nonoise
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| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Juvenile. Some people are good at snark: the rest should keep their day job. | |
| the eternal cable question Any combination of metals that give you the desired sound in your system is almost guaranteed not to work in a different one. There are no absolutes as to which metal imparts which sound quality. It's all in the construction/implementation and eve... | |
| Telefunken red tip Brent Jesse has the best historical pedigree of tubes around on his site.He's also a pleasure to talk to. | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? A trolling we will go, a trolling we will go, hi ho the derry-oh, a trolling we will go. | |
| Buy Smart Japan Acoustic Image in Studio City, Ca. is a Triode Corp. dealer, if that helps.Elliot has been selling them for some years now so if service is needed, there shouldn't be a problem.All the best,Nonoise | |
| A speaker that looks like a driver or a driver that looks like a speaker? Three speakers mimicking the look of one. Not for me but maybe for an art show. | |
| break in Marqmike, I like that we can both approach that destination of listening pleasure from different perspectives. "All roads lead to.." kind of thinking.Also, I can empathize with your loss of pleasure when things don't come together. I got into this... | |
| Anyone know what these are Maybe an early attempt at impedance matching? | |
| One of the coolest articles on sound and vibration I can recall having read Leaving the concept of deity aside as a factor, a most interesting article. I wish I could follow the math better but the commonality of recurring fifths throughout, down from a fractal level and up to a galactic one, reminds me of a giant clock, ... | |
| break in I'm of the other mind on break in. Sorry, but everything needs to break in to some degree. To me, it's no biggie to leave something on 24/7 for a few days. All it takes is to put on some FM station at low volume and go about my business. I also ta... | |
| The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is I personally don't see what all the hubbub is about paying more for better internal wiring. It's been offered for a long time by various makers and though they are in the minority, it's nothing new to decry.If I had the disposable income necessary... | |
| What commerical audio system tweaks provide sound quality improvement?? Make sure your connections are rock solid. I have those awful plastic shrouded speaker connectors on my Marantz and it was always difficult to tighten them down. As the connectors tighten, the plastic shroud and the metal contact seem to move as o... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? You have to listen to something in order to ascertain something. It cannot be done on the fly. It takes time. Swapping out cables in a blind A/B test is nothing more than a parlor trick meant to beguile. | |
| Looking for speaker base suggestions You can also try some thick butcher blocks of solid maple, and if necessary, flagstone beneath them to aid in stability (if your carpets are thick). It's what I used with my old floor standers and it worked pretty well.All the best,Nonoise | |
| Not to be too maudlin, but what will be your Swan Song? Make mine an audiobook of great actors reading essays and letters from Thomas Paine. |