williewonka
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| What would be a good turntable/tonearm/cartridge Steve - if your budget is $2k I would second Chayro's recommendation of the MMF5 or MMF 7, mainly because I really like their dual-plinth design.The MMF5 is good, but may require the old "Rega Nudge" for assistance in getting the platter up to spe... | |
| What would be a good turntable/tonearm/cartridge WG - as indicated was possible in the post by zd542...I have "pimped out" my 30+ year old $200 Rega Planar II to the point where the only original Rega parts left is the on/off switch and the plexiglass coverThe following are the mod's in approxim... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Lowrider57 - the vinyl used - being soft like material - probably absorbs more than it reflects. Otherwise, as you stated above - it would simply reflect the sound back to the speakers just as the window did.I do have drapes for the window, but th... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Pani, many thanks for the tip.Everything you said in your post about energy, sound staging etc... - basically all the benefits you mentioned - is exactly what I am now experiencing.However, I do have a couple of albums that seem to be a little bas... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Lowrider57 - my setup is also in the living room, so the 24"× 60" piece of white vinyl currently supported by two stands is a bit of an eyesore right now.However, I've just ordered a 92" × 78" vinyl roller blind ($215) that will fit behind the dra... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? I guess this hobby (obsession) is a series of discoveries and this is just my latest...Even after finding the correct speaker position (posted above), there were a few very annoying tracks that failed to impress me and always sounded very "confuse... | |
| Dispersion panels question UPDATE: I've just finished playing - yet again...A friends place has a 12ft ceiling, so I've been looking at possible solutions.So I got to thinking about my room with an 8ft ceiling and how a "baffle curtain" might help.I just happened to have a ... | |
| Acoustic panels - how high? OK, so I've just finished playing - yet again...A friends place has a 12ft ceiling, so I've been looking at possible solutions.So I got to thinking about my room with an 8ft ceiling and how a "baffle curtain" might help.I just happened to have a p... | |
| Proper Room Designs/Dimensions for Best Acoutics OK, so I've just finished playing - yet again...A friends place has a 12ft ceiling, so I've been looking at possible solutions - hence the post above.So I got to thinking about my room with an 8ft ceiling and how a "baffle curtain" might help.I ju... | |
| Proper Room Designs/Dimensions for Best Acoutics Handyman - one thing you might want to consider for your room is an acoustically damped ceiling.Options can include...- a simple drop ceiling with acoustic tiles - there are many options for this and you do not need a great deal of height to imple... | |
| DAC connection preferred? I agree with Onhwy61 - for instance...I bought a Bifrost DAC with the USB port to stream from my iMac.In order to mitigate the obvious USB related issues, I tried a couple of USB cables and settled on a double cable that is joined at the DAC- one ... | |
| Proper Room Designs/Dimensions for Best Acoutics An acoustics guy - see...http://www.acousticfields.com/author/dennisfoley/Regards | |
| Proper Room Designs/Dimensions for Best Acoutics Handy - don't let yourself get hung-up on 90 degree corners - they are easily remedied - you can probably make a very effective bass trap with sonotube and soft coverings, like carpet- a solution I currently employ was to build two panels almost f... | |
| Proper Room Designs/Dimensions for Best Acoutics Handy - if you have any good audio stores near you, you might want to take a look at what works for them.One audio store I frequent that appears to have a very good setup for their very expensive systems - has one room as follows- 16ft x 30ft with... | |
| Audio Research DAC 7 vs Primare DAC 30 Gasherbaum - I tried to acquire a Primare Phono Stage a while back and got messed around by both the retailer and the Distributor - both in Canada.Net result - I bought a Simaudio Moon LP5.3RSJust a note of Caution :-(Regards... |