racarlson
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| What's your worst excuse for an upgrade I haven't upgraded for almost a month :) | |
| Audio Alchemy power station 3 specs I have a Power Station 3, but it does not have 4-digit model number, unless you're referring to something inside the case. I have a Power Station 4 as well (several actually), which was the standard supply for a number of AA components and is inte... | |
| Do you remember your first cd? My first CD was a gift - Bach harpsichord sonatas - received about a year before I had a player (1984). | |
| Monarchy DIP/Unsampler boxes effective tweak? I bought a DIP Classic primarily for its s/pdif to AES/EBU conversion, but found to my surprise that it significantly improved the sound in my setup (Theta Miles > DIP > z-Sytems RDQ-1 or Behringer DEQ2496 > Benchmark DAC1). Not a night-a... | |
| Unbalanced to balanced adaptor I see that I accidentally posted the same link twice, sorry. The actual link with the technical info is this:http://www.rane.com/note149.html | |
| Unbalanced to balanced adaptor I think that with digital there are additional issues - for example, impedance matching (s/pdif = 75 ohms, AES/EBU = 110 ohms) and level (I believe s/pdif is +/- 0.5V, whereas AES/EBU is +/- 5V). I use a Monarchy DIP Classic in part for its s/pdif... | |
| FM Tuner Antenna - what works best? This is going to depend on your setup. I have found the Godar FM1-A to work well in some situations (and it will certainly fit under the couch, provided that location gives reasonable reception). However, I've gone back to good old $7 rabbit ears ... | |
| Paradigm Signature S-2, S-4:Good, bad, indifferent I've owned the S2's for almost 5 months, and I think they're wonderful. Better than my ACI Sapphire IIILE's or B&W 804's by a significant margin. I listened only briefly to the others in the series, but thought that S2's were at least as good ... | |
| FM transmitter: any expert advice available? I use one of these:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14980&item=5763926448&rd=1with good results. This is the guy I bought mine from, and he was a pleasure to deal with. | |
| How to add subwoofer to my main speaker. Assuming you can set the low-pass filter on the sub to an appropriately low setting, splitting the preamp signal is a reasonable way to go. With the 802's, the issue is not really relieving the main speakers of the low bass, but supplementing that... | |
| Best Neil Young Album? Just one??!? OK, Zuma. No, Harvest. Or Weld. Or American Stars and Bars. OR ... | |
| Behringer DEQ2496 - wow Thanks for the additional detail. I also use the Rives disc and RS meter for adjusting my z-Systems, but it is a pain. I may just have to give the Behringer a try. | |
| The black hole of component repair? Bryston has been very fast (< 1 week) to fix stuff for me. Teac was about 5 days. Guess I've been lucky. | |
| Behringer DEQ2496 - wow Thanks for posting this. I also use an RDQ1, and have been leery of the Behringer because I thought it couldn't possibly be as transparent. Can you give more detail on your experience with the auto-EQ? | |
| Ramsey Lewis Trio - Finest Hour I agree, this is a great album. One of the few that always makes my wife say "could you turn that up?" |