williewonka
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| Audio rack I have built my own racks in the past, but I must admit the Lovan rack I now have is superior in every way - but I did have to tweak itAs glennewcidk points out...- three legs - easy to level - very important- floating shelves - help isolate compo... | |
| Are subs worth the price for music? @shadowcat2016 .... Mostly just wondering how a sub or subs would improve/change what I’m hearing now since I’ve never experienced it in my system. Based on your musical tastes and your components/cables...- if the subs are setup "correctly: - i.e... | |
| Are subs worth the price for music? @shadowcat2016 - what kind of music do you like to listen to?The Vandersteen’s have a pretty good bass response.The low B string on a 5/6string bass guitar is 31 Hz.A low end of 26 Hz is in synth territory.Below 26 Hz is more an LFE that A/V syste... | |
| "Greenfield" flex conduit for DIY power strip? I see where you are going now - you are using the conduit to make using Romex as an extension cable comply to code - IT WILL NOT !ALSO - romex IS NOT designed to be used in any type of conduit due to heatPlugs are NOT allowed to be installed onto ... | |
| Household Surge Protectors - Good or Bad? @jea48 - Now I understand - thanks for persevering.Cheers | |
| Household Surge Protectors - Good or Bad? Again, thanks for the input.I think I did not explain myself properly...- I did not make any changes the bonding points of the neutral and ground in the breaker panel.- I simply took a wire from the "neutral side" of the inputs on the amp and grou... | |
| "Greenfield" flex conduit for DIY power strip? I'm not sure as to the "Why's", but anytime a cables is encased - even if expandable nylon sleeve is used - it impacts sound quality. However, on rethinking your specific application - since this is simply an "extension cable", into which the fin... | |
| "Greenfield" flex conduit for DIY power strip? That is a similar approach to my own setup - I have a single dual-outlet with a 10 ft extension cord. The outside box is aluminum and grounded.I use my own Helix power cable design to eliminate cable noisehttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002... | |
| Rega Planar 3 upgrades help. @mountainsong - here is my revamped Regar Planar II from 1981http://image99.net/blog/files/category-turntable-mod0027s.htmlIt sounds amazing and I would not change it - the uprgades were edcational and gave me greater understanding of the issues a... | |
| Household Surge Protectors - Good or Bad? Thanks guys - the surge protector that is installed has an LED idicating it is operational. If there is an issue the LED goes out. There is no way to turn it off..I'm pretty sure there is an issue with the neutral or ground conenctions, so I will ... | |
| DIY Power Cables Instead of Used @sfcfran - you have reached the same conclusion I have also come to.If you need two runs then use 2 runs of 12/2 and NOT 1 run of 12/3.- there is just too much noise in a 12/3.BTW - I tried an experiment with mains cables - turns out - as long ... | |
| DIY Power Cables Instead of Used @sfcfran - Well last evening I installed the "revised" helix speaker cables with the helix being wound in the opposite direction and it appears that as indicated on my web site - it made a discernable improvements - across the board.So if you a... | |
| What speakers work well against a wall @scottwsmith - as a general "rule of thumb" you could use any speaker that has either1. a completely sealed enclosure2. a bass port located in the front of the enclosureOf course this is not definitive, but as a "guideline" it eliminates rear por... | |
| DIY Power Cables Instead of Used @sfcfran - here is the update to the helix design - got it done today.Just waiting on some feedback from Yordan on his findings, but other than that it is completehttp://image99.net/blog/files/b4d5249616a56bdabfd28b5580db6cec-79.htmlAs for the f... | |
| DIY Power Cables Instead of Used @sfcfran - I recall bumping into a discussion on that quite some time ago You are correct - I added the Power Helix design in 2015 and made a couple of refeences to it elsewhere on the forums here at that timeI have been promoting more actively... |