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| Good Semi-automatic Turntables ? Amen Sdecker.Ludites unite to demand useful technology.Read review of newest Thorens in Absolute Sound.Not that this is a reputable publication anymore but they did say nice things. | |
| best sounding dvd player for under $1,000 Jolida makes a killer DVD player that I have yet to see any talk of. It has tubes on the FL & FR analogue outputs. Sonicly it is very good but it also gives you pretty impressive picture quality and picture tweekability. It retails for $1,100 ... | |
| What multimeter / functions to look for... $20-30 for an analogue multi meter. The needle on an analogue meter can tell you more than a digital one. They are cheaper too. I have had good luck with the ones from Lowes (don't recall brand at the moment). If you have an electrical supply ware... | |
| best high sensitivity full range speak under 15k VSA DB99 | |
| Speaker cable help Tried the Oval's on Spendor, Martin Logan, and Von Schweikert. They sounded really bad on everything to me. The AP cables seam to have a house sound that is not to my taste. If you wanted to spend $$$ on name brand cables that will sound different... | |
| Suggestions for bang for your buck speaker cables 12AWG CL-3 rated OFC installation cable to the woofers (it's really cheap).Whatever you are currently using to the mid/tweet. | |
| VR4 JR and VIBRAPODS... Good or bad match up? The VSA rep put some ceramic pucks under the VR4SR's and it made a surprising improvement. THe shot inside the speaker will make a bigger difference though. | |
| Has anybody heard the Monster THX speaker line? I got some propoganda on their new speaker line. I don't recall if it is the THX line but it looked like they were selling them by the foot. They were tall multi driver designs that got more expensive the taller they got. they also have a subwoofe... | |
| New to the Hobby what would you do next? 1)Find speakers you want to keep for a long time (they dictate everything else).2)Find pre/power amp (integrated) that compliments the speakers.3)Find source that works well with 1&2.4)Buy some new CD's.5)Move speakers all around creation to f... | |
| Good Semi-automatic Turntables ? THorensOld DenonOnce upon a time there was a spring loaded/tension type mechanism that you could attach to any table and when the arm reached the end of the record it would trip the gadget and lift the arm. I asked a TT rep if they could make some... | |
| NAD C320BEE Vs Audio Refinement Complete The Nad is more vesitile (main-in/pre-out).The Audio Refinement Complete has no pre-out or main-in.The Audio refinement Complete Alpha (latest itteration)has pre-out but no main-in.The AR is a much better amplifier though. It may say 50watts but i... | |
| Opinions on Kef Q5 speakers?? Great speaker for the money ($900 retail).A little bright.Not the most durrable on earth.Shinny tweeters are like magnets for children to poke at.Recently discontinued (replaced by iQ7).Goood budget semi-fullrange speaker. | |
| HT pre-amp/proccessor advise. PLII is available on the Pre-2 DSP. I don't know that this would be a selling point but it is another stinsled logo that can adorn the faceplate. But if we were looking to maximize our processors logo bearing potentiality we would all have Sony's.... | |
| High amperage High-pass filter What would be a good source for learning how to assemble the needed caps, inductors, etc?Line level will not work for this particular installation.The set-up is music server-> integrated amp-> speakers.The speakers are on the "A" tap and the... | |
| HT pre-amp/proccessor advise. The Pre-2 DSP is a really great processor. It may not do all of the whiz-bang things that Sony's and the like will do but it does do what it was designed to do very well. My only gripe is that the remote absolutely sucks. This can be amended with ... |