eldartford
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| Noobie question ... Kr4...There was a time when you needed to turn the BASS and TREBLE controls all the way up to make lousy speakers sound right. BASS and TREBLE controls were a big improvement over the "TONE" control, which boosted either (but not both) depending o... | |
| New cd player-- or should I get SACD? I think you want a "Universal" player. With a SACD player the PCM D/A may be a second-rate afterthought. If you have a player with DVDA capability this means that you have an up-to-date 24 bit D/A that can be run up to 196KHz, and that can't hurt ... | |
| 40hz room mode RPG Modex Corner trap? Jburidan...The PARC is by all accounts a fine piece of equipment, and if you can afford it and buy it I am sure you will see a big improvement in your system.However, for other readers, if not you, I do want to correct several comments and misconc... | |
| Am I the only one Coach...Are you saying that the emperor has no clothes? You must be crazy. | |
| Are extended warranties necessary on plasmas? My Panasonic failed just a few days before the 1 year warrantee expired. Close call! But, although I had bought the thing on the internet, the local service center fixed it (replacement board) quickly and with no complaints. | |
| Electronic Crossover recommend I have used electronic crossovers on and off for almost 40 years, but I just recently tumbled to the realization that there is no one correct X/O frequency for the SW/Main transition, even for a particular audio system. It depends on the music you... | |
| Digitally recorded lps? The advantages of digital technology for recording and mastering are many. Just a few examples...Of course it put an end to tape hiss, and/or the various signal processing methods like DBX and Dolby used to minimize it.The musical performance almo... | |
| McIntosh vs. Accuphase It is also said that Luxman is the Japanese McIntosh. IMHO this reputation says more about McIntosh than the other brands. | |
| Soldering cable ends for AC terminations Jea48...I doubt that the Russians did things much different from us. It would be quite impossible to implement anything but the most primitive guidance system using tubes. Our (US) late 1950's guidance system (Polaris Mk 1) was all solid state. La... | |
| Who sells high quality audiophile CD’s? I know that generalizations can be misleading, but my experience is that European labels (Tacet, MDG for example) tend to deliver superior sound. They also cost $24, and up. You get what you pay for. | |
| Soldering cable ends for AC terminations Jea48...I have no problem with solder in audio equipment, but there is electronic equipment that uses another method which sounds unlikely but actually works very well. I am thinking of "wire wrap". The soft copper wire is twisted around a hard sh... | |
| Playing REALLY old records Try a Shure M78S Wide Groove 78 RPM Monophonic Cartridge. (Partsexpress.com item232-555). After you transfer to digital there are very effective software programs which you can use to clean up the sound. | |
| UPS Tracking Question Not normal. UPS tracking works great for me. | |
| Dynaco ST-120 amp output cap coil? If I recall correctly, the coil was wound on one of the smaller power supply capacitors so that when transferred to the output capacitor it is a reasonably tight fit. Why can't you just wrap something around your new output capacitor so as to incr... | |
| HIGH DEF DVD...WHATS THE LATEST NEWS? Rysa4...And Wire recorders, but I had to stop somewhere! |