |
| Need help with room and speaker setup, big dip from 250-80hz The port on these speakers appears very small, and could be causing a reflection off of the wall/corner that effectively cancels out the frequencies you mention.First - remove the bass traps - temporarilyTry different distances from the wall with ... | |
| Oh brother, am I in desperate need of help! 8) Maggies take a bit of driving to get the very best out of them as ADG101 points out - you need a good amp to bring the bass out and articulate the music.You could try the ProAc floor standing modelsIf space is a premium the floor standing KUDOS sp... | |
| Bullets vs. spades and/or wire gauge? Effischer, for standard types of cable, "generally"...- improving the quality of the copper will result in better dynamics, clarity and image- increasing the gauge will improve bass performance and dynamics- Improving the connector will improve c... | |
| Question about valves running hours Migueca, Glad to hear Cayin are top notch.Re usage: Tubes have been used in broadcasting 24/7, so using for more than 8 hours should not be an issue in quality built amps.But to extend tube life a d reduce hydro bill, power down between listening ... | |
| Dedicated lines: 1) isolated grounds or not? 2) Subpanel connection wiring Lem321...my thoughts on your questions...Isolated grounds or not? - depends on how old your wiring/panel is?- have your electrician verify how effective the existing ground is- older instalations may have a grounding issue.- a licenced electrician... | |
| Question about valves running hours Migueca, I do not want to alarm you, but it looks like the Cayin is of Chinese origin?Several years ago I purchased a Raysonic sp120.Designed in Toronto, built in China and CSA approved.Turns out the power transformer was not really rated for 120v... | |
| Help with Cable selection Take a look at KLE Innovations cables.http://kleinnovations.comI’ve tried most of them in my system and they outperform the other more pricey cables tried by a significant margin.I would recommend the gZero3 interconnect and the gZero2 speaker cab... | |
| USB DAC Dumb D99, Your CD player probably has a SPDIF output.Sending SPDIF Input to the DAC's USB input cannot be accomplished by a simple cable type of adapter/converterYou will need an electronic converter. USB - SPDIF converters are common, but I do not kno... | |
| Kimber kable 8tc or 12tc warm? Since you are using a good SS amp, just beware of the fact that higher capacitance speaker cables like Kimber and especially some Cardas product can sometimes drive the amp into oscillation and can cause it to fail.An acquaintance blew two very go... |