bdgregory
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| Totem... Bass? why have you restricted yourself to "book shelfs"? If you really intend to place them on bookshelfs, then you likely won't find a speaker that provides good bass and belongs on a bookshelf. If you intend to place them on stands, you really should ... | |
| Speakers that image best from corners 12' apart thanks to all for the suggestions. I'm actually intrigued by the Hornshoppe speakers - they also will complement a couple of vintage low power tube amps I have. Ckoffend - your suggestion of bookshelf speakers is particularly interesting, and time... | |
| Speakers that image best from corners 12' apart the wall unit is killing any image you hope for thanks . . . yea, I figured as much. I'm just seeking to make the most of a bad situation. thanks again! | |
| Is age bad for solid state amps? at least one manufacturer recommends replacing capacitors every 10 years or so. Many mfg's though say don't bother til they break. Most other parts are good for nearly ever I believe, except maybe panel lamps, or electro-mechanical components such... | |
| Budget Phono Amp / Stage Recommendation? Musical Fidelity X-LP (the version 1) used. They can be found for ~$160 and are mm/mc switchable and excellent. | |
| child-free environment? well said Unsound. at the end of the day, a crunched dust cap isn't that important. Some equipment (and all that electricity) on the other hand can be hi risk to little ones. | |
| child-free environment? My kids are fully grown (27, 25) and moved out when they went away to college (never came back - except to visit). When they were growing up I had music in most every room. Formal family dinners in the dining room included music playing on the din... | |
| Two Amplifiers Connected in Parallel? if you search the archives on "biamping" (may want to try various spellings (eg "bi-amping"), you will find a wealth of discussion to answer any questions you have.I agree with the responses above. I have tried vertical and horizontal biamping wit... | |
| Your homemade tweaks? Squash balls are great. They have little or no bounce (just try to bounce one), they are much smaller than tennis balls, and have no fuzz. I've cut them in half and use them as footers. They can be screwed on to the component (or platform) or simp... | |
| How a turntable is like a gym membership I can relate to the OP's analogy, except I NEVER bought a gym membership. I run for exercise, and do it in the street where it's easy and free to run on it. After all, the street is just outside my door. In the 80's I resisted buying a CD player u... | |
| Watching Roger Waters on Conan I'm just glad he did the "you can't have any pudding! . . ." bit. Made my night. | |
| Amplifier upgrade suggestions by the way, I should have said that don't know nor am I associated with the seller of the M200's. | |
| Amplifier upgrade suggestions given your budget range, and if you really do like your 555ii, one option is buy another one as you're contemplating, but rather than run it in bridged, run each of them in "single stereo". This is where you only use one channel of each for each s... | |
| Tips for buying used Vinyl needed Buy a record cleaner and you will be shocked at what a high % of used vinyl will sound just great. Absolutely required - especially for used vinyl. Some clean them manually - which didn't work for me as I lacked the patience. When buying used viny... | |
| Have you ever got emotionally attached alas I get emotionally attached to alot of gear. I still have my first 2 sets of speakers (vintage 1968 Wharfedales), and vintage 1975 Infinity Monitor IIa's). But after getting back into this hobby in earnest in ~2000, I have a number of pieces I... |