zaikesman
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| The Heat Is On Well, SD, while we are on the subject here, my Thiel literature says not to use anything other than Endust for cleaning up the finish on my Morado-veneer speakers. I assume this is because they are finished in polyurethane or something similar? I ... | |
| XLR vs RCA Impossible to generalize, but I would definitely always at least try balanced connection on any gear that is *truly balanced* interally. On gear that is not, but provides for balanced connection anyway, experiment at your option - it's really the ... | |
| "Concealed Damage" and FedEx Claims When you say "original shipping box, original inner packing", does this mean that the player was not double-boxed inside a larger outer carton? I will not ship gear in just its original single carton - I always obtain a separate outer box, about 4... | |
| My wife touched my turntable - help please I'm with those who are just a bit incredulous as to why you thought you had a problem in the first place - just because she touched it?! Talk about a placebo effect - no mishap was known to have occurred, yet you thought you could maybe 'see' a di... | |
| Are your used items selling? Agree with the 'Sale Pending'-thing dissent; in fact, if your ad becomes stale after a couple of viewing weeks, you might want to add something along the lines of 'Still Available' to your title copy, so people won't assume that it's already gone ... | |
| Low output MC - Math Question ?? Another (perhaps simpler for quick mental calculation) way of looking at the math is to take off from the fact that each 6dB increase corresponds to a doubling of the voltage (and volume). So a 6dB gain increase represents a 2X voltage increase, a... | |
| Help: Audio Gremlins I would suggest making a close inspection of that monoblock's input jack integrity. But first one question: you say you've isolated the problem to the "right monoblock", which leads to me to believe that you may not have tried swapping the two mon... | |
| Help with Martin Logan Aerius Speakers I agree that with a listening room as long as yours, you should bring these out from the front wall more, maybe to around 5ft. This should reduce boominess in the bass, and also improve soundstaging even further. Also, make sure to try your tube a... | |
| The Heat Is On Now that I've got my big 'ol VTL tube mono's, I plan on a long, fattening winter of S'mores eating. Just make sure you don't drip melted marshmallow down those tube socket holes! (I find my metal FM whip antenna makes an ideal 'stick'.)Oh, and if ... | |
| MIT Love 'em or Hate 'em Hmmm...>:^\ | |
| Tube amp for planar speakers and SS pre To expound a bit on your last two questions:1) "Will I be able to get tight bass [with a tube amp], or will there always be a trade-off here?"Strictly in regards to 'tightness', and also to 'slam', tube amps cannot, in my experience, quite go wher... | |
| MIT Love 'em or Hate 'em Beautifully reasoned Asa, and put in a way which illuminates rather than obfuscates. If nothing else, you always did get an "A" for effort in my book. You are rapidly coming clear as being humble as you are wise - things which my criticisms, despi... | |
| MIT Love 'em or Hate 'em Asa, thanks for the measured response - never let it be said you're anything less than a real gentleman. However, I did expect a somewhat more accurately targeted riposte on your part. I never took shots at the use of long words, or claimed irrele... | |
| MIT Love 'em or Hate 'em Asa: Without meaning to be (perhaps overly) insulting - I want to like it when you come onto a thread, but find I often dread the prospect, to be perfectly honest. I don't think I would have ever actually ventured to say this to you otherwise, tho... | |
| Tube amp for planar speakers and SS pre Magneplanars and SoundLabs are both panel speakers, but different types - Maggies, as their name suggests, are planar magnetics, while SL's are electrostatics. (If you are unsure what the preceeding exactly means, yes there are previous threads to... |