danvignau
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| Why do turntables sound different? Placing the turntable ANDelectronics in an adjoining room us the best. The only long wires needed are for the speakers. Of coyrse, tgen yih lose the awe factor of showing off your stuff, but for me it is about the music, not the show. | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers ...which also has Jean-Luc Ponty. | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers How about Terry Bozio? Listen to both Frank Zappa and the son's album, "Zappa Plays Zappa". Between Steve Vai, Terry and other FZ alumni, the drums really carry a lot of the songs. One example of Terry's prowess is the written for Jack Bruce to pl... | |
| Amplifier Starvation If you are going to the trouble to add a dedicated circuit, go ahead and use 10 guage wire and a 30 amp breaker. You will never be sorry. On a 20 amp circuit with only one light and my system, when the four amps (2 dual monos; I run mains and subs... | |
| Is it the beer or do speakers/electronics really need some extended warm-up period? It is the beer. Over the years, I have found that the more beer I drink, the louder I can turn up the volume to get the best sound. Alas, I had to quit drinking when replacement mids were discontinued for my speakers. I also had to limit Maynard F... | |
| Warm, rich sounding interconnects? As a true cynic, warm, to me, means just enough 2nd harmonic distoetion, such as Conrad Johnson and Audio Research have been purported to intentionally add to their designs. | |
| Best indoor FM antenna, your experience. I doubt that they exist, but I did hide an outdoor FM ANTENNA UNDER A FALSE CEILING I created in a tall room. | |
| Conrad Johnson--does anyone use this brand anymore? The last time I was in Knoxville, the only decent shop sold this and really pushed it, about as religiously as a Linn dealer. | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? Portable RCA 45 rpm changer, amp speaker Magnavox suitcase portable stereo. Philips 212 with Shure M91 ED. KENWOOD KD500 with SME/ShureV-15, currently with JH Formula 4 & Grace F-9E. Aristo... | |
| Is there any advantage to lower efficiency speakers? 87 or below? Low efgicience speakers can make your amp woek put to stay strong. Actually, most such speakers gave power sucking, elaborate crossovers to get a flat frequency response. Newer designs use better parts and of course designs. | |
| Stay away from the nad Like many othef companies, NAD is made by the lowest bidder. PRODUCTION IS RUSHED TO TBE POINT MISTAKES ARE MADE. When I decided to but a second amp, I bought the 100 wpc 2200 PE. it seemed to have no distortion or coloration, but smeared all the ... | |
| Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord? Why did it takex15-20 minutes? I know why. It takes that long to convince yourself there is a difference. | |
| Tune of the Day That is a great recording. | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil I have some very special rubber bands to hang the wires from the ceiling. All else is voodoo. | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil Human brains are great, but our ears are terrible. Just look at how much money many of us have spent on getting the best sound from a sliver of diamond scratching across a record, not to mention interpreting a bunch of difital data that is smushed... |