williewonka
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| Grado/Rega Hum @atmasphere - thanks for providing another possibilityI had tried for many years to solve this issue and the only solution I could find was the arm grounding solution, which in my case was unsuccessful.So in the end I just resorted to the more com... | |
| Lifespan of amps and preamps? Scott - I have a 20 year old Denon and a friend still has a 30 year old Yamaha I gave here and they are still sounding fine.I just sold my NAIM amp that had to have the power supply caps replaced after 10 years - apparently it’s "a thing" with NAI... | |
| Grado/Rega Hum Grado/Rega hum is well known & documented. I tried a Grado 25 years ago (before the Internet as we know it) and ended up selling the cartridge.Changing cartridges is the only sure fire way to eliminate the hum.Almost any other cartridge works ... | |
| What 4 subwoofers to buy? Imo the advantage of four subs over two subs is, smoother in-room response. And "smooth bass" = "fast bass". As a ballpark rule of thumb, the more intelligently-distributed bass sources in a room, the smoother the in-room bass. So two subs are pot... | |
| What 4 subwoofers to buy? What is your definition of a "lower end sub"?- Is it based on price point?, or performance?Are you looking to augment music or LFE’sWhat do you hope to gain with 4 subs? why not just two subs?I see the SVS SB1000s have a 12" driver and cost $599 e... | |
| Good Match for BlueSound PowerNode 2i I use the PowerNode 2 for my A/V system, driving a pair of Tannoy Fusion 4 (89db sensitivity). It does a very good job, but I think it could be even better if the speakers were around 91/92 db. The sub brings in the LFE's and bass punch and the im... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Then what's left? What else can differentiate one power cord from another? Well - it's a lot more complicated - to start with, I have found the following affects all cables - not just power cables...- Connectors - you need quality connectors with... | |
| speakers or room??? @dtapo - A while back a friend asked me about his listening space - it was an open concept apartment with 12 ft high concrete ceiling and walls and hardwood floor. His kitchen cabinets did not go to the ceiling.I had achieved a lot of success in m... | |
| Magico vs the world Avantgarde Duo Horns get my votehttps://www.avantgarde-acoustic.de/en/Haven’t heard anything that can touch themBut like other posters have said - I need a lottery win :-) | |
| Suggestions for an Analog Front-End @decal - Hmm, - that Schiit does look very interesting - especially at that price and with the AT cartridge included.- and it looks like that have done a lot of things rightThe only negative from what I can see is - no dust cover !- but you can bu... | |
| Node 2i performance suggestions pls @mstrauss58 - if you are into DIY, then try these cablesFirst try the power cable for Source components using the silver wirehttp://www.image99.net/blog/files/category-002a002athe-helix-image-power-cable.htmlIf you find that improves things - try ... | |
| Vault 2i, etc. That is mistaken. You can easily setup RAID using pedestrian hard drives - at least on a PC. (I’m not sure about Mac.)Whilst RAID works with any type of hard drive, it will cause HDD failure of "standard" desktop computer drives, because of the wa... | |
| Vault 2i, etc. If you are that concerned about your digital music, and you should be, perhaps what you should invest in is a USB or NAS drive that supports dual drive RAID mirroring.If one drive fails in the unit you simply replace it and the RAID software takes... | |
| 3D Printed records??? Apparently it's happening... Check dis out, vinyl fans...! Possible? - anything is possible, just look at the new 8K TV’s - and Sony has a huge 63 foot 16k TV, released back in September 2019https://robbreport.com/gear/tvs/sony-16k-crystal-led-tv-2869489/Trouble is the size of the digital file to print an... | |
| Adding shielding to existing cables @scroydon - Thanks for that update on the other "mad scientists". I don’t feel so isolated :-)I was not actually aware of the contribution from PS Audio and all the other great minds in the companies you mention - but I am not surprised that it ge... |