bignerd100
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| Playing REALLY old records When the Library of Congress archives acetate and shellac records they use diff cartridges with styli that correspond to the exact size of the groove as there were quite a few variations in cutting standards in the early days of recording. They al... | |
| recommendations with 7500 budget The SR's are much better than the JR's. There is also a new VR-5SE out now. The DB-99 is very efficient too.Good luck! | |
| Sensitivity in speakers Duke,What do you think of the Pi speakers? i have been looking at them as an esy DIY project. I spoke to Wayne several times and he seems like a really honest guy.Thoughts? Oppinions?Thanks! | |
| Sensitivity in speakers I've listened to the VR4-JR and VR4-SR in the VSA line.The JR is a little bloated in the bass while the SR is much more refined. Neither gave gutwrenching bass extension though.For that you may want to go with a subwoofer to compliment the speaker... | |
| Office system If you don't know much about vintage electronics and having a FUNCTIONAL system is important you may want to go with modern versions of vintage equipment. If it is just going to sit there and look pretty you can get anything.I would recomend Jolid... | |
| Mfr/Dealer Relationships Some of your headaches do come from the policies of manufacturers while some come from lazy dealers.The guys that sell out of their homes are often "trunk slammers" that have no investment in the company. Beware.Some manufacturers and/or their dis... | |
| Found the receiver, now on to the speakers... Regardless of the power rating that HK is giving your receiver you are going to want efficient speakers. At some point in college someone is going to turn the volume up to much. With an inneficient speaker (less than say 89db) the amp is going to ... | |
| Are KEF IQ9 compatible with Arcam DiVA A80? Yes.They are better than their prdecessor too. | |
| AMC tube gear... any good? The AMC stuff is being sold through the same distributors that sell lots of generic stuff. It looks like old NAD (same gray box). Some of their solid state designs appear to be old NAD until you look at the headroom, IM distortion, THD, etc.Adcom ... | |
| What if you don't like them should you If you go to Circuit City they will take stuff back "no questions asked."Oh yea, you can't get quality equipment from Circuit City.Maybe Tweeter.Oh yea...Can I take my 8 year old Mitsubishi back for a refund? | |
| AH NJOE TJOEB vs NAD 542 for rock THere are lots of good budget players.THe NAD is very good for $500.Cambridge Audio has just upgraded their CDP's with dual DAC's and improved DAC's.The VR-1's sound very good with lots of equipment.Good luck! | |
| Is anyone willing to entertain the idea See also; psychoacousticsfancy wireclocksjar-o-rocks | |
| Please explain I think the point about 20 vs 200 is that if you have any hearing left you are usually only using 5-10 watts of power (even on inefficient speakers). At reasonable volume levels you should not be running at full tilt.The more amperage that a given... | |
| Need suggestion on turntable Cartridge Take it to the nearest Grado dealer and get new cartridge + installation. Shouldn't be more than $50. Nothing terribly difficult about proper cartridge installation but it does help if you've done it a thousand times.Get a Discwasher set as well (... | |
| Opinions On Used Speakers music only $5K $6K Who is the kind soul that lets you audition so many different brands and purchase from the internet?:) |