zaikesman
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| female needs expert advice Tarbishaw, I did not raise my point about your header title because I was offended, as I would have no reason to be. I also did not mean to attack you, or suggest that a female has no place in "the men's room", as you put it. Quite the contrary; I... | |
| What is stopping the ultimate? The amount of money that some folks are able and willing to expend on this hobby these days always makes me wonder why the high-end industry stops short of trying to exceed the present paradigm of reproduced sound. It seems to me that instead of w... | |
| female needs expert advice What's up with the "helpless female" angle of this question? I realize that women are a rarity in this hobby, but I don't see the relevance of calling attention to one's sex when asking the forum for advice. Having said that, I admit that I probab... | |
| What should a typical house voltage read/be? I have a voltage meter on my line (I live in Washington DC) continuously and it always reads between about 116v and 119v. This, and the responses above, makes me wonder about those manufacturers who sell the types of PLC's claimed to correct for t... | |
| Thiels and Tubes I have 2.2's, a much kinder load than 3.6's. I used to power them with a Classe 70, the forerunner to the 100. I substantially improved every aspect of their performance save for bass impact, extension and control by switching to a CJ MV-55 (actua... | |
| where do i go from here? Sorry - I must have been writing in my sleep when I posted the above about speaker placement. I just re-read it, and I've got to correct myself. Not that my recommendations are wrong per se, but they don't have anything to do with bass response pr... | |
| How much money do you want to waste? Good gosh amighty!! It just refuses to die!! Alright, alright, I give up - I solemnly swear I will never call for a geekfest to end ever again! And to prove it, I submit the following thought:Sticking with the example of cables, I have never under... | |
| how to best a/b cables A very reasonable collection of posts for this topic - Gboren's imploring request seems to have worked! But to all of the above, I would add: Don't forget to allow the new cables some break-in time of being in the system continuously for several d... | |
| where do i go from here? I would think that speaker positioning and new speaker cables should be first things you look at. The Kimber you're using sounds like it's 4VS, not nearly enough cable in this application. This would most certainly restrict the bass, as well as pr... | |
| I can't believe there is no difference I have no personal experience with any of the components you mention, so my remarks will only be general in nature. The first sentence of your post, "I just took home . . ." is what leaps out at me. Possibilities:1) The player needs to be broken i... | |
| Audiophile Changer: Cool or Hopeless Compromise? Although I presume you are talking about a "jukebox"-type rather than a 5-disc changer like mine, I can recommend using a Monarchy Audio DIP in between, as I do with my Adcom GCD-700 changer and Theta DSPro Basic IIIa DAC. It seems to largely amel... | |
| How much money do you want to waste? Yes folks, once again another of these stoopid/tired posting wars has degenerated from the ridiculous to the sublime - and why is it always CABLES?! Is there something intrinsic to wire that prompts the unqualified to hold forth and theorize ad na... | |
| Upgrade my Theta Pro Basic lll I am a IIIa owner, but have not heard the non-a in comparision. However, from what I understand, a move to the Va would only be substantially better if you got the balanced version (and ran it that way), which costs more. The unbalanced version is... | |
| How much money do you want to waste? Here (definitly not HEAR) we go again. The first five words written by the poster are all anyone needs to glean of his "thoughts": "From everything I have read . . ." While audiophiles who aren't afraid to actually use their ears may also sympathi... | |
| Upgrading power cord.. proven upgrade? or crap? I have a Synergistic Research Master AC Coupler that I picked up used for the commonly available price of $150. On my tuner and my DAC it has only made slight differences, probably not worth the bother. On my previous SS amp, however, it greatly i... |