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| Static electricity....again It takes about 6-7 gallons of water/day to keep my house hydrated here in MN. Keep humidity at about 55. I've got one humidifier dedicated to the listening room and another for the remainder of the house. The Essick humidifiers with the wick reall... | |
| Length of digital cable? Update: I bought the 4-ft digital cable with RCA adaptors from Empirical Audio that Steve recommended. Break-in is typical with a rough patch after about 24 hrs. It emerges hrs later with a very broad soundstage and becomes light and airy, soundin... | |
| CD Players: Stop breaking down I went through 3 NAD's (still under warrantee). Started at entry level and kept upgrading and told myself the upgrade would be more reliable. Got off that treadmill and bought an old 20 lb hk 1988-92from a agon seller who had kept it in storage--h... | |
| Review: Harman Kardon HK990 Amplifier In regard to the companion cdp HD990, if you haven't bought it, I probably would not. I'm sure the electronics are high quality; the problem is that the machine is so light and that includes the transport. I'm using an old hk cdp that was made bet... | |
| Review: Harman Kardon HK990 Amplifier Have been absent. Gz3827, glad the review was helpful. I think I paid $1875 for an open box from One Call in late 2011. Onecall had an open box recently and the price had gone up to $1900 or more. BTW, Onecall has an impeccible reputation. My fami... | |
| Swap Mono amps Left for Right I leave my systems powered on except during thunderstorm season. I have read that during break-in of any component, powering it off for 30 minutes will re-align the molecular structure, and I think I experience this phenomenon where the sound is i... | |
| Need a warm amp for bright speakers Also the Monitor 9's must be biampable or triampable. If you have not replaced the flat brass straps aready, they should be replaced with a high quality jumper. I use anticable fom Paul Speltz whch is inexpensive. Those factory straps are horrible... | |
| Need a warm amp for bright speakers You can't go wrong with Audioquest. Other than that, I'd stay away from cable with silver in it. Copper is more tame. | |
| Length of digital cable? ok. This site is screwing up. It won't let me respond. | |
| Length of digital cable? I was using separate circuits for digital and analogue. That is, transport was on separate circuit but was using the amp's onboard D/A converter. I do have all components on the same circuit in the basement.I would like to try your cable. Will get... | |
| Length of digital cable? OK, Al. I'll try it. Thanks. Best, Lynne | |
| Length of digital cable? Hi Al,I need to order a second cable for a second system, so I will try a 1.5m length. With this 18 ft Beldon, I'm getting a smooth high end like analogue. I can live without stonishing detail if I have to but not the "digital-sounding" high end.F... | |
| Length of digital cable? Ps, you use 40cm of what cable? | |
| Length of digital cable? Hi Steve, You were around last year when Al and you and others were pounding into my head what a digital signal is. I thought I could do better than the Beldon but thought I had to be on the right track because suddenly the signal sounds right. Wi... | |
| Receiver I can relate growing up in MN. So far, I can't find out if your NAD's have active preamps. Your hk3470 has pre out which means it has an active preamp. Generally receivers and integrateds have passive preamps which causes them to sound somewhat du... |