abstract7
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| Favorite HT demo scene from a movie? IMAX films: Speedway chapter 10, or Jordan to the MaxT2 the Ultimate Collection: Destroying CyberdyneAnimation: Space Jam--the Ultimate game or Toy Story 2the Matrix: (great movie--love the effects--but don't consider it a demo because of the grey... | |
| LP Cleaning Question Static can be a big problem. It can attract dust particles and then the stylus will embed them into the vinyl. I clean my records every time I play them (wet). It's kind of a pain--but they stay in great shape. | |
| Best amp for ML Z Quests? I own Monoliths, have friends with Quest Z, and SL3. I have heard all of them driven by Levinson amps (20.0, 23, and 27). I have heard the Quests driven by McIntosh tube amps and AR tube amps (although I don't know which model). I have also heard ... | |
| Speakers for the party system 3ox got it right. Klipsch La Scalas. Older vintage if you can find them. They will play as loud as you can possibly tollerate them and you will never have to worry about them--they are close to bullet proof. | |
| Twin lead or coax for downlead from FM antenna? Coax run should shield noise and give you a better overall signal. | |
| Connecting two amps-bi-amp cabling There was an Audioquest Emerald cable (3 Meters I think) for sale on Audiogon that was made this way just for this purpose. There are also splitters--but that's an added connection. I would go with the custom cable and used if you can find it--bec... | |
| mark levinson 23 amp Jvogt is right on with his assessment. I have a good friend with a 23. I have recommended this amp to a few people recently. It has great control, power, finesse, and very good imaging. Although not as good as any of the 2#.5 amps. The upgrade to ... | |
| How BIG is yours? A few people have mentioned they would like my system--or me to catalog for them (NO WAY!!) Putting the data in is a labor of love--I could only do it for my collection. Now I maintain it with more and more purchases. My method uses Microsoft Acce... | |
| Enigma "Love Sensuality Devotion GH" I liked their previous album very much. I'll have to check this one out--thanks for the tip. | |
| How BIG is yours? I'm not 40 and already have CRS disease. I also have audiophilia (which most people on this site have). CDC has deemed this to be one of the most highly contageous diseases--for which there is no cure, only treatment of the symptoms by buying more... | |
| RECORD CLAMPS HELP I've heard "the Big Pig" was a great non threaded clamp--I don't know if it's still in production. There are probably some new ones that are even better. I have a VPI--so it's threaded and I can't give you any first hand information. I can tell yo... | |
| Interconnect question, balanced and single ended? I'm surprised the Classe doesn't have both XLR and RCA. If it does offer both--then just use the RCA--but if that were the case then you probably wouldn't have asked this question. You can go XLR to RCA pretty easily. I would recommend that your i... | |
| MC Cartridge break-in? I think Lazarus is right on for most cartridges. However, I have owned a few that still sounded pretty bad even at 30 hours of break in. The other thing to keep in mind is cartridge loading as well as VTA. Both can play a major roll in soundstage ... | |
| Best 5 engineered rock albums? Roger Waters, Amused to DeathPink Floyd, the Wallthe Who, Who Are You Dire Straits, Love over GoldTalking Heads, NakedSupertramp, Crime of the Century (MoFi)Jethro Tull, Aqualung (MoFi)Okay, I'm over the limit--but 2 need to be audiophile pressing... | |
| DIY Speaker and IC Cable Burning Here is an interesting link on the topic:www.audioexcellenceaz.com/audiodharma_cable_cooker.htm |