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| totem model 1 signature Get the Totems. Great speakers in a small room (or bigger). If your electronics are in order you will love them. They do have to be a foot or so into the room, and if you put a cabinet or bigscreen between them make sure the fronts are out past wh... | |
| QUAD or Arcam ? From what ive read the newer Quad CD-P (the one with preamp outs) is a whole different animal from the earlier version so make sure your looking at the latest one. Havent heard it yet but the Brit reveiws have all been good. | |
| Do you ever find yerself... A foosball in her mouth? Those things are filty. | |
| Speaker Break-in Clipping Worries - Paranoia Ple Your amp can clip without blowing a speaker. The recent Santana releases are known for being compressed so its not surprising you might misjudge the level. The FB1 is transmision line loaded, this should keep the woofer under control better than a... | |
| Living with popping and crackling I have been surprised more than once by the clicking at the end of a very quiet album, forgetting that i was listening to the tt, not the cdp. Most of my older records have some noise, but its still worth it to me. A lot of album reissues on cd do... | |
| Shelby Lynne This was in Charlotte, I think Nashville was the next night. Hope she got a big turn out down there (where you would hope she would be appreciated). With the crap that makes the top of the country charts, Shelby Lynne diserves to be recognized for... | |
| Active speaker, the future? or another fad? The major marketing disadvantage is the fact that hifi addicts like to change their equiptment, and with 'Active' you cant change your speakers or amps independent of each other. Its the same reason you see such big discounts on the MF one box CD/... | |
| What are "Full range speaker" Your Spendors are considered by many to be full range, but they do miss the bottom octive. True 'full range' have an 'open' bottom end, or no restrictions to how low they will play. There are very few true 'full range' speakers. Even though the te... | |
| Is it just me or are things off this tax week? Tax week can be good or bad. If you have to pay it is easier now that you can write your check directly to Iraq. | |
| is TV varity a good way to break in speakers? Yes its a good idea. | |
| The Flaming Lips are Go Manifesto Clbeanz, Zaireeka is an experiment of sorts that features 4 discs... to be played simultaneuosly! I havent heard it , and i dont think ill buy a bunch of jam boxes to do so, but it sounds interesting. I just think this band is freshly creative and... | |
| The Flaming Lips are Go Manifesto Hey guys, I like the Lips and picked up the reissue of 'Pink Robots'. It comes with a dvd that has videos, how they were made and some other strange stuff. Guess what? These guys dont take themselves that seriously, sincere, but sometimes tounge i... | |
| Systemdek IIX TT low frequency hum My money says Simon is right. You can just crimp an alligator clip to the wire and clip it to the tonearm base under your tt, it might do the trick also. | |
| Stupid question of the day: Should I leave Amp on? My amp encourages me to leave it on, the power switch is on the back. | |
| Speaker break-in tips.. In case its not clear to anyone wondering about the "out of phase break-in"..... Its a method of running your speakers quietly while you are not listening to them that works them as if they are playing at a louder level. The out of phase output fr... |