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Is nickel any good 4 speaker cable or power cords?
I have not yet read anything good about nickel being a good conductor. They main reason it is used is to prevent corrosion. "Buyer beware", if you decide to purchase a nickel product, I am sure every one would be curious to here what you think. Yo... 
why hook your dvd-video to your receiver?
Thanks Fishcall for starting this thread,because I have been wanting to know the answer to this question and have not got around to asking it! 
Manufacturer competing against their dealers?
This is no different than what goes on in grocery stores. I have seen products in grocery stores that have the same address as the "name brand" product sitting next to them and the ingredients being "slightly" different. I have bought products fro... 
Power Cords - Shielding or No Shielding
You will find that most power cords are shielded. Their are quite a few well priced cords on audiogon, diy that they will even assemble for you. If you want a cord for your cd/dvd, one of the most liked seems to be the JPS digital and if you do as... 
The Best Audio Dealer
Aberdeen Components! I won a product on an auction and when I talked to them on the phone, I wound up buying several other items. Usually with audio stores, they are to lazy to research a product that they represent, because they do not have it in... 
Are Zaolla Cables worthy of your home theate????
Fishwater, thanks for your input. May be someone was drinking a little to much "tequilla" on the assembly line and forgot about sleeving the termination! Just kidding, thanks for the info! 
Help Converting Cat 5 to component video and Audio
Leviton makes a distribution module that will send all of your video and audio signals over cat 5 wire. I just temporarily hooked mine up, it seems to work fine. It has a send unit, hub and receive unit. www.leviton.com (Decora media system. I do ... 
B&K avr307
The 307 has more features than most people will ever use and has plenty of power. I have been very happy with mine. B&k in my opinion is a rock solid product. I will probably not even upgrade my unit, because my set up sounds good the way it is. 
Ultimate outlet or Tice solo high current
I see ultimate outlets around San Diego in high end audio shops and I figured I would buy a couple. For the money they are a steal. I think you need to step up to Audio Magig or something in that price range to compete with PS Audio. Ultimate Outl... 
Best Amp for Energy Veritas ? Help please
I own Veritas 2.4, center and 2.0 surrounds for rear. I really like these speakers, but the center channel is the weak link. I have them currently hooked up to a B&K 307 and they sound great, though I think you can hook them up to other comper... 
"Refurbished"?
I buy "B" stock items, but not refurbished. Refurbished products from my experience, almost always have reoccuring problems. I bought a warantee on my cell phone and when it was stollen, they would only give me a refurbished unit. I have went thro... 
Buying and Selling of feedback
Unsound made a great comment about applying a "neutral" feedback. When I see a neutral feedback, I am a little cautious, but I am also still willing to work with this person. I figure they were willing to work out their differences, even though th...