eldartford
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| Free Tweak...does it work for you?? A small Panasonic digital receiver that I messed around with (similar to the SA-XR25) has a small coil if several turns wound into the line cord, and secured with a plastic wrap. The manual warned the user not to unwind it.I think this is to meet ... | |
| Should I try a MC cartridge and phono pre? Use of a transformer is a good idea. I used one for a while, and thought that I would hear an improvement when I got a preamp with MC input. No so. Transformer was just as good. | |
| Do most manu. buy or build their x-overs? Warnerwh...Crossover design is important but you don't need to be a genius to do it. A couple of points.1. It makes a lot of difference what kind of crossover you have in mind: 2-way/3-way, cossover slopes... A 2-way 6dB crossiver is not complicat... | |
| Should I try a MC cartridge and phono pre? Dougdeacon...To be more precise, the limitations of my TT did not prevent me from hearing a rather significant improvement with the MC pickup. Perhaps the MC would have been even better with an exotic high end TT, but the MC in the existing TT was... | |
| Stereo SACD on a Multi SACD player? Thinkat... The stereo recording that is on every SACD is an AREA of the disc, not a layer. "Layer" refers to the CD recording that is on a different layer of the "hybrid" disc "sandwich" and which is read by a different color laser in the player. | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but here goes.The Smithsonian Institution commissioned a study to address this very question. They first made up a set of criteria, and then began ranking all the singers they could find. Of course, the... | |
| Do most manu. buy or build their x-overs? I recently bought a pair of speakers from Madisound (Odin model) for the rear channels of my system (where use of Maggies is just impossible). These speakers (a Kit) are offered with two crossovers, Standard, and Premium, with approporiately diffe... | |
| Should I try a MC cartridge and phono pre? When I went through the MC stage of life my TT was an Empire 598, and later a Sony PS X800. Neither are reputed to be SOTA, but in both TT the MC sounded great. I have since gone back to MM (for practical reasons) but the TT was never an obstacle ... | |
| upgrading caps -- easy to do? The main thing you need to do this project is some money. Oh, and a soldering iron and solder.Audiophile grade capacitors and inductors for the typical two-way speaker will set you back about $200 per speaker. The most difficult part of the job is... | |
| Cyro'd Outlets - Need strong hold on Elrods How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? | |
| Alpha-core or perfect lay inductors for upgrading? For what it's worth, I just used 10AWG air coils from North Creek to do Magnepan MG1.6. Good results. I considered various foil inductors, but they do have some reliability drawbacks, and I did hear that Magnepan discourages foil inductors. Lower ... | |
| Digitizing LPs: General advice wanted Of course the simple thing to do is put your LPs onto tape cassettes, using a really good recorder.The only real advantage of digital recording is that you can have a lot of fun on your computer, fixing pops, scratches and other LP woes. If you ar... | |
| Anyone tried using 3 Magnepan MMGs for L-C-R? Fishcall...Interesting that you mention stands for Maggies. Most people think they are too tall already! I do not currently use stands, but I have experimented in the past, and I think stands are good. Actually, I prefer to suspend speakers in spa... | |
| Anyone tried using 3 Magnepan MMGs for L-C-R? I have used 3 Maggies for years: MG1.6 at the moment. If your system is used for video the center would obviously need to be alongside the screen, but no big deal. | |
| Are vintage speakers really that good? jes45@aol.com ...I don't consider Dynaudio or Seas to be garbage. Perhaps you do. I am sure there is someone who likes drivers that are hand made by saffron-robed monks using pressed llama wool cones, laminated with yak milk , and thinks that the ... |