wolfie62

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Anyone have the Answer?
There are some very useful USB oscilloscope add-ons for computers, about $65. Plenty accurate enough for taking a look at your incoming ac power. They can record on your computer screen Hz and voltage excursions. After that, it depends on how clea... 
VINYL SUCKS!
Garbage!Vinyl is better in every respect. Digital is full of distortion and “digital artifacts”, from all the massive levels of processing needed to convert math to an ANALOG signal/voltage. Everybody has their favorite DACs, proving that distorti... 
Backup Generator transfer switch
The ATS was NEVER the problem!The problem was the quality of power he was getting from his backup generator. It was electrically noisy with fluctuating frequency and voltage. So he later put in a PS Audio Power Regenerator. It’s nothing more than ... 
Anyone Successfully Go from Floor Standers to Bookshelf Monitors w/ Subs?
My LR also opens to a large dining room, kitchen, and hallway.i have 2 speaker systems. One is a pair of floor standing towers. The other is a quite small pair of bookshelf monitors I built 30 years ago, with a dome tweeter and 5-1/4” midwoofers. ... 
Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?
This is a totally ludicrous discussion.Next!!! 
enough amplifier power
Sorry. I don’t get the argument here.So the OP has a 1.5 watt amp, then complains that amplifier power is necessary to enjoy really good sound???My speakers are rated at 90 dB/w/m. Average sensitivity. My amplifier is rated 90 w/ch clean. So??I ra... 
Gotten Any Good Trash Records Lately?
Example one of trash records I have received lately is Mario Lanza singing selections from Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince, an RCA Victor Red Seal opus from 1960 in New Orthophonic High Fidelity (not Living Stereo), with helpful suggestions o... 
Power regenerator vs conditioner
The Power Generator uses an inverter. First, It rectifies The Line Power to DC. Then, the inverter reassembles the 60 Hz 120 vac line signal. It responds very quickly to changes in demand. If the incoming line frequency drops to 55 Hz, or the inco... 
Is This even possible
How much moisture is in the tree trunk? Any is too much.so you ruined a computer optimized Velodyne sub enclosure and put the guts into a tree trunk which you have optimized.....HOW??? 
The Lifespan of an LP?
Shure answered all of this debate, definitively, hands down, with its record wear/stylus wear study in 1954.Go read it. It has never been disproven. It’s only been proven true and it’s findings reinforced over the last 67 years.Duh!!! 
The Absolute Sound vs Pleasing Sound
So the “AHA!” moment here is realizing for the first time you’re listening to recorded music???Glad I learned that 50 years ago.... 
Cart adjustment, that moment when you nail it!
I’ve had many of those moments. But it’s pretty routine now. I have 105 cartridges. 27 are in my favorite stands, waiting to be rotated in.Once getting it “right” becomes routine, and you’ve chosen an exact, easy alignment protractor, only then do... 
A pleading request to manufacturers of amplifiers and preamplifiers.
Cordless drill, grindstone, 2 minutes of the OPs time.NEXT!!!  
Which VTF Scale are you using?
$6 cheap digital scale manufactured by a CCP company. Been using it for 3 years. If it goes bad, guess I’ll pony up another $6..... 
What makes speaker's sound big?
Low distortion, low distortion on transients, wide dispersion, very low coloration, smooth FR.many very small 2-way speakers with these qualities have an ability to sound HUGE and effortless.