Recent content by The Sandman

Yeah, Tampa is the lightning capital of the World unfortunately. I’ve had my share of strikes, near misses, and surges. I currently have a full lightning rod setup on my roof with 6 or 8 ground rods around the house, a commercial grade surge protector in parallel with my service entrance...

Heavy amps are merely a small inconvenience compared with heavy speakers…

No anger or hatred here… I just don’t think it’s a good idea to use AudioShark to publicize counterfeit gear.

Earlier this month Mike came by the house with a *big* box of goodies for me to try out in the system - his own set of MIT cables, or more properly interfaces. This included the MI-2C3D Level 1 Speaker interfaces, MI-2C3D Level 1 XLR Interconnects, SL Matrix USB, and Oracle MA-X Digital Balanced...

I recently upgraded from the XS 150's to the XS 300's. I wouldn't have thought so, but the XS 300s are significantly better than the XS 150s - the difference is not subtle. This is not meant as a knock to the XS 150s, which sound amazing... right up until you hear the 300s. Harmonically...

The other thing I notice about the M3 is that standard configuration is with the spikes directly under the body of the speaker, like the original S5 for example. When the platform is added, the contact points with the floor are spread significantly further apart, creating what looks like a more...

Here's mine (before swapping the XA160.8s for the XA160.5s).

What is the proper way to connect Pass monoblock amps to a preamp (in my case XA160.5s and an XP-30)? I'm looking for a ready-made solution as I'm not much of an electrician. :o Also, and this may be a silly question, but what exactly triggers the amps to go on and off, since the preamp is...

My Bryston BDP-2 is currently connected to my DAC via an unbalanced SPDIF digital cable (BNC to RCA type connectors). Is there any advantage to changing to a balanced AES/EBU digital cable (XLR to XLR type connections)?