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| Aranov 9100 vs. Rogue M120 The aronov's are good. I went from Bryston 7 B ST's to the Aronov's and do not miss the Bryston's in the bottom end...especially after putting KT88 tubes in place of the stock 6550's | |
| Opinion on Buena Vista social club CD? If you like this music...others worth seking out are "Estrellas de Areito", which has some of the most famous Cuban musicians (including legendary violinist Jorrin) in an all-star band (Areito's answer to the Fania All Stars salsa band); for fans ... | |
| Audioquest Diamond X3 Cable spotters ? I have Aq Diamond X3's and X2's. Neither is dark blue. My X3 looks as described above, my X2 is very dark grey wiht sort of a brownish tinge. Both jackets are market appropriately, thoug tough to read on the X2. The only blue-jacketed Aq I own is ... | |
| vinyl care VPI felt removal However...I think the Disc Doctor sells replacement strips for the VPI pickup tube. Haven't tried yet, but probably worth a shot....Pretty sure Music Direct carries them... | |
| Rewire Linn Akito? Is there a Linn dealer near you? Alternatively, try posting in AudioAsylum.Com (vinyl asylum).Lots of Linnies there who might be able to help. Wish I could tell you more, but the sort of radical tweaking your poor Akito has apparently been thru is... | |
| big Bryston 14b pwr amp I owned a pair of 7B. They were very good indeed.;...and also heavy as S.... I'd HATE to try and move two of 'em at the same time. BTW, my only quibble w/ Bryston was the cheesy speaker binding posts. For that kind of cash (and warranty), they cou... | |
| Best speaker a wife would tolerate You can alway go for Sonus Faber. My wife lves my Guarneri's with their funky stringed stands and perfect workmanship. Of course, she loves her TV even more and thus I am relegated to the basement. Iguess it depends on you decor. We go for Scandin... | |
| Good percussion recordings Try "The Conga Kings" from Chessky | |
| Rewire Linn Akito? Do you know what type of cable it is? Have you checked to see if the previous owner simply covered the DIN connector with a bolb of silicone? This seems like a pretty weird and involved modifification to make. I'vr owned an Akito and now own ann E... | |
| Keeping cables off the floor Has any one tried simple bubble wrap or foam squares for this? | |
| Isolation vs. Absorbtion Redwiki - Never mind. Just read your other string. Will try the EAR devices. | |
| Isolation vs. Absorbtion Redwiki - Based on yur research, what would you recommned instead of cones for equipment sitting on glass shelves? My tubed amps amd pre amp sit on glass-shelved Target amp stands. I tried BDR cones and they improved focus/accuracy vs. the crappy ... | |
| "Protocols" of record cleaning I use my VPI on every new LP before I play it to remove races of the mold release agents. The LAST Daily Record Cleaner fluid works well for this as it contains quite a bit of alcohol. You can also use VPI's own fluid, adding 25 % isopropyl alcoho... | |
| If you could remaster three cd's... Try the Santana Supernatural LP from Classic Records. Still far from perfect, but LOTS better than the stock CD. On the wish list - a nice heavy vinly version of Graceland, Sinatra At The Sands remastered on heavy vinyl (the remastered CD is aweso... | |
| What CD is your System Reference subaruguru - I also think Graceland makes a great demo disk (cool music as well). I like it some much that I keep buying spare copies on vinyl when I see it at Half Price books. My personal demo disc is the Neri Per Caso (an Italian group) X-mas C... |