bondmanp
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| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? @travbrow - Wow! I wish I had the ability to hear all the "overpriced audiophile cable[s]" and compare them to Mogami like you did. Color me jealous. | |
| TT mats I have been using the K-Works Ersamat for about 8 years on my Thorens TD-166 MkII. The designer, Igor of K-Works, developed it using his VPI 'table with aluminum platter. It acts to block RFI and EMI from reaching the stylus and entering the sig... | |
| Brooklyn DAC+ Anyone? @robob - I never looked at the Loki before. What a marvelous little device! If I did not have tone controls on my pre, I would look into this. I use a vintage Kenwood graphic/parametric EQ that is fully electronic, no noisy sliders or pots.IIR... | |
| Diana Krall I have the Live in Rio BD, and find it very enjoyable. Great sound, too. | |
| Killing Joke anyone??? Yup - I discovered "Eighties" on the soundtrack LP from "Wierd Science". Yes, I own that LP and I am not ashamed to admit it. If you're an 80's guy like me, then this LP is wonderful. I have a couple of KJ LPs, always enjoyed them, but I can't ... | |
| SYSTEM COMPLETE FINALLY! @mr_m - I read on another thread that the audiophile's worst nightmare is that after he dies, his wife will sell all his gear for what he told her he paid for it! | |
| SYSTEM COMPLETE FINALLY! Calvin - You made a good move. I failed to get together a good system before baby number 1, in 1987. Not until 2000, after two more kids, did I realize I had both the time, the space and the spare change to build a modest system I could enjoy. ... | |
| Best subwoofer below 40Hz for Magnepan .7? I agree on the Vandersteen 2Wqs. I have had a pair for a number of years and they are excellent, and a good match for any speaker that reaches down to 40Hz. Easy to place, easy to dial in and because they take the signal from your amp's speaker ... | |
| Looking for not too expensive Turntable Tons of choices under $250 on ebay. Just budget enough for a new cartridge or stylus. A cheap and cheerful Ortofon Red, Grado or Audio Technica should do the trick. | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed @tomic601 - Turns out, RV was on vacation the week everything went wrong. I had called Vandersteen Audio and got accurate answers to the questions I asked, but it wasn't the same as getting the complete story from The Man Himself. | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed @gdnrbob - (why doesn't your handle ever show up when I type @?) The box was intact, but could have been tossed about a bit without destroying the box, and there is no strapping or heavy corner guards. That's why I offered to pay the difference ... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? @willemj - Well, thanks for posting your uninformed thoughts. As J. Gordon Holt used to say: "If you haven’t heard it, then you don’t have an opinion." I, too, could post on every thread here on the Forum to chime in about things I haven’t heard a... | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed @gdnrbob - It won't cost me anything. The amp's builder is covering shipping and the repairs. He is a stand up guy. If I had to pay for the shipping and additional repairs, you might have a point, although, based on what I heard with the broken... | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed Ok - Progress!Last night I spoke to Richard V. It was very worthwhile, as he explained a number of things to me about the M5-HPs. In particular, he told me that a dead battery will not result in diminished bass output, and that the the problem d... | |
| Why are there no botique car audio recievers? @swampwalker - nailed it. I just got my dad’s 2008 Infiniti EX35. Wonderful, fast, quiet, and fun to drive. But the Bose stereo system "Blose", even when used with a portable FiiO music player into the aux input. The problem is the integration. Yo... |