zargon
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| Spikes versus Rubber on wood floor? I had speakers with cones and down firing subs sitting on a suspended floor in a relatively new home. The floor has a resonant frequency of 34 hz, and I know because at that frequency the amplitude of the vibrations increases so much it shakes the... | |
| Accurate vs Musical Accuracy means the acoustic signal coming out of the speaker is as close as possible to the electrical signal coming in. No more, no less. Any thing described as musical means it is euphonic. | |
| Phonostage Burn-in to keep unit sharp Correction: It is "Granite Audio". | |
| Phonostage Burn-in to keep unit sharp Dazzdax, yes you can damage the phono preamp with the normal CDP output!!! It can be avoided by using the Ganite Audo Phono Burn-In & RIAA Test CD (Model #CD-101.1). This CD is specially recorded with the RIAA Frequeny Curve at 4mv for playbac... | |
| Vandersteen Quatro The wood extension on the top was added for those who like the look, not because it improves the sound. It might help with the WAF... Personally, I like it without. | |
| Newbie balanced cable help The CD3 MKII will sound better when run balanced. AQ cables are a very good match with ARC, and I would recommend an Amazon XLR. | |
| Audio Cliche Usage Guide the result of almost all tweeks: "wider and deeper" | |
| How to set SRA after determining true vertical? I was just cautioning those who might not be sensitive to needle mounting variations. Their existence serves to strenghten the need to get SRA and azimuth close, and then make small adjustments either way while listening for the optimum setting. I... | |
| How to set SRA after determining true vertical? One additional variable is the mounting of the needle on the cantilever. If you examine a number of cartridges head on, you will find that the needles are not all set perfectly perpendicular to the cantilever or the headshell. Errors can be up to ... | |
| Window Treatments to Remove reflected sound I agree with Dougmc. I have plastic 3 in. regular shutters on all windows. Turned at 45 deg., they provide good mid/high diffusion and light control to boot! Wood might work even better. (Lets, see... maple? (:-)) | |
| Audio Research CD3/CD3 MkII: how much difference? Whipsaw, so what did you decide? | |
| Littlite-Which one to buy? Doug, what is the size of the base on the L-18-LED gooseneck? I'm trying to figure out if it would fit on my stand. (sorry for the interruption, Mark) | |
| calling vandersteen 5a owners I've not faced this situation. However, my guess is that once the sub is broken in, and especially the cones loosened up, it wouldn't take but a few hours to get back to snuff. You might try some thing like the Granite Audio "Extreme System Workou... | |
| McIntosh repairs - who? Try Brooks Berdan, who has a service center. He has a good full time technician who has worked on Macs for years. http://www.brooksberdanltd.com/index.htm | |
| Vandersteen 3a sigs/ 2wq vs. 5a or 5 I have owned multiple Vandersteen speakers and heard many of them in different rooms. IMO, the 5As, properly driven and set up, are head and shoulders above all of the others. No contest. The 5A simply reveals more information with less distortion... |