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| Does Shelved Bass Help With 3D Effect? Can you explain what you mean by shelved bass? Possibly another term? | |
| Blindly deafly? bought Purple Flare cables... "Is this a no brainer and an upgrade from the Nordost Purple Flare speaker cables, despite the near lateral move cost wise?"The only no brainer here is to just stop. I don't say it to be mean, but just so you don't go and spend any more money on e... | |
| PS Audio PCA-2 compatible with what? I had one. Not a good sounding unit. Recommend you look elsewhere. I have your TT and speakers. They were in the system when I tries the PCA-2. | |
| Maple Platform Question 3 cones is dangerous for a TT. | |
| Maple Platform Question For a nice finish, oil is hard to beat. I wonder why they say not to use it. Is it because of sound reflecting off it, or just change the properties of the wood itself? If its because of reflections, staining it may be the best option. | |
| Why does Spectral have such a cult following "09-04-13: SchipoI am curious has anyone tried anything other than MIT cables? It seems nothing more than an advertising scam. All these years and still must be used with MIT cable and nothing else? Just sounds so ridicules."Yes. AQ, Tara, Kimber ... | |
| Maple Platform Question As far as what you should put under the platform, you should just try a few thing and keep what sounds best. I would try some of those little rubber feet that stick on to where ever you put them.What kind of paint do they recommend you use? | |
| Why does Spectral have such a cult following The way they handle the promotion of their products is unique. They don't seem to seek out reviews. Not only that, they seem to give some reviewers a hard time. Everything has to be special. Must use their preamp with the amp, and only MIT cables.... | |
| $10-15k speaker - Revel Salon2 / Usher BE-20 I agree with Mechans on Beryllium. I know its expensive. The Pass amps I've had were fairly warm sounding, though. I had the older Aleph series amps. Maybe some of the newer models have a different sound. I haven't heard them in a while. | |
| $10-15k speaker - Revel Salon2 / Usher BE-20 For volume and lots of bass, Aerial would probably be a good choice. I've seen several HT systems with them and they play very loud and clean.For better sound quality and not so much volume, a pair of Vandersteen 3's and the matching subs would be... | |
| Tube vs. SS Dilemma "09-04-13: PtmconsultingI think smaller fish taste better :-)"Solid core fish or stranded? | |
| Hum in Audio Research I had the same problem when I connected my CJ preamp to my Ayre V-5 with a SE cable and left the Ayre in balanced mode. It stopped when I put AQ interconnects between the 2. With every other cable I get the hum. | |
| Budget cable chaos??? Is River Cable the new star? "09-02-13: SunnyjimI knew I was going to take it on the chin with this thread.Zd542: I know you "don't take prisoners" in your comments but I wish you would not come on like gang busters. This is an audio blog, not a national security meeting"I'm ... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? You sound like you really know what you are doing, and with Al's help you'll figure it out. Reading through the thread though, I notice 2 things that may be worth mentioning. First is break in. I find all the time that a new phono cart can literal... | |
| How to test balance between right and left channel You can also play some white noise and use an spl meter. Sometimes if your room is an odd shape or doesn't have consistent lighting, it can be hard to judge. Kind of like an optical illusion. |