jc4659

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Equalization
@stereo5 You are a liberated audiophile! 
Isolation transformer for laptop charger?
I don't think so but thanks for the suggestion 🙂 
Isolation transformer for laptop charger?
Imhififan:. I took your advice and unplugged the charger and holy cow what a difference.  The noise floor must have dropped.  The music became more dynamic, clear, holographic, and the soundstage opened up.  And best of all this tweak was free.  T... 
No love for Verity?
Agree with the above comments.  These will get you off the Merry-go-round. They are very musical, well made and beautiful too.  I bought my P.E.s a few years ago and love them.  Probably my last pair of speakers and I have owned (or still own) Pro... 
Isolation transformer for laptop charger?
Got it.  Thanks, Jim!   
Isolation transformer for laptop charger?
If this means that the "hot" slot is consistently the shorter one (across all outlets used for my audio system) then I can get a "polarity tester" and check it. 
Isolation transformer for laptop charger?
@imhififan,Thanks for the link and the suggestion.  The MBP should run quietest from its battery I would think.  if it makes a difference then all I need to do is remember to disconnect the charger when listening to digital files, and more importa... 
Lowering the noise floor
Sometimes you don't know how much noise you are hearing until it's gone.  Have you ever been in a room that you thought was quiet and then suddenly the room becomes dead quiet and you realize that the humming noise from the compressor in the refri... 
Amp upgrade advice
@randy-11: Completely agree with your comment on room treatments for a room this size. 
Michael Fremer's system
@mr. m.  It's called "put your money where your mouth is."  I see nothing wrong with what he said so I respectfully disagree with you. Fremer is very fortunate to have a system of that caliber.   
Current recording engineers - what cables used?
@maplegrovemusic +3 on the pink floyd article.  Thank you! It seems that much of the perfection that goes into the sound; the placement of instruments, the room itself, the equipment, the cables is lost when the final product (millions of units in... 
Isolation Transformers: my experience and concerns
Currently, my preamp is the only component plugged into an isolation transformer.  I concluded that this was the best combination and removed all other isolation transformers from my system.  Interesting that you found the same results. 
connect 2 different wire gauge to pos and neg speaker terminal
@almarg One of the best posts I have ever read on audiogon.  Your explanation seems logical, takes some of the mystery out of cable theory, and "almost" makes me want to fiddle with cable design.  I do appreciate that it is more complex than it se... 
Female Vocal Collection on Vinyl??
Looks like it's an ad from HDTracks.  I did not see anything about vinyl mentioned. 
Ayre Codex dac and headphone connections question
Good advice, Bob.  I appreciate it.