sean
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| Speaker Cable Length The effects of cable length are more apparent on some cables than others. This has to do with their geometry and dielectric materials more than anything. Cables that are of a high inductance design ( zip cord ) will show increased high frequency r... | |
| Best and Worst customer service? Hey Shaq, try calling B & K and ask for Jerry. They have an 800 number that can probably be found in the Audiogon manufacturers forum. Jerry will help you out with ANYTHING that you need to know and do it in a down to earth fashion. VERY good ... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC-1 I listened to this player and found it to sound very nice. During the demo that i heard it in, it absolutely beat up on the Sony SCD-1 playing standard "redbook" CD's. Sean> | |
| demagnitizing CD s? Albert, Thank You for reinforcing the "let's keep an open mind" cause here on Audiogon. While aluminum may not be a magnetic property in itself, have you ever built up a static charge by lazily walking across PLASTIC ( nylon, polyester, polyolefin... | |
| "warm " full rangespeakers ,II I don't think that most of these folks would consider the Hales or the JM Labs to be on the "warm" side. I'm sure that they are not bad speakers but just aren't appropriate candidates for that category. Sean> | |
| Fast Amplifier Your findings are only limited by the equipment that you've used and have seen in production. There were prototype amps made back in the early 80's that slewed at 1000 V / uS and had rise times as fast as those mentioned for the preamp in my previ... | |
| Do loudspeakers need to be Refurbished? The things that change the most in speakers would be their suspension and capacitors in the crossover. Inductors (coils) should remain constant unless something drastic has happened to them. I do agree that the biggest breakthroughs in "modern" sp... | |
| Fast Amplifier I think that most everybody has hit upon certain design aspects that are all quite valid. Macm brought up some simple yet good observations. Gmkowal also mentioned an interesting viewpoint that has proponents on both sides of the fence. This stanc... | |
| Amplifier caps There are DUMB questions but an HONEST question is never dumb. Sean > | |
| High Efficiency Speakers While the musical types that you listed don't really require extended bottom end, keep in mind that Lowther's will never really do deep bass without some help. Sean > | |
| Difference between "Watts" & "Currunts"? HAHHA.... Looks like we were doing this at the same time with both of us writing novels : ) Sean > | |
| Difference between "Watts" & "Currunts"? Wattage is a measurement of how much voltage AND current an amplifier can produce at a specific impedance. Most amps are rated with 8 ohms used as the reference level. This is a common rating for many speakers. While most amps would have no proble... | |
| Fast Amplifier Cornfed pretty much summed it up. The three terms that summarize a "fast" amp to me would be rise time, slew rate and ultra wide bandwidth. You can't have really wide bandwidth without having pretty solid measurements on the other two categories t... | |
| Pipedreams... Any thoughts? It sounds to me like they want to MAKE SURE that their customers are completely satisfied with the product. Part of this would be doing extensive follow up and consultation as needed. After all, you paid quite a chunk for those and they want you t... | |
| Does gauge of speaker cables matter? That would all depend on what frequency range the woofer covers, what specific wires were used and how you configured it. If you want specific answers, you need to provide more specific info. Sean > |