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| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? Les Claypool has to be mentioned in this thread. I really enjoy his precision player and rhythmic combinations. Primus is the reason I started to listen to King Crimson. I'm going to be dating myself here, but I'll also give a nod to Jason Newstea... | |
| The elite phono stages VS. Full function Pre-amps Maybe your should consider a different route for SOTA performance? How about a respected full function preamp that is "highly modified?" And I mean 'highly' modified. Granted glowing reports for their owners would undoubtly be biased, but they do ... | |
| suggestions for a headphone amplifier The Senns seem to like a good tube amp based on what I've read. I would shoot for the ASL tube amp. Try that for a while. If you have more to spend, but some Walker SST, first, paint all of your connections, then listen. If you still require great... | |
| Warm Tubes Ditto. 10-15 minutes here. By cartidge takes longer to "warm up" (4 sides of an LP) than my tube pre and tube amp do. Actually the cart is "mostly" ready-to-go after about 7 minutes on the first side, but it sounds a little "flat" and "lifeless" u... | |
| Best budget $100 - 200 Phono Pre-amp? Hagerman Bugle, although it is a DIY 1/2 KIT. About $100-125 for the 9V battery power. About $175 to build one with the 15V AC power supply. You'd think with parts cost alone you'd be ahead off all the commercial | |
| What stole your attention from HiFi? Cooking and Chefs' knives. :-) Let's kick it up a notch! I hear everyone on the car hobby, but for me cars are way more expensive than audio. So that's kind of the killer for me. $10k seems to go farther in audio that it does with cars. Maybe I'm ... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? vinyl has let me stop looking for better digital. digital just doesn't compare to good analog in my book. so for me my EVS Millennium DAC I will probably be the final digital (Redbook) source I buy for a long time. I already have most of my "final... | |
| Have U ever bought an LP because of the cover art? More times that I want to admit. | |
| Are expensive cables worth it? Rsbeck, cables aren't priced based on "scientific merit" they are priced based on "what the market will bear." :-/ But again, (for example) what if the most "synergetic" cable costs $1k? If someone has the means, why not by it? But if you are aski... | |
| What screen to buy with $1500????? For a completely darkened room at 10 foot seating distance and for DVD watching I would do a front projection system. You could do it all, including a Da-lite "High Power" 80inch wide (92" diag) pull down screen for under $1500 total. Who wants a ... | |
| Quick, cheap HT advice I take it your friend is buying a system that is sold as a package, an all-in-one unit, or some sort of home-theater-in-a-box? Even if it didn't include a DVD player, it's going to be tough to find something that isn't a serious sonic (or video) c... | |
| "Commercial" plasma screens the real deal for HT? EDTV resolution is fine if you are stilling at least a distance from the screen of 2x the screen's width. E.g., if the screen is 36 inches wide (horizontal) than you should sit about 72 inches away from it (perpenticular). That way you don't notic... | |
| "Commercial" plasma screens the real deal for HT? Digital front projectors are the REAL DEAL of HT. YOu can get a nice one with a screen and a ceiling mount for $1500. No rinky dink 42" here. We're talking 92" of vibrant colors and jaw dropping clarity. The screen width is 1.85 times the seating ... | |
| how do you determine what to upgrade next? In your price range, no-contest, hands-down, always upgrade your AMP! Whether it is the preamp, phono stage, or power amp, you should always upgrade there first. then look to speakers, but don't forget your source. It's a balancing act. Also remem... | |
| Are expensive cables worth it? Why do you "understand" $200-400 cables? I mean (wink, wink) shouldn't a SOTA cable only really cost $100/meter, right? You would think so! But it doesn't seem to pan out that way. BTW, my cables cost $100/meter by coincidence (not because I think... |