No Disc Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 um, I'm not sure how to take that. ---------------- On 6/29/2005 12:12:18 AM NatGun wrote: no disc: you are my hero. ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Robinson Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 ---------------- On 6/29/2005 7:16:49 AM No Disc wrote: um, I'm not sure how to take that. ---------------- Strictly a compliment I'm sure. Nice Cornwalls all around. Tim, can you post a link to those brass spikes for the Cornwalls? Think I'd like to try a set. Thanks! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Robinson Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I found them: http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/tweaks/footers.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 defrank, that is truely a marantz dream system! Is the feeding the preamp, cd and tuner only? can you describe the effect on sound the ps audio unit had? are you running the nines triode? great system! warm regards, tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Disc Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Yes, that's them. I give them a strong thumbs up as footers for Klipsch speakers. Danny Brown purchased a set for his Lascalas and loves them. I asked him to post comments. For components I suggest trying the Finite Element Ceraballs and Cerapucs. No Disc ---------------- On 6/29/2005 7:48:24 AM Chris Robinson wrote: I found them: http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/tweaks/footers.php ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuNat Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 it was a compliment.. a 2-channel cornwall setup AND a heritage home theater with front projector in the same room??? that absolutely rules, im jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuttynose Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 mine. kinda messy. repairing the grills on the cornwalls, they are being used to sample the sound from different amps. left side of room. right next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuttynose Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drefrank Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Thanks for the comments on my system. A few questions were posed and I'll try to answer all - if I miss something, please ask again. The rack is a Mapleshade Samson. I had to order it in a 'custom' height - 60" as I needed five shelves (didn't have the PS Audio Power Director at the time). I was very pleased with my experience dealing with Mapleshade - spoke to Pierre and Eldon both a couple times. The rack itself is very heavy -about 150 lbs. So when Mapleshade recommends you assemble it where it will reside, they aren't kidding. I had some reluctance about the cones on our new oak floor, but the rack looked so nice, even my wife was happy! I'd like to try the footers under my Cornwalls - maybe down the road. I am using some of Mapleshade's triplepoints, heavyfeet and heavyhats; to tell the truth, I don't really detect any change in the sound as a result. They are, however, interesting conversation pieces. Ditto with the Power Director 3.5. I know it was written up favorably in Stereophile recently, and I may have been over anxious when hooking it up, as I also hooked up 2 Signal Cable power cords at the same time. More a piece of mind thing as I previously had no surge protection. It does have some neat features such as sequencing the turning on of various components. Currently I'm running just the 10B and the Sony SCD-777ES (modified by Tube Research Labs)through the Model 7 preamp. The 9's are running in triode as they sound a bit more open to me. The Cornwalls are great. I just don't have the right room for the khorns but that'll be something to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Disc Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 If you don't detect any difference with the triplepoints under your COMPONENTS, take 3 triplepoints and put them under each Cornwall. You WILL hear a difference, a big difference, and it should put a smile on your face if it does for yours what it did for mine. What power cord are you using with your 777es? Have you played around with reversing the polarity the the Sony using a cheater plug? It appear that some, if not all SCD-1s and 777es had reverse polarity. Correcting this should make a big difference. Easy way to find out. No Disc ---------------- On 6/29/2005 6:00:43 PM drefrank wrote: Thanks for the comments on my system. A few questions were posed and I'll try to answer all - if I miss something, please ask again. The rack is a Mapleshade Samson. I had to order it in a 'custom' height - 60" as I needed five shelves (didn't have the PS Audio Power Director at the time). I was very pleased with my experience dealing with Mapleshade - spoke to Pierre and Eldon both a couple times. The rack itself is very heavy -about 150 lbs. So when Mapleshade recommends you assemble it where it will reside, they aren't kidding. I had some reluctance about the cones on our new oak floor, but the rack looked so nice, even my wife was happy! I'd like to try the footers under my Cornwalls - maybe down the road. I am using some of Mapleshade's triplepoints, heavyfeet and heavyhats; to tell the truth, I don't really detect any change in the sound as a result. They are, however, interesting conversation pieces. Ditto with the Power Director 3.5. I know it was written up favorably in Stereophile recently, and I may have been over anxious when hooking it up, as I also hooked up 2 Signal Cable power cords at the same time. More a piece of mind thing as I previously had no surge protection. It does have some neat features such as sequencing the turning on of various components. Currently I'm running just the 10B and the Sony SCD-777ES (modified by Tube Research Labs)through the Model 7 preamp. The 9's are running in triode as they sound a bit more open to me. The Cornwalls are great. I just don't have the right room for the khorns but that'll be something to work on. ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Here's my main system: Rage 3 TT, Marantz 8b, Marantz 7T, Ah'99 Tjobe tube cd player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travisc Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 nice rack threaded rod, nuts and washers my kinda rack very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Disc Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Thanks. The important thing is the wife is totally cool about it. She is a movie freak like me, so it's our way to unwind. I don't care for crowded theaters much so we rarely go to theaters.. and why should we? No Disc ---------------- On 6/29/2005 2:31:11 PM NatGun wrote: it was a compliment.. a 2-channel cornwall setup AND a heritage home theater with front projector in the same room??? that absolutely rules, im jealous. ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drefrank Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I'm using a Signal Cable Magic Power Digital cable. This is plugged into the Power Director. I'm afraid you lost me on the polarity - how can I check for reverse? I do have a cheater plug - came with the Sony. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Disc Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I think the Signal Cable is shielded isn't it? The 777es responds well to a very good shielded power cable. I have not tried the Signal so I'm not sure. Checking for polarity. Just use the cheater plug, file off the polarity fins if you have to, and use it to plug your 777es in 180 degrees from normal. The soundstage will be much better one way or the other, it should be obvious when playing music. For me, with polarity incorrect, the soundstange is more forward, the music is dry sounding, and the soundstange is compressed. The correct polarity will yield the instruments and vocals being much further back, a sweeter and more appealing sound, and wide and uncompressed soundstage. No Disc ---------------- On 6/29/2005 6:59:29 PM drefrank wrote: I'm using a Signal Cable Magic Power Digital cable. This is plugged into the Power Director. I'm afraid you lost me on the polarity - how can I check for reverse? I do have a cheater plug - came with the Sony. Thanks. ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 "I had some reluctance about the cones on our new oak floor, but the rack looked so nice, even my wife was happy!" What is that floor? Stained Red Oak? If you are coupling brass or metal cones to the hardwood floor with that rack, there might be a chance that you will have four little indents in the floor from the weight of the rack. Oak is tough, however. It's suprising how pets can trash a wood floor, movers, appliance clowns.... Anything really around a sixteenth of a inch deep and you can't sand the scratch out without making a big dip in the floor. If it's stained, you best have some of the original stain or one is SOL. You can almost watch natural cherry darken. You sand a scratch down and then you will have a big light spot. Pretty much comes down to sanding the whole floor down and refinish. And the dust....the dust....... We just finished a home with 900 ft of Select Brazilian cherry. That's gonna be a nice floor. BTW, you folks have some nice hardwood flooring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Here are some shots of my main system of Belles w/A/AA convertible networks, Redgum 60WPC MOSFET integrated, hotrodded Pioneer Elite PD-93 CD player, Pioneer Elite F-91 tuner, Electronic Specialists ISO-17 line conditioner, cryoed Hubbell duplex on dedicated 20 amp line, double run of Kimber 4TC speaker cable and Musical Design interconnects. I am as happy with this system as any other I have assembled. A second system of Cornwalls, HK 430 receiver and Denon CD player is in another room but gets little play. The Belle system rules the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Another shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 And one more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 ---------------- On 6/29/2005 7:37:15 PM mike stehr wrote: "I had some reluctance about the cones on our new oak floor, but the rack looked so nice, even my wife was happy!" What is that floor? Stained Red Oak? If you are coupling brass or metal cones to the hardwood floor with that rack, there might be a chance that you will have four little indents in the floor from the weight of the rack. Oak is tough, however. It's suprising how pets can trash a wood floor, movers, appliance clowns.... Anything really around a sixteenth of a inch deep and you can't sand the scratch out without making a big dip in the floor. If it's stained, you best have some of the original stain or one is SOL. You can almost watch natural cherry darken. You sand a scratch down and then you will have a big light spot. Pretty much comes down to sanding the whole floor down and refinish. And the dust....the dust....... We just finished a home with 900 ft of Select Brazilian cherry. That's gonna be a nice floor. BTW, you folks have some nice hardwood flooring. ---------------- HEY!!! Go back to page 2. I have crappy hardwood flooring. Well, it's about 75 years old anyway. Can you say CREAKY?!!!??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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