o_holter
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| Placement tips for Synergistic Research HTFs thanks | |
| resonance at 500 Hz using headphones - maybe need a different DAC? I have found that some DACs or systems emphasize the fundamental tones, more than others. As a test case I use Joe Cocker: Seven days, on his Sheffield steel album. This is a great track, with Sly and Robbie on drums and bass (if you want to defin... | |
| Placement tips for Synergistic Research HTFs Besides the wide disagreement in this thread, what is the cure, I note the absence of attention to the problem. What exactly was bad, before, that was improved by resonators? For example, was it distortion or limitations in the original recording,... | |
| resonance at 500 Hz using headphones - maybe need a different DAC? A tone from an open string bass guitar, or guitar, tends to sound louder than a closed string further up the neck. Some DACs seem to give this fundamental sound more preeminence than others. But maybe not relevant for choir music ca 500 hz. | |
| resonance at 500 Hz using headphones - maybe need a different DAC? Thank you, interesting, I hope you solve the problem! | |
| resonance at 500 Hz using headphones - maybe need a different DAC? I was thinking, DACs do have some distortion, and I listened to a 500hz tone, thinking maybe I could recognize something. Especially in my ’sharpest’ DAC. What do you mean by ’resonance’? A hum at 500 hz? Echo? Distortion? Or that the fundamental ... | |
| Improving a stone rack I read somewhere that Duke Lejeune of Audiokinesis wrote about damping - "as little as we can get away with", or similar- in the context of bidirectional speakers, like I have. This type of setup makes the wall behind the speakers even more critic... | |
| Improving a stone rack Straight up aluminum - interesting suggestion. Reminds me of how I tried to dampen the 10 kg alu platter on my record player, and found that I preferred "real" to "pleasant" - no damping. So platter mats and DIY platter damping were dropped. | |
| Improving a stone rack Yes, good advice. I have them adjusted to a third to half compression. I use three feet under the lighter components (Teac, Hanss) but the Io power supplies need four feet to avoid cabinet stretching I think. I will soon try them under my MA1 amps... | |
| Improving a stone rack Three sets of Nobsound springs have arrived, so I am testing them under various components. They need to be tuned, so I am taking out some of the seven springs in each foot below the lighter components, so they 'sag' down appropriately. The jury i... | |
| Improving a stone rack With Sidsel Endresen and Bugge Wesseltoft: Try, on their Out here album, 2 x LP at 45 rpm, it is like vocalist Endresen is here in my room. On other less good recordings, like Jefferson Airplane: Wooden ships, from Volunteers, and Doors: Riders on... | |
| Improving a stone rack At last, some clear progress. The record player is clearly critical. A combination of better feet (Cerapucs) and better power cord (Gutwire) seems to be what the doctor ordered. My wife agrees. The effect is as if the artist comes closer, I can he... | |
| Improving a stone rack So far, raising components on footers has worked very mildly positively, in the rack - now trying the Einstein preamp on Walker validpoints and the Hanss player on cerapucs. So far, no dramatic effects, maybe a bit, although subtle. I have some la... | |
| Improving a stone rack I am testing Cerapucs under the maglev feet on the Hanss T-30 record player. An improvement? First test: yes, maybe. Slightly more open, detailed treble, and better timbre? So the pucs stay, for now. | |
| Improving a stone rack Wool carpet testing - not conclusive. Maybe I prefer the naked shelf. It is not like a big TV screen between the speakers. The rack also acts as a diffusor. I will investigate - some damping of the wall, the shelves, etc. seems ok. And I will expe... |