nsgarch
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| What material is based below a down firing sub? Horseface, before you give up on your sub, try this simple test: Place the sub at your listening position (I know, I know) then with some good material playing at upper moderate levels, walk all over the room and note the spot(s) where the bass so... | |
| Should I purchase an expensive phono preamp Well, I'd keep it under $200. That lets out even the Creek OBH-18 by $25. But there's the Parasound or Project Phono Box for $150/120 from Music Direct, or from Audio Advisor the little Bellari Rolls tube unit for $150 -- also doubles as a headpho... | |
| What material is based below a down firing sub? I don't like down-firing subs over carpet, but a lot of people would say otherwise (to put it diplomatically). But if it must be on a carpet, just make sure it sits on spikes or cones that go all the way through the carpet and bite into the hard f... | |
| Balanced Y Adapters--Where to Find Either Cardas or Purist Audio Design | |
| Should I purchase an expensive phono preamp You can easily improve on the MM phonostage that's in the receiver, and for not a lot of money -- certainly not what the stages you mention will cost. You have a nice TT and arm, but your cartridge and receiver (more the receiver) are the limiting... | |
| 20 amp dedicated lines Dedicated lines are a huge bang for the buck in terms of sonics and low noise, but I don't think your not having them is what's at the root of your particular problem. And all your equipment is first rate, except I might want to do different ICs, ... | |
| High end amp - my last step If you're looking for an amp w/ balanced circuitry all the way through, have a look at Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) | |
| Break in for ICs from CDP Music Direct sells the PAD disc for $99 (MSRP $150) It really works.I'm not certain, but I believe for the cable to carry a proper current, the load end has to be powered up in order to present an impedance to the cable (and to the driver in the C... | |
| How to set SRA after determining true vertical? Readster, basically, you're on the money or you're not. HOWEVER, it's perfectly valid to take the position that if you could get kinda, sorta, close to the money, you could live with that.Here's how I'd go about doing that:First, let me say that o... | |
| Tonearm Rewiring These guys have a great rep:www.britaudio.combut I've run across others. SME does a great job on their products, and I think there are some Rega specialists. | |
| How to set SRA after determining true vertical? Greg (and anybody else who seriously wants to know how this all works,) check out this page: YOU ASKED FOR IT !!http://aardvarkmastering.com/westrex.htmNote: until you get down to picture no. 9, you are only shown one coil, but pic. 9 and 10 clear... | |
| does Queen have better sound quality CD? I bought the two 2-disc compilations on XRCD and they're terrific. I haven't checked to see if there are individual albums on XRCD. | |
| High end amp - my last step Well you wouldn't be the first person to own multiple amps (and speakers, and cartridges, etc.) for different listening modes. | |
| High end amp - my last step You have some very fine candidates, but I bet once you start listening, you are going to be confronted with the tubes vs. solid state issue. You will have to make that decision at that point. Then go back and re-listen to everything in your camp o... | |
| How to set SRA after determining true vertical? Greg, yes you simply stated it backwards. The cutter head stays in one plane but moves in two directions.Imagine you have a nickel on your desk. Imagine that's the cutter head looking from the front. You put your finger on the nickel. You push it ... |