audioman4
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| RadioShack outlets VS. Panamax. Get rid of the panamax asap...Panamax is ok for video applications and computers...not for your gear! For your system.. go for the ps audio ultimate outlets or just the replacement grade outlets. Actually, I have had decent results with a monster ... | |
| Will I be a jaw dropping Wow for an upgraded CDP? This is a tough post.. If you have tons of cds.. then you owe it to yourself to get a nicer player. One with a better d/a convertor... something more musical. The difference will be jaw dropping as you say.. I went from a Nice Classe cdp3 to a Kre... | |
| Anyone else like to Listen in the Dark? Listening in the dark sometimes is a great meditation of sorts!! Especially when I pull the cover off the SFS 80 and watch those kt90's glow and the glow from the ARC andClearaudio phono... It is a light show... Lovely!!Enjoy,Joe | |
| Anyone heard the new Counting Crows CD? I happen to be a big fan... the best discs out there arelive from storytellers.. and the other live across a wire disc... but the new hard candy cd is a 6 out of 10...they are turning it around a little. A lot of rock type tunes.. which I am not t... | |
| How often do you upgrade your other passions? Good question...I think the audio community here upgrades and tweeks quite more often than in reality.. For example.. I have a passion for watches, cars and clothes.. I buy alot more clothes.. than watches and cars.. Watches are classics and if an... | |
| Insurance rider for your gear? Definately get separate riders or boost your contents coverage... take pictures and keep them in a separate place.. ie office or friends house for safe keeping. In the event that you have a loss, fire, water damage, theft...you will have visual pr... | |
| Amp Hum Definately call B&K they are more than happy to advise you on potential problems or even suggest a fix. They are only in NY and a pleasure to deal with. A hum that is isolated to the component can be two things... faulty ground or bad or noisy... | |
| When it's to good to be true? Had the same experience with a plasma tv that I was going to buy... all ready to go... but the TV was in Spain...Same guy..Beware!! | |
| How to find vinyl? Viridian,Your are correct... I meant that it was the folding album..but it is only 1 lp!! But never the less, I have two copies and one is a mint picture disc...ThanksJoe | |
| How to find vinyl? You're going to love this!! I just started collecting vinyl and have been buying mostly over the internet...Yesterday I went to a quasi family reunion... and my cousin had in the basement over 3000 lps in mint shape...He knew of my new vinyl set u... | |
| What's the size of your listening room and/or ht? SIZE DOES MATTER AFTER ALL...My ht/ solid state system is in a room that is 16 feet deep and 27 or 28 wide...but i have to sit on the short end due to windows on one side and dining room on the other...it has somewhat bad sound properties.. high c... | |
| Questions - returning to analog CHECK OUT NEEDLEDOCTOR.COM THOSE GUYS ARE GREAT..I AM RUNNING A REGA P3 WITH A RB300 ARMA CLEARAUDIO PHONO PRE WITH MC AND MM INPUT AND UPGRADED TO A GARROTT K2 CARTRIDGE..THE CART MADE THE BIGGEST DIFFERNECE YET.. IT IS MC VS MM ANDTHE MUSIC IS M... | |
| Budget speaker wire B&W 803 from Classe CA101 Congrats..You might want to consider what your budget is.For 100 or so... try the alpha core products with the silver spade ends... these are very nice sounding.. good bottom end and nice midrange... not too bright on the highs.. excellent bargain... | |
| High performance electric outlets Actually, you should try the upgraded bryant outlets from home depot if you dont want to spend a ton. They have nice contacts and are well built.. they are like 7 bucks each...other than that, you could get the ps audio outlets for 49.99 each ... ... | |
| Another dumb question I had a similar experience when I replaced my 2 channel aragon with aragon palladiums, which are monoblocks, with my bk ref 20 in my theater set up... I believe that the preamp section of the processor your using is not strong enough to give the m... |