zaikesman
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| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Beowulf - The idea of a monopolar line-source (such as the Wisdom M-75's) fascinates me. Would you address a post to describing the differences in room interaction and placement requirements for this design vs. your old dipolar Maggies? How do the... | |
| What is stopping the ultimate? Daniel and Clueless - you guys are getting back to the essential fact that one does not require "the ultimate", or even a close approximation of it, to receive enjoyment from reproduced music (I often get maximum enjoyment from my stone-stock base... | |
| Vinyl to Digital As a music lover whose collection of too many thousands of records is over 90% vinyl, I will just say that only recently, with a substantial upgrading of my digital gear, do I finally find myself as likely to reach for a CD as an LP. I intend in t... | |
| electro-harmonix vs svetlana tubes In my experience with EL-34's, the Svetlana's outperform both the Sovtek's and the Tesla's (I have not tried the E-H branded Sovtek's). In my c-j amp, the Svetlana's have the smoothest and most extended response at both ends of the spectrum, posse... | |
| Adcom GCD700 random mode ills Strangely, my GCD700, which now resides at my father's house since I upgraded to a Theta Pearl, doesn't seem to do what you are talking about. If I put 5 disks in and hit "Random" and "Play", and then use the remote to keep jumping to the next tra... | |
| Theta Basic or Pioneer PD 65? Which One is Best? The Theta Data Basic is a good transport, but is based on a Philips drive assembly that is no longer manufactured. For close to the same price used, they reccommend going with a Pearl (or Jade, at a higher price) tansport, based on the Pioneer Sta... | |
| Wanna help with my room? One thing I would add to the above addendums to Stehno's advice concerns his recommendation to place the speakers at "the long end of the room". This phrase is somewhat ambiguous - does he mean "along the long wall" or "firing long-ways down the r... | |
| Noise, hum and AC polarity Grandpad - absolute polarity usually refers to signal phase, i.e. whether it is correct or inverted. See the recent posts, including my own, under amps/preamps titled "Question about inverting polarity". | |
| Noise, hum and AC polarity Thanks for the ideas, a very informative post. I'll be trying it soon! | |
| How important is precise VTA adjustment? The answer is dependent on your choice of cartridge, specifically the shape of the diamond stylus itself. The more radically spade-shaped it is, the more critical VTA becomes. With many less expensive elliptical-variety shapes, a washer adjustment... | |
| Removal of acoustic popcorn ceiling? FWIW, I have always liked the way a textured ceiling both sounds and looks, and when I get to my final ultimate listening room, I intend to redo the ceiling as such. Seems like my sentiments are in the minority here, though. | |
| Will new power cords by my answer? I would not discourage you from experimenting with power cords (though I will say that the results will be very system-dependent, so don't take the above specific recommendations as gospel). But for what you say that you're still looking for in th... | |
| Question about inverting polarity cfb - If, as some folks claim to do, you can hear some difference on a recording that has no one "correct" absolute phase to refer to, it might simply mean exactly that: not that the result is correct, only different. Obviously, if you can determi... | |
| Question about inverting polarity cfb: for these purposes, "phase" and "polarity" could be considered equivalent terms, since when it comes to an electronic component like a preamp, the only question is of either 0deg. total shift (maintain correct absolute phase) or 180deg. (what... | |
| I need to be wowed It's funny how some folks consider the terms "2K budget" and "new to me" to be such relative concepts....If you can figure out (or somebody can suggest) a way to get a quilt to stay put on the ceiling temporarily without marring the paint, you cou... |