mahlman
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| How I tamed digital glare. " Your complete guide to eliminating digital glare:Paint the insides flat black or even better line with a very flat black fabric. Color CD edges with a black or green marker or paint pen. Clean them with any combination of acrylic cleaners and... | |
| A little History lesson on, "High- End" cables: Well I think Platinum speaker wires are the best. The interstices between the atoms are very small due to the density. Unlike copper which can act like a sponge accumulating electrons Platinum allows far less accumulation. Have you ever turned on ... | |
| Power cord recommendation for a dac? " Need a power cord for my new MHDT Orchid tube dac. Looking for something rich and detailed and absolutely glare/grain free, 500 or less, used or new -- something especially palpable in vocal and mid-bass frequencies. " Is this satire? What i... | |
| Klipsch, high end? I don't know much about new Klipsch speakers and the only three I have heard was the Forte III, La Scala III, and Jubilees. The Jubilees were outstanding and far better than the other two. I have gone through a lot of older Klipsch gear and my fav... | |
| Horns and 2in Drivers Yes Klipsch 1132 drivers on K-402 horns and they are stellar. 2" drivers are light years ahead of smaller ones in every way. By the way the crossover point for these is set to 450hz and it has no issues at all doing this. You want to play at real... | |
| HP or Dell for computer listening ? I currently have three Dells all of which work fine after I did one important thing. I guess this would be true with all sound cards by the way with other brands. Go to the realtek website and download their free high definition driver file. Some ... | |
| Auto Room Equalization? I did not like Audessey. I eventually ended up with Room Equalizer Wizard or REW (a free audio analysis program)+ a calibrated mike from UMike and load it all on a laptop and measure. The end result was far better. Audessey did weird things with ... | |
| Any cable delivers more bass than Cardas Golden Reference? I think once you get to a certain size wire gage all the rest is $$$. What I have found is the components in my amps are made to a manufacturing tolerance that allows audible difference in output. I have also measured many speaker drivers and ther... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! Buy what you like, but when "High End" = "severely colored" you can't convince me that should be the universal reference. It is not universal for sure and wouldn't it be a hoot to get these guys to do double blind testing in a purely neutral no... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! "I think if we are going to keep this hobby accessible, and meaning anything we need to get rid of the expression "high end." In particular, lets get rid of the idea that money equals performance " Absolutely true and add to that some of us ev... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations " My only advice for you. Try and listen to everything you can, before you buy, and, if possible, to listen in your new room " The best possible advice you can get. You might not get them in your room but find someone who has what you are inter... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations " I am wondering if Roy Delgado would feel the Jubilees would work in a 15 by 20 room. Sorry if I offended you. Enjoy ! MrD. " No not offended at all I just think people get cheated out of some systems because they don't realize how they really ... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations " Place them in a 15 by 20 room, a standard sized listening room for many, and yes, they would be overwhelming, both visually, and acoustically. Now, knowing who you are, I can understand your viewpoint. " LOL yeah they are not real esthetic I ... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations " they fall into a category of similarity to the monstrous horn speakers johnk was talking about. The projection, presentation, and pressurization ( the 3 Ps ) of these, would be too much in a typically sized room. " Well monstrous I guess is... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations Reading a lot here about Fortes and Chorus and other "Heritage" speakers. Now the Belle and La Scala and KHorn are all horn speakers. The rest of the Heritage line still has direct radiator woofers so they are not pure horn speakers. Those new Jub... |