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| Do tube dampers improve sound? I even noticed that the placement of tube rings on the tube matters. If they are placed right in the middle of the tubes, they become too much of a good thing. But at the very top of the tubes, they provide a nice improvement. Although I didn't he... | |
| Herbie's Mini Grunge Buster And I have an update. Steve e-mailed me and said that the box finally showed up. It took 7 days for the stupid Priority Mail package to finally get from NY to Texas. So much for a 2-3 day service.Mark please keep us posted as you evaluate the mat ... | |
| Marantz 8260 CD/SACD You know what's the funniest thing about this all, how you people going to sell these players with all this bad press? | |
| Differences with CD ripping speeds audio folklore? Michael, if you want me to explain it to you scientifically, I can't. I do hear the difference between copy and original. Although the difference is very subtle in most cases. In some cases, actually, a copy sounds better. Depending on the sonics ... | |
| Differences with CD ripping speeds audio folklore? If the original recording was really good, I can tell the difference between the original and the copy.I never tried comparing copies of different speeds though | |
| Herbie's Mini Grunge Buster Mark, any word on the grungebuster mat?As a side note, there is something I wanted to mention....As I said, I tried the Tenderfoot feet with booster blocks and on the component stand I have, they have not done much so I decided to send them back. ... | |
| Differences with CD ripping speeds audio folklore? Sufentanil, how about this - is the copy and original identical? | |
| What's wrong with a DVD player as a transport? I appreciate everybody's input. I'd like to hear from an engineer who could say why a dvd player won't work as well as a cd player for a transport though. What makes you think that a DVD player won't be as good of a transport as cd player?I had a ... | |
| Optimizing my CD Source - what to do? I meant to say Meridian and not Meredian...my bad | |
| Optimizing my CD Source - what to do? I typed in a nice reply with several suggestions for Bdgregory. It's been over an hour and now I don't know if it is still going to show up. But, in any case to sum up what I wanted to say is that practically any good used cd player in the price r... | |
| Optimizing my CD Source - what to do? You guys must be hearing something I wasn't hearing when I was listening to an Audio Mirror D2. I heard absolutely nothing that comes close to what I've been reading about it. I am not trying to say it's hype, but beleive me, nothing was special a... | |
| I've come to the realization... Earthpulse, my opinion is that you should try ICs and speaker cable in your system. Since you are so familiar with a sound of live instruments, it may be worth it for you to call cable company and borrow different ICs and speaker cables and possib... | |
| Herbie's Mini Grunge Buster Markd51, I'll be curious to see how grunge buster mat works for you. Could you post an update once you try it, please? Thanks.BTW, I use the Hal-O tube dampers and they do work. I also tried the mini isocups with my preamp and it is an improvement... | |
| Which Patricia Barber album floats yer boat? I have all of her CDs. I went to see her live at Carnegie Hall back in March of this year, and the concert was awesome. The only thing that pisses me off is that some of the songs she does on the concert are never recorded. She did an unbeleivable... | |
| B&W 801 speaker cable suggestions Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun, Acoustic Zen DoubleBarreland I always love these kind of suggestions, despite that the main post says that the speakers were already purchased... Forget about a pair of B&W 801N speakers. Spend a few bucks more for... |