elizabeth
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| loose IEC power cord connection? If anyone is concerned about the lack of contact inside the IEC female plug, One can insert strips of material under the metal inside the plug.So the metal box in the female plug is slightly pushed in (mainly near each center face) so the plug mak... | |
| How much Power for Maggies 3.6 is enough I have a Bryston 4B-SST2 with my Magnepan 3.6s.Others use a pair of Bryston 7B-SST2.Up to 28B-SST2 pairs.Many say the best is to biamp.I am satisfied as is. | |
| What is "low ball" Every item I bought here I bought at the asking price. Every item I have sold, I have sold at my asking price.I ignore sellers asking crazy prices. Why bother?When I see somethng I want at a reasonable price, I want it. I do not need to 'get' a be... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? Googling electrocution by consumer devices is per year in the United states: 1 person per three million.So for 300,000,000 that is about 100 folks die PER YEAR in the united states from electrocution from home apliances or electronics.The greatest... | |
| What is "low ball" Lowball is in the mind of the seller.If the seller thinks the offer which is below his or her asking price is a lowball offer, than it is such.I would say any offer below the asking price in an ad mentioning no lowball is going to be considered a ... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? The huge number of Audiophiles dying from electrical shocks when they unground some bit of kit is well known.Tens of thousands of well meaning audiophiles have died due to electricution in just the past year!!.The organization: Mothers against aud... | |
| loose IEC power cord connection? I have used wood blocks under the bottoms of heavy A/C powercords. Or butyl rubber bottle stoppers.Anso, (but messy) BluTack rolled out and pressed around the mating outer edge of the connection.The messy part is when it it pulled apart. The Bluta... | |
| Low amount of buzz okay? A hiss close to the tweeters (your six inches) is normal.If it is a 'buzz' then you have some minor issues. They will not affect your listening if yu cannot hear it afrom your listening position.One question: Does the buzz get louder if you increa... | |
| Ways to Reduce Atmospheric Noise Frig get felt (or small area rugs) and stickies.. Add velcro stickies to felt/rug and wall. places around sides and back of wall around frig.Then perhaps aquire a folding screen, and place in front of frig when listening?Also perhaps some antivibr... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? Herman and Bombaywalla must be brothers...Or at least friends.Always good to hear from folks who are critics... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? Most electrical equipment is very safe.Typical stereo electronics will (probably) not kill you if somehow a short develops to ground.Also very large amplifiers capacitor banks can pose a hazard if you are sticking your fingers in there.The real ex... | |
| Cartridge Experts Well I use two carts with the biggest variance in cantilevers.On my Rega I have a really long cantilevered Benz Glider.And on my Kuzma I have a really short cantilevered dynavector 17D3.I have never thought to try to 'hear' a difference based on t... | |
| Best way to balance 4 spike speakers One point is any floor is slightly uneven, so moving the speakers around even a little bit can throw off any careful balancing.Once you have the location DOWN. One way to get all four even is to use slips of paper or foil under one spike (If on a ... | |
| Anyone using a NAD M3 with Maggies? As for powering a 4 ohm load the NAD should be fine, as specs go down to rated 2 ohms.It is all in how the amp sounds to YOU.As an aside, not many audiophiles have any interest in the NAD. What taht says about NAD I cannot explain.The retail $2,80... | |
| Is it save to convert XLR to RCA? If you wish to use BOTH outputs, and have the XLR using a XLR to RCA coverter, You will not have any problems doing so.The two outputs (RCA, and XLR converted to RCA) may have slightly different output levels, but no harm will come to any of the e... |