nsgarch
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| Turnable Rack Vibration HDM, it's very nice of you to confirm my advice ;--) I'd further suggest that you get a thicker piece of acrylic (definitely 5/8 or even 3/4), and do bond the sandwich together under pressure. If you do that, then try flipping the sandwich over (b... | |
| WHICH TUBE AMP TO BUY I have the McIntosh. What speakers are you thinking about because with that room (depending on the particular speakers) you might want to have two 275's in mono. You have a nice sized room -- big enough to place speakers on the long wall (recommen... | |
| Using an herbal vaporizer around hi-fi equipment I like the Ubie from americansmokeless.com They're cheap and simple to use. If used correctly, they produce only the chemical gases from the aromatics, and water vapor. Since nothing is actually burned, there are no oily residues (tars) or positiv... | |
| Turnable Rack Vibration Previously, I had used an older Target shelf with a SOTA table but I needed the Pro shelf to accomodate my new table. The old Target shelf never flexed but it was designed differently.Kenny, that's exactly what I was referring to 6 posts ago ;--) ... | |
| Turnable Rack Vibration Hornguys, you are talking about what's generally referred to as a "tie back"; tying the top of something that's swaying, like an equipment rack or a tall panel speaker, to something that isn't swaying (we hope) like a wall! This can be a good solu... | |
| Turnable Rack Vibration A couple of comments:When I think of Target wall shelves, I'm thinking of their original design with the angled side braces. This "triangulated" design is a structurally braced shape, deriving its strength from its geometry.The current Target desi... | |
| Turnable Rack Vibration I guess my point is that any top-of-shelf/under-TT treatments, if they appear to work, do so because you already have a rock solid floor, and a rock solid rack (like a Billy Bags TT stand.) But if you have a bouncy floor, it's just going to take t... | |
| Turnable Rack Vibration I think most folks are unclear about TT isolation/absorbtion. Things like spikes, roller blocks, Stillpoints, iso-platforms, etc. will drain away vibrations created by the TT mechanism (and I suppose the cartridge itself ;--) but these values shou... | |
| bedroom system need quality at low volume To me "whole stage" has nothing to do with full frequency range, it has to do with creating a realistic holographic image with a palpable soloist (vocalist or instrumentalist) in the center, and the other performers/instruments in their proper loc... | |
| bedroom system need quality at low volume Getting rich sound and good imaging at low levels is hard to do in general because of the Fletcher-Munson law. It was discovered many many years ago that human hearing is less sensitive at both ends of the frequency spectrum as the absolute volume... | |
| Turnable Rack Vibration TT's in general, and especially ones w/ floating sub-chassis like the Linn, are always suceptable to bouncy floors. I don't care how good/expensive a rack or isolation platform, when it comes to external vibrations, they will bounce right along wi... | |
| Magnan and Exactpower Clio, it's a long story, which I have detailed elsewhere on these forums -- just search Exactpower. I have spent the last year working with the new owner (of the name and the 'feed-forward' AC processing patent) to provide some "repair relief" for... | |
| Magnan and Exactpower CAUTION: A correction to my post of 01-10-09 above; DO NOT run the SP-15A from the EP-15A. Plug it into the wall separately. Ordinarily this shouldn't be a problem, but the previous owners/manufacturers of Exactpower forgot to provide the EP with ... | |
| How do I get the Platter off my SP-15? Apply some super penetrant to the joint. (Wipe off any visible excess) Get a heat gun and evenly heat the aluminum platter. When the whole platter is warm-to-very-warm, heat the area immediately around the spindle. The aluminum will expand quickly... | |
| Genalex Gold Lion EL84 I understand the JJ EL84's are popular. Anyone try those? |