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| The Ten Rules of high-end audio Bigbucks5: the examples you mentioned are two extremes of the spectrum. None will combine SOTA speakers with lousy speakers and none will spend only $99 for front end while owning mega $$$ speakers. Front end is relatively speaking more important ... | |
| TT+tonearm under $5k Absolutely buy used, especially since you are getting into vinyl. If you don't like it, then you won't take such a big hit if you want to sell your equipment.Shipping an old TT is always a problem since usually there isn't a box and the owner hasn... | |
| The Ten Rules of high-end audio #5 is just the opposite of what your wrote. Your #1 states that room acoustics make up 50% of the sound. Where do you think the sound interaction comes from? The speakers. Since the speakers provide the other half of the interaction with the room,... | |
| Are interconnect cables worth $15,000? $150K system !?!?!?!For me to 'justify' spending $15K for speaker cables, my system would have to be at least $500K.My current system is around $50K, give or take, and I'm using $300 speaker cables. Good enough for me. | |
| Highest component/cable ratio? The money I've saved by buying relatively inexpensive interconnects and speaker cables has allowed me to buy better components/speakers...a far better way to allocate your budget.For example, I'm using speaker cables that cost me $300 for an 8-foo... | |
| concrete slab vs/ wood floor - pros and cons How about just pouring a little more concrete over the top...sufficient to add about 1" to the high spots and level the low spots?Then you don't need to go adding a shimmed subfloor, maybe just plywood over the top, if desired. | |
| Great Digital Cable With Locking RCA Ends? Tara Labs RSC Air 75Not too expensive (used) and has the locking RCA so that it doesn't disconnect on you at inopportune moments. | |
| Center speaker for Carver ALIII + speakers Why not use a B&G center speaker that uses a ribbon system. These guys are the original Carver ribbon suppliers.I think the mode is a 210i | |
| Dynaudio Contour S3.4 users: sub required? Well, I use a pair of Dynaudio subs (500) with my Evidence Temptations.So, as far as I'm concerned, even these 'full-range' speakers don't really cut it at the very bottom end. I like my kick drums to not only have snap, but also the trailing full... | |
| How is more than 16 bits better for CD? As interesting as the first response to your post is, sampling frequency and number of bits are unrelated. Adding bits doesn't have anything to do with Nyquist and filtering approaches.Word length is increased by adding noise to the signal (aka, d... | |
| Dynaudio Evidence Master need speaker cables Ok, here's a suggestion. Relatively cheap to try, so if you don't like the results, no biggie.I use Kimber 8TC's with WBT spades between my MC501's and Evidence Temptations. I like the end product. | |
| How do you pay? Why? Don't confuse 'posting' time to your account vs actual clearing. Hence CCs and MOs post immediately, but you may find out a couple weeks later that it is counterfeit, leaving you holding the bag. It is, however, not typical to see counterfeit item... | |
| platine motor with nylon thread I guess the answer is whether or not the speed needs more adjusting than usual?To me, as the drive thread wears, I would expect to have to make speed adjustments more often to compensate for the decreased friction.Other than that, I wouldn't know ... | |
| What should I upgrade -- speakers or amp? Speakers...no brainer. | |
| Equalization and bass traps Try GIK Acoustics. They have very interesting triangular cross-section columns which can be used along the floor/wall junction, or in the corners. Two for $260. |