elizabeth
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| How to correctly do dedicated lines for an apt? Same phase because of (slight, but very serious) danger of a ground fault turning a cable or component into a 220V death trip.With two different phases being used the potential, say from your sub on one phase, to your preamp on another is, if a po... | |
| How close is too close for a truntable to speakers I have my TT close behind my Maggie IIb and play at moderate (soft 75dB max) levels and and happy. | |
| Reading the CD Booklet - A Great "Tweak" Yes, the booklet can really be a boone when it is full of info, and a PITA when all it has is one page with a picture on the outside, and the track listings, with no timing or any other info, on the back.Some of me favorite booklets are with LP bo... | |
| Is Preamp overkill for me? The problem of mating a source to an amp can be good or bad, depending on the components.Many times a direct feed, or just through a passive attenuator, leaves the sound too lean/thin.A LOT of folks really ned the preamp to alow the music to have ... | |
| Does your system have jump? The dental reference is VERY funny!!!Thanks for the laugh Jazzdude | |
| Can I place a large amp on its side? If amp get hot laying normally... putting it on it's side will probably be a bad idea.I had some (long ago, in a galaxy far away) early Carver amps that always were cool to the touch, and had those puppies upended and no problems in several years ... | |
| Does your system have jump? So far, I agree with Mt10425.The music is what makes the 'jump'.If I had a system that made all the stuff I play 'jump', no matter what, I would say that system was a bit unrealistic in it's presentation. And would become rather tiring after awhil... | |
| Daisy chaining Line Conditioners I have some of the 'cheap' sort of conditioners..Monster 5000and several Adcon 515/525 conditioners.When daisy chained the sound does tend to get leaner if on pre or power. On source (Cd the sound is ok either way. Video definitely gets clearer/le... | |
| Cable support poll. I also use to pipe foam insulation cut into 1/2 inch lengths a supports.. and at cable crossings, both sides get the stuff to keep the wires apart. (I use a bit of tape to keep the little foam chunks in a "8" formation to hold the cables where the... | |
| Has anyone had any problem using Mikro-Smooth? I use Meguiars automotive product "Scratch X"$7 tube, lasts forever, does a fantastic job on tiny marks (not so good a real (deep) scratches)I use it on all CDs. | |
| power amplifier through a conditioner Agree that is the tradeoff on using a power conditioner with an amp.No conditioner and the sound is warmer.With a conditioner the sound is thinner, but the detail improves.Your choice... and I bet some conditioner out there has it all.. (but who h... | |
| Which label printer for jewel case edge? Also the Brother machines are at WalMart. And some office supply stores.But buy PLENTY of tape refills, because often, the refills are sold out.The tape refills are expensive, but I have a dozen spares in different colors... cuz you never know whe... | |
| Which label printer for jewel case edge? I use a small "Brother" label printer I got at Best Buy for around $20 to $30. It prints several lettering sizes and does a perfect job of creating labels for the narow CD-Rom cases.The machine is green plastic, with a full small keyboard on its f... | |
| what's your latest music "score" 14 LP box set of Bix Beiderbeck, an Italian pressing.The LPs are perfect, and the whole box was $12.00 | |
| What is a 'fast' amp? fast 'rise time' or a fast waveform response vs a slow one.Look at the square waves in test teports.A 'fast' amp has a near vertical rise in the squarewave. A 'slow' amp has a curved line in the vertical response to a square wave.Some amps start o... |