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| Troika with love but bent cantileaver HELP Many canileavers are not perfectly straight. Most tonearms can be rotated to adjust for this (azimuth). A jig for proper cartridge alighnment is available from several different manufacturers (Pro-ject comes to mind). This gives you the wizard hat... | |
| Drying sand in the oven- anyone try it? Lead shot. #7 1/2. Doesn't need to be dried. Large enough not to get lodged into the threads of the cap. Do not eat. | |
| simple HDTV question. HDMIDVIComponentThese are the three choices that you are most likely to have with a CATV/SAT receiver and some DVD players. All three connections support HD.Good luck! | |
| Acurus or Parasound The A250 will continue playing for a solid 60 seconds after being turned off with efficent speakers. With something like a Klipsch you could probably listen for half an hour on the stored charge. | |
| Acurus or Parasound I would go with the Parasound. THe Acurus was very good but the Aragon was better. Plus getting an Acurus repaired now could prove to be dificult because I think that the A250 was pre-Klipsch Acurus. The Parasound should prove to be bullet-proof b... | |
| DK Design VS.1 Ref. mk II ,& a good matching CD. Mumum,I like the YBA integraeds very much. As with all things YBA, the specs are cryptic at best (much like the specs for the DK). Their attitude is "Listen to our amplifier, and love it. Now stop asking questions." Their Passion 100 is a big bang... | |
| BEST LOW VOLUME FULL RANGE SPEAKERS? Trelja,That is an apt description of the electrostatic sound. They will sound that way if you tell them to with your choice of preamp and amplifier. Like em, love em, or hate em the electrostats are telling of the equipment they are connected to.I... | |
| DK Design VS.1 Ref. mk II ,& a good matching CD. Bob,Prepare yourself for an onslought of mean and possibly nasty comments. That amp has been bashed here numerous times and the thread usually gets taken off within a week.The reason that people give it heck is because of the way it has been marke... | |
| Absolutely beautiful gear That has got to be one of the most beautiful tables in the world! How does it sound? | |
| WHAT WOULD CAUSE JC-1 MONOBLOCK TO SELF DESTRUCT? The Parasound amps do have a protection circuit for extreme low impedances (as in a damaged speaker). This will turn off the unit before blowing up (usually). If your buddy blew it up once then there are probably parts that sustained damage but te... | |
| WHAT WOULD CAUSE JC-1 MONOBLOCK TO SELF DESTRUCT? That sounds bad but assuming no damage was done outside of the amplifier the 10 year warranty from Parasound should take care of any problems. I haven't heard of the JC-1's doing that. I don't think that this is a problem that is happening in the ... | |
| BEST LOW VOLUME FULL RANGE SPEAKERS? Graphic equalizers usually do more things whong than right. Because the signal has to pass through so many bands of equalization it vails and colors the music in a big way.Properly designed tone controls concentrate on a small part of the spectrum... | |
| Absolutely beautiful gear Finishes on the Von Schwiekert speakers.Cables from almost all manufacturers are really nice looking these days (how else are you going to sell the same cable over and over again?).Chasis on some of the Opera CDP's.VPI Super Scoutmaster.I understa... | |
| BEST LOW VOLUME FULL RANGE SPEAKERS? I would third Audiokinesis. The fact that the electrostats have one crossover point between the pannel and woofer make for a more seamless blend between the two. I'm not terribly familiar with the SoundLabs but with judicious use of tone controls ... | |
| Where to find 6AWG E51583 wire on line Maybee he plans on using the new wire as a multi-tasker. Speaker wire Monday thru Friday and arch-welding on the weekend. |