zargon
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| Acoustic treatment for corners. Mmakshak, I have found corner traps to be very effective in my room. They are especially important where the walls are heavy and rigid (e.g., concrete blocks) and the bass reflects off the walls and the energy keeps reflecting around the room. A g... | |
| Vandersteen Model 7: has anyone heard? Rballdude: "Heard the 9's..." ? Can you clarify? | |
| Hooking up two Topaz Isolation trans. in series? When sizing an isolation transformer, it is important to know the peak power (worst case) of all componants which will be attached and then multiply that by 2-3 times. Source componants such as a CD player vary very little with music levels, howev... | |
| Power Conditioning: How Do You Know You Need It? I would not jump to that conclusion so quickly. First, you have all sources turned off. Second, equipment at rest does not have the same behaviour as when being driven. Third, the interaction between your equipment is not in play. I thought my sys... | |
| Power Conditioning: How Do You Know You Need It? Jiminlogansquare,That is, how do I determine whether the AC coming out of my wall outlets is actually dirty, before dropping two large on a device that I might not actually need?The equipment to examine the frequency intensity and distribution on ... | |
| Graham Phantom II + Dynavector XV1's need help Smoffatt, it is not uncommon for a needle to be slighty tilted to the right or left of perpendicular of the cantilever or cartridge body. Before giving up and getting a new cartridge, try adjusting the azimuth such that the needle is perpendicular... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "There is no yes in yesterday..." Here's to Ben sung by Jacintha | |
| Vandersteen Model 7: has anyone heard? Russell, I am very anxious to know as well. The reviews based on the the "7's" introduction at the 2009 CES are quite good and report that this speaker is a notable step up from the 5A. That certainly peaks my interest as a highly satisfied 5A own... | |
| Specs on PSE Studio Mark IV I have a PSE Studio IV driving Vandy 2CIs in a small office setting. It is an absolutely transparent amp with smooth extended trebles and deep, rich bass tones. Anyone that owns this amp will probably never want to give it up. The specs are:Output... | |
| Graham Phantom mk II & JA Michelle ORBE se help I had a similar situation when upgrading from the Graham 2.2 to the Graham Phantom using the Graham mount. Like your case, the counter weight hit the VTA post when trying to set the arm to spindle distance. I backed off the counter weight to avoid... | |
| handheld voltmeter Another very capable digital multimeter with a good reputation and very reasonable price is Meterman, now marketed by Amprobe. MetermanWhatever one you buy, be sure to get additional probes including ones which will clip onto test points. You will... | |
| 4 ohm taps or 8 ohm taps? Almarg,Excellent posts and well written clarification of what happens in this situation. | |
| Tonearm wire burn-in question. Frogman, you are correct that a higher voltage may accelerate the burn in of the wires, however, as Al points out it may also cause harm to the phono stage assuming you don't unsolder the tonearm wires. My recommendation is to use the lower voltag... | |
| Tonearm wire burn-in question. Adding some to Al's concern of over driving the phono stage input...If you want to be ultra safe, there is a Granite Audio Phono Burn-In & RIAA Test CD which I have used which would ensure protection. It provides for both MM and MC cartridge l... | |
| What year did tube lose to SS I bought a McIntosh MA5100 SS integrated in early 1967 which was one of their earliest SS products as I remember. I believe this was one of the first "high end" solid state units in the industry. Looking back, I wish I had bought a tube set instead. |