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| cleaning vinyl. which cleaning fluid to use. Only RRL for me. better than disc doctor's stuff. The vinyl is much quieter after using RRL deep clean followed by RRL super vinyl wash. Loricraft? Doug you suck! Just kidding. I'm still 'ghetto' with my Record Doctor II record cleaning machine. | |
| Does your favorite band suck? Scientific proof Not all rock bands are album artists. Most can only muster to be truly good "singles" artists. Many bands are simply not good enough to be full album artists. Bad maybe that was the distinction you attempted to set? If so, not many bands (past or ... | |
| Which Quicksilver to buy We had a Krell 300i, and I don't really miss the bass slamm too much. About the only time I notice is when I am listening to live amplified heavy metal. I felt the linestage made more of a difference that the amps did with regards to bass slam. On... | |
| Which Quicksilver to buy I know my Silver Monos (90wpc) had the option for cages. It's a KT88 amp, but you can run KT90s in it. The KT90s should be more neutral and have taunter bass than most KT88s which sound thicker or tubbier to me. Think of the KT90 as a "heavy duty"... | |
| How many years before MP3 becomes king? You're missing the point ketchup. It's a turn-key solution and it seems that a remote control is included. I doubt the average Audiogon reader could configure a remote control interface for a PC. Heck even type like you and I who can build PCs in ... | |
| Adcom Amps & Pres Adcom is good. Krell is a tad more forgiving in the treble, 'tho. So I guess that is some of what you pay for with the big boys? YMMV. | |
| DVD player recomendations Sadly the consensus is that Pioneer players are not the best for video. I echo Tom's recommendations. | |
| Ideal distance from TV to sitting/viewin position For TV, probably 3:1 screen widths (not diagonal measurement). So for a 65inch 65/1.15*3/12= 14 feet. You might be able to push that up to 4:1 for regular TV. For home theater, collapse that to 1.5-2.0 screen widths. 65/1.15*1.5/12= 7 feet. To sit... | |
| What preamp to get to replace my quicksilver? Is the audible illusions really a step-up, or just sonically different? I'm thinking the latter. Same thing possibly with Eldragon's Cary suggestion. He might also consider the MFA Magnus if he wants something different sounding. I don't know if a... | |
| Time Coherent Under $1K Single drivers speakers are also time coherent. | |
| New Releases on Vinyl? There really is a wealth of material. You mentioned classical music. The nice thing about classical, it demand for it on vinyl has mostly dried up (at least near me), so I can find lots of title recorded in the 50s and 60s for $1/ea. These are som... | |
| What makes your Home Theater system Front projector and planars. disbelief suspended. | |
| What is the correct cabinet height for a 50" TV? one-third the height from the bottom. That what I keep reading on the AVSForums. Your TV is 50 inch diagonal? That's a 16:9 aspect ratio display, right? The display screen should be about 24 inches tall or so, right? 1/3 of 24 is 8 inches. so when... | |
| best sub $1000 receiver for music? Speaking of high prices and tuners, I love seeing my friend's faces where I play from jazz off of the public FM station at night. Talk about speakers and walls disappearing. Jazz trio right in your room. Lucid, palpable and 3D. I think public radi... | |
| Amplifier suggestions for home theater Why not call Richard Vandersteen (jokingly, but not). Everyone else seems to do so! (I wish I would find that post, maybe it was deleted?) |