zazouswing
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| Speaker cable Electrical conductors sometimes use copper for the hot leg and aluminum for the neutral and / or ground . This is true when they pull raw wire through conduit and when they put terminals on receptacles. The aluminum is cheaper, has a higher meltin... | |
| Parity @rvpiano - I’ve been interested in the Feickert Volare for a while. Either that or a SOTA Saphire will likely end up being table #4. Curious as to what arm you used. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Not quite obscure anymore - thankfully - but at the time Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Saw them at The Black Cat in DC around 98 when this first came out. Compared to their first album it was a departure and, initially, a bi... | |
| NAD M23 Stereo Amplifier: Best Amp Ever Bench Tested?!? Until they come out with better testing equipment. | |
| COINCIDENT FRANKENSTEIN 300B STEREO I was looking hard at this amp about a year ago. I ended up going with the Tektron. Between 300B’s, 2A3’s, and 45’s, I prefer the 45’s. Looks like a great deal - enjoy. | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer I think two important things to consider are what have you invested so far in your current platform (time, not money) and how do you plan to use the streamer. Personally, I prefer physical media. Nobody can take it away from me and having gone on ... | |
| Isn’t the forum to post reviews of gear you have experience with? A bad map that gets you to the right place is a good map. Was the bad map created with 10% perspective and 10% opinion - maybe. An understanding that opinion, perspective and whole system affect are built into any map given needs to be afforded. ... | |
| SL-1200G/Hana ML Best Headshell I don’t remember where I came up with the number, but according to my spreadsheet, I listed the 1200G arm with a 12g effective mass. That puts it low on the spectrum. The stock headshell is very light. After using the 12g number and calculating a... | |
| Green Mountain Audio Speaking as a woodworker, veneering marble isn’t that straightforward. Since you are only doing one side, and since the affects of environment on marble and wood are very different, choose wisely and test. A self-balanced veneer - two sheets stack... | |
| What should I expect moving from MM to MC? MC carts are just faster - by design. Less mass with the same suspension results in faster transients. High output MC’s have slightly more mass (coils of wire), but not nearly as much as a magnet. I have never done a 1:1 compare low to high output... | |
| Direct Drive +1 on the 1200G - not certain about the other models but I hear they have nearly the same motor. Set aside funds for a phono pre-amp and a cartridge. The 2M is muffled like others have said and should be avoided. A 1000 or 100 with a Denon 103 wou... | |
| Opinions before purchasing I have a small room I use for HT. Not that small, but small. You need a sub. It’s about pressure, not sound - especially for HT. I’m not familiar with your Denon but many HT receivers cannot output the sub to the mains. To @jasonbourne52 ’s point,... | |
| Two amps into one pair of speakers He should get a switch. The output of amp 1 is present on the secondary side of the output transformers at amp 2. Depending on the configuration, it could be stepping the signal down and getting into the circuitry of amp 2. There is probably a pol... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Margie Day - worked a lot w/ Griffey Bros Orchestra. Ella Johnson - w/ Buddy Johnson A few I enjoy but are definitely an acquired taste: Circus 2000 Amon Duul 2 / Slapp Happy Marina P | |
| Indentical measurments = Identical performance? @erik_squires +1. It’s called Occam’s Razor. Been around for a while. Was the basis of the scientific reasoning that created the tools that take the measurements. Now that we have the tools, we forget about the principals. It would be funny in any... |