halcro
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| Tracking error distortion audibility Dan_ed beat me to it!I was just about to write a similar response although I wasn't quite believing what I was reading.Here was a guy (Feathed), who wrote a question about a perceived problem in his arm/cartridge set-up "Tracking error distortion ... | |
| Subwoofer Crossover Setting/Directional Bass Freq. I also agree entirely with Bob Reynolds.The only thing I would add is that in the 2)Bass Replacement option, not only will your existing speakers sound better because the woofers are not being asked to do what they can't, but your existing amplifi... | |
| Steam Cleaning - RCM or not? After trying Crem's steam cleaning methods, I was one who decided Cleaning Solutions were no longer necessary.......just a pure water rinse and vacuum after the steam. However I still use a RCM for all the conveniences of rotation and counter-rota... | |
| Neighbor Complaining... Moving the speakers to the other wall will help however you can greatly reduce the sound transmission through the common wall by screwing 2"x1" timber battens @ 18" centres to the common wall with 1/4" rubber pads between the battens and the wall ... | |
| Where's the bass? And try a single Duelund VSF Copper Foil capacitor for $900?You could easily spend $10,000-$15,000 on quality drivers and crossovers sitting on your kitchen benchtop......but even Magico don't go that far....except perhaps with the M5? | |
| Are There Any Good, High Power Solid State Amps? Here's another suggestion Louis.Keep your 100 watt tube amp and add 2 self-powered subwoofers like the Vandersteen 2Wq with their high-pass filter. This will relieve your amp from the power-sucking bass frequencies and add 600 watts of power for t... | |
| Do Plinius amps have high frequency anomalies? Some years ago I had a Plinius SA250 Mk IV together with its Preamp and found the midrange presentation recessed to an extent that the bass sounded impressive, but the highs sounded brittle and sibilant as you describe. After 3 months I could no l... | |
| How Important is Getting Your Rack Out A good looking 'rack' is fine for me almost anywhere.However I find it distracts my musical appreciation if located between my speakers? | |
| Distortion on piano recordings? Advice appreciated I think it may be your amplifier 'clipping' as it runs out of power? The piano is one of the most dynamic of all musical instruments and the differences between ppp and fff are just about the greatest dynamic shift you can get in a recording.You d... | |
| Double width studs for isolation? Correction.....I am getting old!?STC Ratings are in Decibels (dB) and thus are logarithmic.Therefore the improvement of 37STC to 60STC is more than a TRIPLING in acoustic performance. | |
| Double width studs for isolation? Staggered/double studs plus 2 layers of super-dense drywall (Firewall) both sides as well as fibreglas internal insulation will give the best sound-insulation for the adjoining room. This sound-insulation is called STC (Sound transmission Class) R... | |
| Adding a second sub Dwhitt,I suggest you do some reading of existing topics on this Forum before displaying your ignorance?There are posters here who actually know something about what they write. | |
| Last song on most LP's pressed with compression I thought so! | |
| What should be under my speakers? Buconero is right.........and wrong!Spike the speakers directly to the wooden floorboards.The objective is NOT to 'couple' the speakers to the floor, but to DE-COUPLE them whilst at the same time creating a stable, unmoving, balanced speaker box.T... | |
| Last song on most LP's pressed with compression Reb,You conveniently forgot to enlighten us on your turntable/arm/cartridge combination and the protractor tools you use to set up the alignment of your arm/cartridge?Incidentally, I can easily hear the the 18K Hertz tone on the Stereophile Test CD. |