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Volume Control for second set of speakers
Now where's Audiogon's reigning theoretical physicist when you need him? Oh well. Guess we can always use the old search engine...because... as with everything else.... its been asked and answered:https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/27... 
Why do some manufacturers reverse preamp polarity in the first place?
Much ado about polarity? Well....Music by any polarity would sound as sweet? Nuh-uh. Scratch that. A fool thinks polarity matters, but a wise man knows otherwise. Close, but...There is no polarity either good or bad but thinking makes it so. That... 
Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER?
People love to hate history, but there are an awful lot of things like this its hard to see how anyone has any chance of ever understanding without understanding the history.So many things we take for granted today simply did not exist back when P... 
How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make?
bpoletti: Save your money and get a Herron Audio VTPH-2a. No need to upgrade when you have the best. The Herron is the last stop on the upgrade path.Back when I was researching phono stages I came across a lot of comments just like this. Also m... 
Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment
Full (if late) disclosure, most of what I wrote above is straight from Michael Fremer. One of his several hour plus talks on turntable setup. Forget which one. Anyone wants to really understand the subject could do worse than to watch them all. Un... 
Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable?
Wow you guys are good. Can you figure out my copy of Kind of Blue? Side 1 seems a little off....https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-mono-speed-issues.232772/ 
Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment
Not based on what you’ve said so far, no.The one way to be sure is by listening for mistracking. Specifically, mistracking much more often in one channel than another. Occasional mistracking in one channel or the other you can disregard, at least ... 
Step down transformers detrimental to SQ?
Incidentally, and this is probably nothing, but I am curious to know if this is an older vintage type amp? And where was it made?Again, there's no problem with higher voltage. Its lower that tends to cause problems. And since if you go back to s... 
Step down transformers detrimental to SQ?
If your overseas dealer told you that then he's as electrically misinformed as, well as pretty much everyone else. You're talking to a guy who has wired a whole house, recently installed a panel, and has a whole system personally custom wired to r... 
Step down transformers detrimental to SQ?
You won't need a transformer. Not if you're talking about line voltage. Line voltage is nominal, as in uncalibrated, as in it varies. What is called 110 here in the US can turn out to measure lower. (Occasionally even quite a bit lower, in what is... 
How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make?
Oh yeah, the Herron gets pretty good marks from everyone who owns one! Had mine since late last year. Easily the best component I've ever had. Or ever will, probably. Turns out there's a reason why they hardly ever come up used, and go in a flash ... 
Audioques Power cable Dragon vs Hurricane what difference in low frequencies
Pretty much anything from Synergistic Research is likely to beat AudioQuest hands down in the area of "deeper sound and stronger bass sound".I had AudioQuest Dragons. That is, until I tried SR. 
Technics SL-1700 feet
Bought mine new back in 1976. The feet are in great shape but I can tell you, everything I've tried under it was an improvement on the factory feet. I wouldn't waste one minute looking for something similar. Best you can use are BDR Cones, but mig... 
TT set up
Don't need no scope. Set your VTA by ear. 
Adding a Sub do i go with 1 or 2 ?
Hard to believe how far off you guys are. Its not a question of which sub. Only when you get to four subs, properly located, only then does it matter which drivers you are using. As long as you stick with the old paradigm of one or two, you are so...