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Fine Tunes #41
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Nov 18, 2001  |  0 comments
This episode of "Fine Tunes" is mainly about the care and feeding of speaker drivers. Before I launch into some of the tweaks—a few fairly wild and wacky—sent in by readers, here are two from my own experience.
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Fine Tunes #42
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Dec 16, 2001  |  0 comments
"Hey, J-10!" John Atkinson called from the hallway outside my office. "I liked your October 'Fine Tunes'!"
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Fine Tunes #43
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Jan 13, 2002  |  0 comments
Checked my e-mail and a message from one Thomas J. Zukowski (tjzhighendaudio@snet.net) caught my eye. I sensed something...friendly. The subject line was "Re: August & September Fine Tunes." A reader, great, and on my birthday no less.
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Fine Tunes #44
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Feb 17, 2002  |  0 comments
I hereby award, by the powers invested in me, the first Tweaker from Hell award to (drum roll, please)...me.
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Fine Tunes #45
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Mar 17, 2002  |  0 comments
Leisure duds on? Bathrobe 'n' pipe, Ol' Yaller at yer feet and slobberin' all over your ankles? All's well with the world? Then it's time for "Fine Tunes"! May audio mayhem ensue...
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Fine Tunes #46
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Apr 14, 2002  |  0 comments
"Hi, Jonathan," Bob Matthews began his e-mail to "Fine Tunes" (matthewsr@hqamc-exchg.army.mil). "I enjoy reading your column every month, and enjoy hearing from other people about some of their cheap tweaks!"
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Fine Tunes #47
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  May 19, 2002  |  0 comments
Sometimes tweaks take on a life of their own. Take the one of using Armor All to keep speaker surrounds from drying out, which you can read all about in the November 2001 "Fine Tunes No.41" I recently got another e-mail on the subject from Dan Mazza at Arizona Hi-Fi, who agrees with Mark Gdovin's objections to using Armor All. (Read Mark's comments on the entire issue in the readers' letters linked to "Fine Tunes No.41.").)
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Fine Tunes #48
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Jun 13, 2002  |  0 comments
In his first e-mail to "Fine Tunes," Rafael Teodoro (RBT@wolfenet.com) addressed a subject that Mark Gdovin, that faithful frequenter of the Stereophile soapbox, had already brought up. Mark had gone so far as to give readers sage advice from his brother, a materials engineer, regarding the dangers of applying Armor All to speaker cones and surrounds.
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Fine Tunes #5
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Nov 25, 1998  |  0 comments
I've touched on loudspeaker placement in irregularly shaped rooms several times in the last few "Fine Tunes," but reader Peter Machare (Peter.MACHARE@usda.gov) wants more information about setting up L-shaped and other nonstandard listening areas. Here's how he describes his layout: "I have an L-shaped room. The speakers are at the bottom of the L and point up the long part of the L. Not all of us are perfect rectangles, you know."
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Fine Tunes #6
Fine Tunes
Jonathan Scull  |  Dec 02, 1998  |  0 comments
One audio maintenance chore I dislike is getting down on all fours and cleaning the system's connectors—interconnects, speaker cables, and power cords. It's tedious, but the results can be spectacular. If you live in a relatively clean, dry environment, you might consider doing it every six months or so.
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