shadorne
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| Long distance from amp to speakers Monster cables should be fine - you are using an SS amp - so it is not much of an issue. What is the damping factor on your amp? | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? Photon6 and Kmcarty,Thanks for the link. I enjoyed reading the Genesis article. Clearly the author has encountered some kind of transport/burning problem. As the author states....according to the "data" it is identical, however, it sounds differen... | |
| Playing Customs Games with Our Northern Neighbors It is the law and laws must be obeyed irrespective of whether they make any sense. Are many of these taxes reasonable or fair?...no they most certainly are not! For example, an item originating from the UK and sold in the US will have US import ta... | |
| How tubes influence sound The crux of it is stated in "A Taste of Tubes", see the link above by Jea48;...the human hearing mechanism tends to interpretlow-order distortion as a welcome warmth and mellowness that canenhance our enjoyment of music. | |
| Acoustical Foam Firecracker,BTW - 4" tiles are no good for broadband absorption....you need greater thickness.... a minimum of 8" with foam - the most effective treatment location being the corners. Tiles may actually be counterproductive as you attenuate the upp... | |
| How close can Merlin TSM-MX's go? The Allison Ones will have an extremely odd radiation pattern...might give you a nice atmospheric sound but I can't begin to imagine how all those early edge diffractions will affect the imaging!Your office is not a good size....have you considerd... | |
| Acoustical Foam Firecracker,If you check out my virtual system you can see how the new GIK Tri-traps integrate into a room in an aesthetic way. These use heavy mineral wool and are broadband absorbers (effective down to 100Hz with a tiny little bit of absorption ... | |
| Clipping and the pre amp... The pre-amp does very little except to attenuate (in the case of a 2 V signal) in this sense it is just a volume control. You should avoid clipping in either the pre amp or the power amp. Your S/N will improve if both devices are operating in thei... | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? To say that there is no difference merely because a bit for bit copy is being made is difficult to sustain. This argument should apply to all things digital. With this logic, all CD players should sound the same, and all digital cables since it's... | |
| anyone with experience of the "CD lathe" The operating principle seems sound Why? The principal physics of operating principle is claimed to be similar to the well known green felt tip pen scam? The description claims that "Light scatter is often to blame for poor sound potential. Light... | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? No difference...a digital to digital dub will cause no loss - you can make 1000 copies if you wish. Bob Katz and many many others have tested this. If you are convinced that you really hear a difference then you might question the impartiality of ... | |
| Bose Wave Music system NHT speakers that will blow the Bose Wave system away Nice suggestion, Avideo - the NHT Moo/Soo are popular in pro audio circles for hooking up to a PC. Chuck Ainlay (Dire Straits Audio Engineer) uses them. No doubt better than Bose....if you own... | |
| Speaker disappearing act? To be honest I do not believe its an issue with room treatments. I dont think treatments can help my soundstage but maybe I am wrong. Room treatments can do a lot for the sound stage...heavy broadband treatment of the rear wall behind the listeni... | |
| What speakers play the loudest cleanly ? For a non-horn type design, I would say that the larger ATC are the loudest and most dynamic speakers you can find. The ATC 3" midrange has a much bigger magnet than 99% of woofers (just to give you an idea). ATC woofers also use heavy magnets and... | |
| Long speaker wire runs Copper is copper, no matter how its dressed up. Its up to you whether you wanna use Monster or Home Depot type cable. Yes, I second those above who suggest you avoid hype...you can add acoustic treatements or a better component for the same cost ... |