jameswei
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| Your most played songs I have a lot of "favorite" songs, but one that I find myself returning to year after year is Charles Earland's "More Today than Yesterday." | |
| How do you amp your system? Sounds like a plan.As you say, there's no right answer.I can only add that you may find yourself on an upgrade spiral that could involve buying and selling a lot of equipment. In the past I have found myself to be better off just jumping over a co... | |
| How do you amp your system? Well, if your 2 channel amp doesn't give you enough and you are OK with biamping the Kappas, then perhaps adding another 2 channel amp and using it along with the old 2 channel amp in a biamp set up should get more volume out of your mains.The Yam... | |
| How do you amp your system? In my experience, the 4 surrounds+rears won't require a whole lot of power, while the two front mains will need the most support. And for some recordings/movies the front center channel does a lot of the work. (I believe your ULS15 sub has a built... | |
| How do you amp your system? Far from "prevailing wisdom," my 7 channel system evolved from my 2 channel stereo.I started with 2 speakers driven by 2 monoblocks. Each speaker had its own subwoofer to fill out their low ends.When I added a screen, I routed the 2 front channel ... | |
| Sunfire Subwoofer question It might be worthwhile to call Sunfire factory service -- (800) 622-3526. They used to have flat rates for repairs, something like $400 a few years back.If they will give you a current flat rate over the phone, you might subtract that amount from ... | |
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? Here's a nice rendition by Simone Kopmajer of the classic "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight." -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osVwo_BX6-8 | |
| McIntosh MC2155 mystery switches These are probably system test switches for the Power Guard circuit. The Power Guard circuit is supposed to prevent amplifier clipping by automatically turning down the input volume when it senses the amp approaching clipping volumes. There's some... | |
| Why do planars have poor bass extension? I think you're right -- the diaphragm's tension limits its excursion so that it can't move enough air to generate adequate volume at lower frequencies.Solutions seem to include bigger panels to move more air and augmenting lower frequency response... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? "If the bearing is is the same plane, the tracking force is constant with the presence of such events."I'm not sure I understand why this is so. Can someone help me understand why this is so?I believe it is true if the pivot point is not at the ce... | |
| Amp circulation question I agree with Tom that those temperatures should not be a problem with the amp.Just be sure the shelf above is not vulnerable to long exposure to such temperatures, like wood for example. | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? If we assume that "the amp needs cap replacement" as you say, then you can try doing it yourself. If you screw it up, then you will probably have to send it in to some electronics shop for them to fix it, which might not cost much more than having... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? For many audiophiles, a good part of the appeal of a piece of equipment resides in its appearance. It's not just the sound. And tastes differ with respect to whether any particular design looks good.I won't buy something that I think looks ugly, n... | |
| Help in finding great Jazz thats well recorded Both Gz3827 and Tubegroover mentioned Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio's Midnight Sugar. This was originally recorded by the Three Blind Mice ("TBM")label. I have found that all of the TBM albums are high quality recordings, and there are a goodly number of... | |
| Different subwoofer at each corner? With more than one subwoofer, proper phasing is important. I mean, there is a potential for the two subs to cancel each other out if the phasing is not right. (Apologies for being pedantic if you already know all this.)For example, one sub cone co... |