corelli
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| Best practices to clean the binding posts on your speakers and amps? Oh Faustass, you are HILARIOUS my man---and so full of helpful commentary. | |
| Speaker cable termination options Oh Faustass, you crack me up. | |
| Best practices to clean the binding posts on your speakers and amps? "Unplug and reinsert" Kind of like never brushing your teeth---just bite into an apple and call it good | |
| Is it damaging? Balanced amps & high-level sub input Well this thread just gave me a sick feeling. For years I have had my Hypex based Marantz Ruby integrated connected to my HSU subs using both the positive and negative speaker terminals for many years. Same with REL subs. How in the world did t... | |
| Best practices to clean the binding posts on your speakers and amps? I follow a similar pathway. I like to use small foam swabs--get them on Amazon. If a pure copper post, I would clean with Caig Deoxit, then pure isopropyl alcohol to remove any residue, then a thin layer of Caig ProGold. If a visibly clean plat... | |
| HiFi Kit Building- have you ever built any hifi gear? Great memories building first a Dynaco pre/power amp followed by Hafler combo. Multiple speaker builds as well. I must admit I do get the itch every once in a while to build a tube kit. | |
| Is headphone listening a primary or backup for you when listening to music? Like many, my headphone based system is put to use when my wife is asleep. I really do enjoy it but loudspeakers offer me a far more realistic presentation of the performance. | |
| Speaker cable termination options Regarding the Viborgs and similar banana plugs, a couple other thoughts. The dual screw design often will damage/cut fine gauge wire like the Supra cable that was mentioned. It really does not produce the gas tight weld I would look for as well. ... | |
| Replacing tonearm cable - Dual 604 Get a small squeeze tube of Caig DeOxit. That should clean things up without damaging anything. | |
| Are you a keeper or a flipper? @stereo5 I owned a Denon SACD 1600 a bit ago and thought it was a very nice player and a great value. Reaffirming to hear you say it did not give up too much to a much more expensive cdp. | |
| Help! Treble Trouble! One other option to test the tweeters would be to just disconnect the midrange and woofer and play some music with appropriate high frquency content. | |
| Help! Treble Trouble! I agree but I wonder if some odd power surge might have taken them out? | |
| Help! Treble Trouble! . You can check if the voice coil is blown using a multimeter (reading for continuity/resistance) or perform a quick battery "pop" test. | |
| Help! Treble Trouble! No, just test the tweeters. | |
| Speaker cable termination options Unterminated my sound best but over time will oxidize. Also, when you tighten down the binding post, thin gauge wires can be sheared off. For those reasons, not a option for me. I favor spades over bananas simply because you can get them in pur... |