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Favorite Speakers at RMAF
>> 10-20-08: Atmasphere>> Jaybo, that's true, but then they went out and got moreyes, just like the vinyl party! :-) 
RMAF 2008 - Your impressions,...
Jim,>> I prefer to play cd's that I am familiar with that>> sound exceptional when played through our system.Overall, that's a problem in my books!! :-(I do not mind your playing CDs you are familiar with (in fact the people who swung ... 
RMAF 2008 - Your impressions,...
>> The Apogee Divas were very good as well - I wasn't>> aware that Apogee speakers were still being made. They>> were driven beutifully by Pass XA100.5 and Audio>> Research Ref preamps.Pubul57,you are correct, Apogee speake... 
Most expensive
Polk432,I can answer your question partially by the link to this thread:http://www.bornrich.org/entry/top-10-luxury-speakers-everyone-cant-afford/Take a look @ these speaker system prices. You are sure going to fall off your chair! ;-)Where can yo... 
Impdence Question
>> there is concern about their low impedance damaging the>> amplifier. Driver impedance ranges from 2.8 ohms to 3.4>> ohms. Will this do harm?it depends on the model of the amplifier. To get a hint of its performance look @ the ... 
Best EL-34 Amps?
>> 09-17-08: Kgturner>> aes sixpacs are amazing at $2500 for the pair. they are>> the tube amps that go me into tube amps as it were. i'm>> moved on to 45 SET's, but those little sixpacs are just>> fabulous for the mo... 
Virtual Dynamics Revelation-2 speaker cables
>> 09-10-08: Wavetrader>> I'm breaking in a new set of speakers cables right >> now...different brand. I forgot what a pain it >> is....open...closed....dark...up....down. God I hate it.why in the world do you have to liste... 
Tara Labs question for general newbie
Daniel,TARA Labs is a good brand of cables. I've atleast a couple of models from them & enjoyed listening to them - the Prism biwire & Master Gen 2 interconnects & speaker cables.I believe that the Axiom model is the older one in the 3... 
Where to buy nice audio chairs / loveseats?
Goatwuss,>> I did a google search for Ekornos Stressline, and got 0>> results in google. you can't type &/or read! :-) :-)it's "stressless" & NOT "stressline"!Here is the website address (it's a Norwegian company):http://www.ek... 
Recommend analog sounding CDP with volume control.
Also consider the Quad 99 CDP with volume control. 
Your fast is your amp f rom 0-60 .?
My s.s. amp is ready to play in about 10 seconds from cold power up.However, for it to sound good & re-confirm to me why I spent so many $ on it, it takes about 40 minutes.FWIW. 
How would you improve the sound of Squeezebox?
At RMAF07 I heard the SB in Dan Wright's room (ModWright is his company's name). The SB was modified to have a tube o/p stage (that's for the analog o/ps). I'm sure that Dan knows how to mod the SB digital o/ps to get lower jitter.A 2nd person who... 
Best U.S.A. speakers?
>> 07-03-08: Tvad>> Are there any US manufacturers left off the list at>> this point?Tvad,to answer your question: yes!We have left out Green Mountain Audio (of Colorado Springs). Of all the speakers that I have heard so far, I w... 
Idea to reduce RFI
>> For more information on the subject, I recommend Bill>> Whitlock's excellent papers (available at>> jensentransformers.com), which I agree with the vast>> majority of. I also highly respect the work of Douglas>> Se... 
Idea to reduce RFI
>> 06-21-08: Kirkus>> If you want to eliminate an RF interference problem,>> then you must take the system completely, totally>> apart, then add each component to the system one at a>> time to see the point at which t...