williewonka
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| Turntable background noise Are there cartridges that are more suseptable to this type of interferance? Yes - Grado is one brand I had tried and found it was prone to noise.I had one on my Rega and the hum got louder as the cartridge got closer to the center of the platter -... | |
| Bluesound Node 2i Question @tbevan - since you are not using ethernet...To see your various settings try the following...Click on the icon that looks like three small horizontal bars at the top left of the Bluesound player screengo to "Settings" menu item (at the bottom) an... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** To the OP - Here’s the my view on this...you have no legacy vinyl, so no real need to invest in a vinyl rigyou are not "inclined" to invest time and effort involved in setting up, maintaining and eveolving a vinyl based system any "low end" vinyl ... | |
| Best return for the money, system upgrade suggestions please. @grm - I've owned the Dacmagic and I think it is probably the place I would start the upgrade process.I have also owned a Schiit Bifrost, and the latest version of this DAC is much better than the one I had and the latest multi-bit option is only ... | |
| What is your experience with the law of diminishing returns ? I'm with Rich - it really is subjectiveRegards - Steve | |
| Anyone's DIY Bested Brand-Name High End Speaker or Power Cables? @tomask6 - Take a look at these...http://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-power-cable.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-interconnect-cable.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-speaker-cable.htmlPersonall... | |
| Help with phono amp upgrade Why not try another canadian product ? - Simaudio MoonI have the LP5.3 RS phono stage and it will probably be the last one I buy- silent operation- nice balanced sound- very detailed- exceptional dynamic performance- very configurableThe more rece... | |
| Need help solving a system problem @polkalover - What kind of woofer vibration?...- does it pulse evenly? e,g, at a partucular frequency (which freq)- is it spiradic? e.g. only happens when you walk around it- are all the pulses of equal amplitude or do they vary?Since this only oc... | |
| Who Here Makes Their Own Power Cables? @captbeaver - the Helix cables take three skills, other than cutting and stripping wires and using a screw driver...1. use of a variable speed drill - i.e. at different speeds2. solder a reasonable joint (but that is only mandatory for the Interc... | |
| Who Here Makes Their Own Power Cables? @captbeaver - Try these - hopefully the last cables you will make/buyhttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-power-cable.htmlAnd also Interconnects and speaker cableshttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-interconnect-cable.html... | |
| Going back to basics @mtj - I have also dome something similar for my own A/V system.I purchased a Bluesound Powernode 2 which works for me.. I have an Apple TV + a TV streaming box with PVR capability. - Both these boxes feed into the Smart TV via HDMI cables. - I ta... | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? I’m not sure if it is the same for all Tannoy speakers, but this is from the Kensington manual Locate the loudspeakers so that the favourite listening position is approximately 15¡ from the axes of the cabinets. Theaxes of both cabinets should int... | |
| Bi-Wire with two pairs of speaker cables @thyname - nope - you install the jumpers across the red and black terminals as normal (red to red and black to black). But when you connect the actual speaker cable, you conenct the red wire to the HF RED terminal and the black wire to the LF bla... | |
| Bi-Wire with two pairs of speaker cables @thyname - I have tried this, but to my ears the only thing that improved the sound was replacing the little mettal strip-jumpers (those generally supplied with bi-wire speaker terminalss) with a quality jumper made from wire.Bi amping ia a diffe... | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? @mulveling - youmentio the tannpoys are backed into an alcove - are they right up againt the wall/corner?Cheers |