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| Tightening loudspeakers screws... ..regarding Narrod's question. B&W require specific torquing for some of their speakers. The drivers have a foam gasket which if tightened too tight can squash the gasket and nullify the good research that went into the speaker itself. There a... | |
| about to jump into the power cord foray Just because you swapped out a component for another that someone says is better does not guarantee better performance. The whole system is just that...a system, and you can easily swamp some very likeable abilities with a component that has diffe... | |
| B&W 801 Series 2 tweeter I replaced faulty tweeters on my 802d's. I couldn't get to B& W either, but my dealer got them in 2 days. | |
| Tightening loudspeakers screws... Check with the speakers designer on this. Sometimes they want it loose, sometimes tight, ( you need a torque spec. on that). Jeffsefu...in your post above, when you say "remove front baffles" if you mean grills, I surely disagree. Some companies v... | |
| tonearm accident I'd send it back to the factory. | |
| LP shipping Maybe the record wasn't mirror flat before it was shipped (probably). Well, you could either send it back for another try, or get a vacuum table, or a VPI with a peripheral weight and a spindle weight. I live in Arizona and store my records in the... | |
| dead quiet ...except that noise, hiss, hum, growling, yodeling, etc. marks its imprint on the total sound. I had a Grado Sonata in a Rega P-25 that hummed ever so slightly - I couldn't hear the hum when the record was playing. When I learned how to get rid o... | |
| Magnepan MG20 tweaks ? Lolo78...I very strongly advise that you try many cables and find THE cable you like the best. I had Cardas in my system and it was terrible..just ruined the sound. Consider the quest fun (I know it's work) but do try lots of brands because they a... | |
| aerial model 7, both speakers completly smoked Wow... and Arials can take a lot of abuse without damage. What amp were you using..and is the amp ok? I am a bit skeptical that you fried EVERYTHING. Is this repair person legitimate ..or is he your next door neighbor? Does your amp and/or speaker... | |
| chassi wire-phonostage ? It has been my experience, that wire can change the sound a lot. I think that Cardas and Vampire wire would make the unit sound quite different. My suggestion is that you should know what you want before you do extensive rewiring. Also you should ... | |
| DPS turntable ..are you thinking also of the Well-Tempered arm? I've worked with it...it's a dog to set up correctly. | |
| Why does my Rotel cd player skip? I am using an Ayre C5xe. When I questioned Ayre regarding the skipping on my unit, they told me that scratches on the label side of the CD is more upsetting to a player than scratches on the shiney side. | |
| Help with upgrading speaker cables Sambar - you are very correct about the synergy between Audioquest and Vandy's . Now...if you really want the best (read my post below) try Anti-Cables. After trying everything that Cable co. would send me....LOTS of stuff...Audioquest Sky and the... | |
| Help with upgrading speaker cables JTMA..performance can diminish with time. You really should clean the connections every couple of months. It's just good hygene. | |
| Help with upgrading speaker cables EE3 - actually, in my system, they were better than anything else I could throw at it. Money was no object. As I said, I tried all the high priced blends, and the Anti-cables were the best. As a matter of fact, Audioquest has a new muti-thousand d... |