General Asylum

Posted by BobM (A) on June 23, 2003 at 07:25:15

In Reply to: You can nominate low-priced gear for coverage in my column in Stereophile! posted by John Marks on June 21, 2003 at 08:54:34:

Maybe start a series of articles that address one serious problem that we all face ...

... system setup. I'm talking the bible of setup issues and the most likely result of trying each one. Some categories ...

- Speaker setup and the various methods
- soft vs hard feet (spikes, vibrapods, darumas, etc.)
- dampening resonances
- placement of equipment on stands
- wire lengths (long IC's vs speaker cables)
- tube dampers
- etc.

Of course you would have to account for various types of equipment (tubes, passives, solid state, transports, etc.). This makes it interesting and allows for a long running series of articles that we can all benefit from.

Enjoy,
Bob