gregm
Responses from gregm
| Audiophile Electrocution I once leaned on my bench supply and put the palm of my hand across the 450V B+ rectifier diodes and grounded chassisOuch! That makes two of us. I got hit in the air (ark). | |
| taming a nasty treble response My Maggies are raised about 8 inches off the floor, with open space underneath and I think it helpsFor one thing, it reduces floor bounce... | |
| Best One Country System? I thought Canada was covered by the thread iniator. | |
| contradictory communication Mrtennis sez:i would like my stereo to recreate as closely as possible the sound of an instrument, meaning its timbreRather than focus on how "music sounds" (i.e. sonic attributes) I would suggest instead, to focus on reproducing the intent/signat... | |
| Best One Country System? For mainstream products--France: Verdier La Platine + arm (TT)/ Audio-aero OR Audiomecca (digital)/ Jadis OR YBA (all electronics)/Cabasse La Sphere (spkrs) OR diy Supravox/Allion.Switzerland: used Goldmund Ref OR refurbished Lenco75 (arm?)/ Goldm... | |
| Anti-cables alternatives There are your own... i.e. buy magnet wire 20-22g for IC and 16-18 for spkr, AND, twist the IC, attach connectors and there you are! | |
| Do Cables Wear Out? Guidocorona -- It's such a relief see that we speak the same language! | |
| Do Cables Wear Out? Guidocorona -- not so. It has been proven lately (see Holbein, & Mesmer in American Scientific, issue 69, Feb 31st 2009) that IC and CLC only impact air molecules, at quantum level.On the other hand, OIL powered plants (the majority) inject pa... | |
| Why so much music for sale? Music is antique art. Like all art it is a luxury and its resale value goes up. Hi end equipment, OTOH, is a necessity. So are Porsches & Mercedes. So, in these dire times, people have to sell their music to finance these bare necessities... | |
| What will beat ear 834p by a margin Pedrillo sez: (a phono)... is about synergy and tasteI don't think so (well, taste, maybe). A phono has to equalise and strongly amplify a small signal with as little loss as possible, as wide-bandwidth as possible and in as linear a manner as pos... | |
| Powered woofers Not being sure what specific info you'd like, here are random thoughts fm using such configs, commercial and diy**Generally speaking: F-Response and energy and power response are better than their fully passive counterparts (OK, design permitting ... | |
| BIX TT Won't Hold Speed - Bearing Lube? Why don;t you try watchmakers' lube. It doesn;t leave residue. If lube's the culprit (sounds like it) | |
| How important--matched tweeters on Snell JII You just test them (T/S). Tweets are often quite similar. | |
| What will beat ear 834p by a margin Of the ones listed, the few I know do better. I don't know the BAT, Cary, Herron, Rowland, Artemis. The Linto is borderline.BUT:-You can also modd yr EAR if you feel like it (Thorsten Loesch has excellent suggestions)-The EAR is reasonably priced. | |
| CAT or VAC for Shahinian Obelsik The CAt has hi bias (it's class partly/mostly?). It should be able to drive most modern speakers (i.e. +88 db spl)perfectly well. That said, I don't know the vac or the new obelisks (if any different). A pair of old ones sounded fine driven by a j... |