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| DIY cable elevators A quite reputable maker of highly touted isolation stands once told me the best thing to use for cable elevation are razor blades.the Hell you say! Razor blades? Well maybe under your speaker wires, but not mine. he was indeed adamandt about this ... | |
| Tube Pre-amp with SS AMP or stay all SS? The only thought that comes to my mind about moving to a more upscale preamp, be it tube or SS, is this... Ive found that as one moves up the food chain PRAT and resolution increase. With a good line up, and I've heard the Mac top line pre with t... | |
| Amp vs preamp question Question:Where should more money be placed, into the preamp or the amp?Preamp. hands down. Period.that is not to say the amp is of no consequence. Not at all. I've found out personally, that if a chain of priorities is in place, the sound begins w... | |
| Monoblocks, Speaker Placement? Wouldn't good amp stands fix some or all of the issues being talked about here?Aside from air borne vibrations, or issues concerning non solid flooring. Why not set them back several feet from the front plane of the speakers? Have those with monos... | |
| Onkyo sr805 to use as amp and pre-amp together? the ONLY consideration for using the 805 to entirely run a 7.1 system would be the speakers themselves. Hard to drive speakers will cause problems I suspect. if all the speakers are 89db or higher, with decent impedance values, the 805 ought to do... | |
| Something New. ... and there's that magnetic field bug a boo too. One has to be mindful of where they are kept, and how so. | |
| My head hurts.... I said to a friend once, "My head is hurting!"he said, "With a head like that, it's no wonder!"Digital still hasn't reached it's maturity. it's far better today than in the past however. it moves quite fast as well. PCs even faster in terms of cha... | |
| Review: PS Audio PS Audio Duet AC filter ...coming soon... What I think the Running springs Haley does for my system. | |
| Review: Onkyo TX SR 805B Surround Pre Precautionary note:Under no circumstances, and at any time, never, ever, drop the remote... or sit on it... or kick it... or step on it... not even by accident or even lightly. You'll have to trust me on this one. it's not as robust as are telepho... | |
| Tube Amp Recommendations Gary Dodd makes some clean, mono blocks that run in ultra linear 4 EL34's per amp. 3 signal/phase splitter tubes, and the whole outfit can be retubed for under $300... with great tubes! If you find one with the cap upgrades he offers, you're in bu... | |
| DAC or. Lynx 2 sound card with Vista OS just a thought here... you know lynx also makes a lesser input/output card with I believe the same didgital features for $700... it's the "L22". 2 ins and outs vs. 4. U Save $300... if you're determined to go that way. | |
| Any new ideas on an old theme? Gawdbless Cutting edge idea!! Although i'm a mite predisposed to place them as the designers intended... usually.On the other hand... what do they know anyways? | |
| Sound through Macbook vs DAC Tobias if you have to ask....."jasonparmente" note should have begun with "Now a word from our sponsor..." | |
| Any new ideas on an old theme? OK... SO HERE'S WHAT YA CAN EXPECT FROM ABOUT $5 OR $10 WORTH OF BEECH/BIRCH 3/4 in. plywood....Better. Lots better!I had some pieces cut to fit all my speakers, sub, and speakers on stands, by an added half inch or so all around. Put them under e... | |
| Sound through Macbook vs DAC if the ONLY aspect you'll use a DAC for is pc/mac audio out, quite a few DACs will be at a premium... as the balance of the DACs versatility will be truncated severely by that approach... unless you're considering a budget approach.The apogee ment... |