kingsleuy
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| Can I use 24 gauge speaker cable? My answer is YES. You can use 24ga. wire on runs of 50+ feet. I have done so through 5 rooms of my parents house. Pushed with a Wollensak reel to reel mono tape player. Strictly soft background music. Small oval 8ohm speakers. Ran for years... | |
| Baby Proof Floorstanding Speakers I feel fortunate. My kids were 3 and 5 when we divorced. They never touched my stacked Quad ESL's. Fluttermans which were on the floor next to the Quads or turntables located on a low shelf. | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? I relate "Reveling" systems to my experiences at symphony concerts.Balcony center vs. way back at "standing room". Now this is only my experience at the Neil Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu. And I have never sat Balcony Center. But 7 seats of... | |
| I blew up my receiver. Now what? 1. What did I break? Can't be sure without going in to troubleshoot. But you saw smoke, A Lot. A fuse? More than likely. A capacitor? Probably Everything? No. The cabinet, foots, panel knob and buttons are still good.2. What’s t... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl From what is described here was very common long ago. Noticed this in high school. Now to a lesser degree. Warped Vinyl. We had Sub Sonic or Rumble filters on our electronics to almost deal with it. Back in the day we treated records like cd's... | |
| It is not you, the sound really is getting worse I rarely go to see a movie. But last year I had a few hours to kill so I went to one. I remember thinking to myself, At least one sound system in Kona is worst then mine. Part of the napkin for my popcorn went into my ears. Which just lowered ... | |
| LP - first needle drop or 2nd or 3rd?? " My cart is 1.7 g on the vinyl, barely touching , how can it wear at all?"That 1.7 grams is pressing on two tiny contact points in your record groove. ~50 square micrometers comes to mind. Then the grooves starts pushing the stylus about. Pl... | |
| Are these fake? My first thought was the inside materials and construction. Where the electrical connections will be made. None was shown in the pictures. I'm not saying grounding is not important. Peeking into the receptacle holes, looks like tin or alu... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Wow. Lots of great upgrade suggestions for a system that is "mostly for TV viewing". It appears to me, you have a very good system right now for TV viewing. And quite capable for casual background music. For more serious listening, walk upstai... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? An audiophile who owns/drives a Porsche can have someone solder whatever needs to be soldered. Fix whatever needs to be fixed. As an old Mercedes and Harley owner, I have to do all those myself. Including cooking and cleaning the bathroom. | |
| Just received my new Luxman CL-1000 pre-amp. OMG!! I had a CL-1000 back in the 80's! It was solid state. Looks identical. I think it was around , $1000.00? The mute function was hidden on the volume control. You would tap on the control knob. I thought the cl-32 (tube) sounded better.... | |
| I can prove your room is bad @erik_squires The room is essential gear. In my world my girlfriend is the ultimate Essential Gear.Yes the room is horrible. Absolutely, system can be improved. But I and girlfriend enjoy it still. As liberal as she is there are many things ... | |
| WAF -- I'm getting some of this already. And we're not married!! But she does like the music. I have my audio fetish. She has her shoe and purse fetish. I roll my eyes (holding my tongue) when she shows me a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes she ju... | |
| 2 amplifiers connected to 1 set of speakers DON'T DO IT!I've done this. A long time ago. Twice. With two receivers. First, by accident. Second, purposely. There are conditions that may allow you to do so with no harm. As long as both are NOT ON at the same time. But without diving... | |
| What kind of listener are you? I am generally a "musical" listener. But I can be analytical. Both musical and reproduction wise. I enjoy the oem Bose in my car just fine. One night while preparing dinner, my girlfriend asked why does the piano sound so "Stereoy" Beethoven ... |