zd542
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| Vandersteen Treo vs Harbeth 30.1 "Take what I just wrote with a grain of salt. Vandy fanatics will blame my hearing, the amp, the front end, the cabling, the speaker rake angle, flat head and low brow, and so forth."I'm a Vandy fanatic myself. You left out one possibility, and th... | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it I was just reading through a different thread and found a good example of the point I was trying to make. I know some of the people on this thread saw it because some of you responded with posts of your own."I am not arguing whether a certain cabl... | |
| Vandersteen Treo vs Harbeth 30.1 Yes. You are correct. | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it "Huh? I don't know that we were "getting it right the first time", by limiting our options. I would maybe call it settling easier for the limited options that we had before the internet. Yes, I didn't rotate gear as frequently in the 80's and 90's... | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it "I find that using the Audiogon buy 'n try method works better for me than using The Cable Company, as I tend to lose less money. However, you do have to sell the cables you are not using for this method to be successful. If you are a herder, buy ... | |
| What's wrong with my almost new speakers? "03-02-14: Mt10425A couple of years ago when I had hair, I used to part it in the middle and let it fall to each side. Now, most of it has fallen out, especially in the middle. I keep what's left trimmed to about 1/64 of inch. I want to look the s... | |
| Most educational audition you ever had? "03-03-14: TostadosunidosRegardless of format (TT vs. CD) I would expect the results to be very recording-dependent. I gather the CD and the LP were not recordings of the exact same material."It was actually the same recording. They used a Jazz al... | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it You're trying too hard. Experimenting with the Niles isn't helping any either. Putting that in changes the sound of the system. Most people can hear some differences between cables but it doesn't always happen right away. I couldn't for a long tim... | |
| Most educational audition you ever had? Winter CES. I'm pretty sure it was 1991, but maybe 1990. Went into the Scientific Fidelity room and was completely blown away by the sound. The system just sounded great. Word got around on how good the sound was and there was a line down the hall... | |
| Splicing small to larger speaker wire- how to Don't know if you have ever heard of The Cable Company, but that would be a good place to try. They pretty much have everything related to cables and accessories. They're excellent people to deal with. | |
| Splicing small to larger speaker wire- how to You can try to see if your speaker cables will fit anyway, even if they are a little bigger than what is recommended. You can also use pin connectors. They're not expensive and widely available. | |
| hanging a speaker "For the price of the B&W, I don't need it sliding off the shelf and hitting the turntable below."You put a lip on the front of the shelf so the speaker can't slide off. | |
| What's wrong with my almost new speakers? "03-01-14: DrubinI don't want to make a big deal about this. I get that it's vague and hope the OP will circle back and provide some more detail, if he's survived the beating y'all have given him. Re: the car trouble comparison, I could ask what w... | |
| What's wrong with my almost new speakers? "03-01-14: DrubinAnother reason someone might be reluctant to specify the product in question is that, regardless of the eventual outcome, it can create a negative impression for the manufacturer. It's fair to ask the OP's question without specify... | |
| hanging a speaker Why not use threaded rods and make a shelf instead of connecting something directly to the speaker? It will probably sound better too. I used to have one myself. The speaker's not too heavy. You shouldn't have any problems making it work. |