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| Parasound JC-1 Heat Dissipation IF you are on a crawl-space simply install a separate small AC unit outside with vents coming up under each amp. Master Handbook of Acoustics will give you ideal duct dimensions if you want to get supper anal. Sure it won't be cheap but look at wh... | |
| New Martin Logan Vista speakers... $3,695 in base finishes.$3,995 in Maple or Natural Cherry.Uses a modified transmision line design.Should be a good speaker. | |
| Hum Isolation Suggestions. Cheater plugs.Or try disconnecting the ground between TT and Pre.Or try grounding the pre to the Amp (unscrew a chasis screw from amp and attach wire from Pre to Amp).Good luck! | |
| Expectations low, listening pleasure high. The coffee shop I go to in the mornings has a little Phillips mini system that couldn't have retailed for more than $100. One speaker is behind the napkins and one is in the kitchen. The hippies that work there play mp3's off of the computer in th... | |
| Stereo stand with adjustable shelves I have found the Synergy line just as sturdy as the Archetype if not more so. After a couple of years of normal room vibrations the Archetypes need to be tightened (takes about five minutes).The Synergy is solid; especialy if you use the aftermark... | |
| Help me put a system together for under $1k. All appologies if my comment was out of line.Just an anecdote. No criticism intended.:) | |
| Help me put a system together for under $1k. Far be it from me to make any suggestions on parenting, but when I wanted my first "stereo" ($400 box system when I was 10) my father said that he would match me dollar-for-dollar on any stereo I wanted. I scrimped and saved and did lots of token ... | |
| Help me put a system together for under $1k. I think that an NAD integrated would create the sound you are looking for rather than the Cambridge.On the other hand the Cambridge line has just been updated with new DVD players and upgraded CD players. The discontinued ones can be had cheaper.A... | |
| new Jolida If you are refering to the hybrid integrated amp, those are not new and available in the US. THe hybrid Jolidas use tubes in the preamp section only and thus do not need to expose the tubes for venilation. You do not like the glow of big tubes? Bl... | |
| Chinese Loudspeakers ARE GOOD Yes great products do come out of China.If you give the three fingered Asian child proper instructons, good parts, and are using good engeneering there is no reason that the product can't be as good if not better than an American product and cheap... | |
| Help with distorsion on start up of home theater The Yamaha could be loosing the lock on the digital signal.Check your digital interconnect to see that it is well seated.Good luck! | |
| Von VR4 JR's - Looking for right 5/7 Channel Amp The JR's are revealing of the components upstream. Tube preamp is nice but I don't know that a tube pre/pro is what you are looking for.The jumper that connects the woofer cabinet to the midwoofer/tweeter cabinet does not sound good. The best wat ... | |
| LARGER SWEET SPOT WANTED Von Schweikert ? I'll second that the VSA speakers have very good off-axis reproduction. In my stairwell off of the living room they still sound very good. This would be about 45 degrees off axis and four feet below. | |
| Audio Refinement Complete owners: please advise NHT 2.5i's, Von Schweikert VR-1, VR-2, Spendor anything, and a whole host of other mid-fi speakers. I have even heard it on Klipsch K-horns.If you have teh ability to bring potential conteders home for audition it is worth the effort. Otherwise ta... | |
| how much difference does a player make For background music through a home theater set-up most any changer will do. THe Denon is not built very well though. Their DVD players are but the CDP's are not. Cambridge Audio has an inexpensive music server that could serve as a great mid-fi s... |