williewonka
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| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Jmcgrogan2 - thanks for the kind words - I aim to amuse - sometimes :-) Didn't want to get into "the fog clearing" or "my ears going through a miraculous transition!" and my all time favourite "the veil has been lifted" - I gotta try wearing that ... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Jfrech - breakers also come in a variety of prices...- thermal $10-30- thermal/magnetic $40+++I choose a name brand thermal for $15, because the market is flooded with the "not-so-good product" from - guess where :-) The nice thing about breakers ... | |
| Difference in quality in products made in China? Been there - done that - got the repair billsWon't ever buy components or wire from china EVER!,Some iec connectors/plugs seem to be OK. Since most stuff is built there these days its probably the same as with everything else - buy brand names! | |
| How much AC is too much. To make it even more ugly, some of the new gear out of china is designed to work at a voltage lower than 120 - not sure why.I had a Chinese built tube amp and had to get it fixed because it destroyed a set of tubes in 6 months.Run that at 127 volt... | |
| how do YOU stream? Apologies - that should have read "Stager Silver Solid Interconnects" | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? So exactly what did I hear during this process....The staging from left to right was already very precise. For this I used a well recorded classical orchestral track because I know where the stringed instruments should be - e.g. left to right - vi... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Aggielaw the following dimensions apply to the centre of the front of the speaker 23.5 inches from side wall and 37.25 inches from rear wallThe speakers are toe-in 0.5 inch.I tried several toe-in angles, but for the Sonograms in this room the angl... | |
| the best, cost-no-object, music streamer? Adj243 - while you are in the planning stages consider hard drive failure!This just happened to me and reloading my CD's was a pita.I now have all my music on a NAS drive that has dual drives in a RAID mirrored configuration. If one of the drives ... | |
| the best, cost-no-object, music streamer? Adj243 - while you are in the planning stages consider hard drive failure!This just happened to me and reloading my CD's was a pita.I now have all my music on a NAS drive that has dual drives in a RAID mirrored configuration. If one of the drives ... | |
| Want To Hear How Amazing Computer Audio Can Be? Hifiharv - how much do you want to spend - does that include the computer or do you have one?A very simple implementation would be to plug you computers speaker jack into you hi-fi - load iTunes (or one of many others) to play the music or stream ... | |
| Entry-level speaker cables There are some options from Van den Jul that will fit your budget if you can find a dealer. The Clearwater is a great entry level and the CS - 122 Hybrid is an exceptional performer to step up to.They are excellent quality and perform extremely we... | |
| Gershman Sonogram Loudspeakers After a couple of years of ownership and some subtle upgrades that improved the fidelity of the entire system, these speakers have kept up all the way.My only disappointment is not with the product but with the attitude of the company when I reque... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Charmin! and for best effect hang them on a rope - multi coloured will be high on WAF scale - you can even hang some on the wife/girlfriend and tell them its the latest fashion :-) | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? WALL GONE!Wow - I was expecting much more trouble than this - I'm beginning to love these speakers. Talk about forgiving!I only had to move them a few inches back and the sound stage front to back became much more pronounced. Previously everything... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? So, If I understand you all correctly...Other than the placement of furniture, rugs and the two screens that I have in place to dampen an echo behind the speakers and careful placement of the speakers to attain the best sound (to remove standing w... |