abstract7
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| Alternatives to Disc Doctor Brushes? I know the Disc Doctor brushes are highly recommended. I bought a set, but don't really like them. I feel like they are pushing things into the grooves. I like the VPI brush--at least I'm getting better results with it. Some time ago, there was a ... | |
| HELP I THINK IM IN OVER MY HEAD Robert Harley's book on Home Theater is good place to start. You can get it through AudioAdvisor, the link is http://www.audioadvisor.com/product.cfm?productid=1193.Did you buy your equipment from a local dealer? I'm assuming you didn't because if... | |
| Transport for ML360S? I don't have a 360s, but I do have a 36. I can say the ML 37 is a much better transport compared to the 9000es, but I don't have 24/96 capability. My 9000es is still breaking in, but so far, my redbook CD's (played with the 36/37 combo) are much b... | |
| what the _____ David, and anyone else out there with similar stories. I'm working on an audiophile sculpture and need broken worthless parts. (I've done quite a few "music" theme paintings--but no sculptures) A tonearm is one of the things I need. If you still h... | |
| Album Sides I like the length of Album sides. I may not have a favorite side, but listening to about 20 minutes of an artist is just right for me--then move on to something different. But just out of habbit, I almost never start the CD in the middle. | |
| Stereo sounds better than 5.1? Stereo for music hands down. I do have a very good processor: EAD ovation with Martin Logan monoliths and Logos with Levinson, Krell, and Classe amplification. I have done quite a bit of experimentation in this area. Steely Dan's 2 against nature ... | |
| Do you play? I play the piano. I've been playing for nearly 30 years and still do. Not only am I an audiophile, I'm also equally as picky about the instrument and the way it sounds. While I agree Hifiharv to some extent, not all of us can play like Glen Gould ... | |
| Grouding for dedicatied lines? I ran a dedicated line to the audioroom and separated it into 4 circuits. I ran a 220V and stepped it down with a toroidal transformer. If you are going to run a dedicated line--I recommend this. It gives you two live wires out of phase (both at 5... | |
| Innertube Cone Tweak I used two plates of aluminum sandwiched together with grooves routed in them. I've only used glass marbles so far. I've been wanting to try carbon, but haven't been able to find any yet. | |
| Is the Monarchy DIP effective? I used the previous version (not the 24/96 version). It worked very well for me when I had a marginal transport. When I upgraded the transport the DIP had little effect. My experience with Jitter reducers is they work very differently with differe... | |
| Diva Speakers from AV123. I recommended that my neighbor try a pair of 5.1. If he didn't like them, he was only out the shipping. He bought them. I listened to them, and thought for the money they really are a bargain. To me, they have very similar characteristics of B&... | |
| Innertube Cone Tweak For amps I really like marbles set into grooves. The amp can move horizontally (very slightly) but has a postive coupling in the verticle direction. The result has been a much smoother sound, less noise, with no change or very slightly improved de... | |
| cable length Jadem6 is right. Shortest possible speaker cables and longest possible power cables (but there is a point of dimmenshing returns beyond about 6 feet). | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . You may know that chord progressions in Heavy Metal typically came from Classical Music. You might be surprised at how many heavy metal rockers studied classical music for this reason. But that wasn't your question--I too would recommend Russian c... | |
| Always leave equipment on? There are a lot of threads, but most of them are for power amps. I generally leave power amps on all the time. Source and pre-amp in standby if available and if not I generally turn it off. All of my high end source components have a standby--so t... |