br3098
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| Should I get a new cart, TT or phono stage? I agree with Swampwalker and Phasecorrect - your system looks OK and you would have to spend a bit to make a large improvement. But you should check to see if everthng is setup correctly. First, check your cables. Then, check that you are using th... | |
| advice on amp - $3,500 maximum budget I don't own a pair, but I have heard the Channel Islands Audio D-100 and D-200 monoblocks and they sound great. Easily the best Class D amps for the money, IMHO. | |
| B&W vs Von Schweikert house sound? Why don't you listen to both of them for yourself and be your own judge? Lots of folks like B&W, and VS has a loyal following as well. So obviously both vendors must be doing somethig right, for at least some segment of the listening public. A... | |
| Ripping 700 CD's to HD using FLAC-How much space? Starcon,Jitter is not a result of storage technology. It's an I/O overflow issue due to the USB/USC 2.0 bus spec using a non-optimized asynchronous communication protocol. Solid state disks (SSDs) are very fast - too fast, frankly, for the bus IMH... | |
| true bookshelf speaker There is a reason why most "bookshelf" speakers sound better when stand mounted. It usually has little to do with the stands themselves, but with allowing some space around the speaker (sides if not rear) and also for proper height positioning.Thi... | |
| Large soundstage at 2 ft distance? I unclear on your requirements? Are you looking for a bookshelf speaker or a desktop computer speaker? Most "bookshelf" sized speakers will need to be stand mounted w/ some air around them in order to image properly. | |
| Advice Needed on Mono Phono Preamps T bone,Thanks for the information re: the Zanden mono phono stage. At first glance, this seemed to be exactly what I have been looking for to play a my collection of mono classical LPs from the 50s. But the pricing - ouch! Do you have another sugg... | |
| Speaker Ideas upto $2500 Folks,I apologize if my earlier posts caused any distress. I guess I over-reacted to a post by one of the contributors. I realize now that I probably should have posted my message in another section.Hapaknack, good luck with your search. There are... | |
| Speaker Ideas upto $2500 Tvad,I understand your points, and I did not mean to come off as negative or dismissive. But I sure that you will agree that of all the collective parts involved an audio system, speakers are the hardest to blindly recommend and make any assumptio... | |
| Speaker Ideas upto $2500 Bzzzzz (buzzer sound)Wrong answer - all of 'em. These threads continually crack me up. We can't and shouldn't tell you what you should buy. Only your ears can do that. All you are going to get from us is what WE like, and that might be a far cry f... | |
| anyone use ikea for lp racks? >>Can anyone who owns one comment on whether the frame would support adding casters?Look again on the IKEA web site - I'm pretty sure that they offer casters as an option. You might have to search under Expedit to see all of the options and ... | |
| Sexiest Pop Song Ever? 1- Dreams by Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks)- voted by me as the best song to play during a blowj*b. 2- I touch myself by the Divynils - 'nuff said.3- Any song by Susan Hoffs and the Bangles. She's a babe... | |
| Recommend speakers for a restaurant sound system One thing I forgot to mention: if you are planning to locate speakers throughout the restaurant space and wire them up to a "central" amp, consider using powered monitors instead. No cable length/timing/impedence issues to worry about, and if you ... | |
| SS phono stage in $2k to $3k range... Here's my bargain tip: The SS best phono stage I ever heard was a the integrated phino stage built into the Motif MC-8 preamp. Motif was Conrad-Johnson's high end experimemt in the 1980s, and it was fantastically built. They typically go for less ... | |
| Recommend speakers for a restaurant sound system I have a little experience in this area, and I agree with Millicurie. Unless you are opening a supper club or dinner theater, music will just be background noise and no one is really going to notice the quality of your music delivery.Also, with su... |