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| Isolation of stacked components If you components are 'open' to the room, the acoustic energy will provide vibrations that will impact the sound you hear. Best to put everything in another room, then you get 'pure' sound. I am sure you have seen high end media rooms wherein all ... | |
| To big to fail? What road are we headed down? All is lost. The business model is a CD for $4.99 downloaded from the Net. Only downloaded music will be permitted. The President will shortly issue an Executive Order that commands all the US music companies to do away with all packaging material... | |
| Furutech Acoustic panel room Diffuser? I have three of the the Furutech units. I paid about $400 each. The firm that made them for Furutech is Acoustic Revive and they market theirs for $1395 each, fit and finish is better with wood being used instead of plastic. The design is the same... | |
| ProAc fans? I have many proac pairs. Currently I do most of my listening, one pair at a time, with 1sc's and 140's. I also have a center channel 140. I play both of these pairs from two different all tube rigs. Room, heavily treated, is 11 x 12. I did try the... | |
| Newbie question - equipment with good resale value BlueBook has been mentioned as a reliable source of information on resales. Retail dealers do not use BlueBook in calculating trade in values. As 'Rrog' mentioned, it is a shallow source of information. I have found the 'book' over states the valu... | |
| mac vs pc I recently was considering the mac mini but felt the dell zino (insprion 400) at $220 (dent and scratch) was worth trying. It came with win7 and sounds great with the few itunes downloads I have tried. I am satisfied. I had heard the mini at the a... | |
| The Hub: Acoustic Research - third in a series AR did many things well and to a large extent fueled the high fidelity industry. I owned many of their speakers and turntables. Great value, great sound for its time. Most remembered was their special constructed demo room on the balcony in Grand ... | |
| Belt Drive Turntable around $500 If you were pleased with the 47F, get another one. I have two 47F's. one is a spare. Still going strong. Next to my 47F sits my VPI Aries with its $2k cartridge run into the SDS, etc., etc. Sure the Aries sounds a little better, but it lacks the a... | |
| Buy tubes from Audio Research or not Audio Research provides the most value for the money, especially since they burn. Stick with them unless you have a hi end tube tester and are prepared to return the dud's to the seller. | |
| How do you like your store demo? Waste little time at dealer demo's. Only dealers that will give you a loaner, at no charge, are really worth doing business with. How it sounds in your system is the only demo you need. I know, that is a tough business model but it often will clea... | |
| Benefit of cable lifters on 100 wool carpet. No need for lifters on wool carpet. I have tried with and without and no difference is heard in my rig and environment. The lifters went right back to the dealer for a full refund. As with all 'tweaks', full refund is mandatory. Few ever worked fo... | |
| Entry level CDP I know guy's, I am a broken record on the Sony 595 for $60 on SonyStyle, shipped free. Why spend more when its sound is great and it also plays SACD's. If you figure four years that is $15 per year. What am I missing with people willing to spend f... | |
| Best cheap record cleaning system? Your hand, elbow grease and a steam cleaner. Keep it simple. It works. | |
| Which is the best cd player under $10k? Oppo 83SE, hands down. | |
| Digital upgrade, Why Can't I make a decision? 'They' will not let you since planned obsolesce is every body's business model. I would suggest going with the Oppo 83SE. I have heard it and the Sony 5400 and think the Oppo beats everything. With Blu-Ray audio in wings, as the successor to the S... |