buconero117
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| ProAc D Two Speaker Terminal Preferences... I second the replacement of the 'bar' jumpers. | |
| Art Dudley Listening - Stereophile Dec '09 Nordost Can you hear differences in cables? Absolutly. Do these differences show up in properly conducted double blind testing? Hardly ever. Dudley should be ashamed of himself for not using a double blind approach to reviewing cables. | |
| Bought Some Music Friday Curious, how much did you spend? When I go to Princton I can't get out the door for less then $500. | |
| Modern or vintage? go for the sony, give a listen, sell off the loser. some of the 'old' stuff beats the pants off 'modern. In my office I have been running some almost 40 year old solid state Kenwood amps and still get great sound, almost equal to some of the $10K ... | |
| from B&w 805's to Usher be-718 - what to expect? I've heard both of these speakers and would say they produce a very 'colored' un-natural sound. I suggest you hear some single driver speakers to put balance in your evaluation before making an switch. | |
| Is an anti-static gun necessary? Never hurts. Also think about getting a ion hair dryer, for less then $30 it will prove helpful. Lastly, keep the air moist, which means a top rated humidifier in areas with cold winters. The latter also saves tons of money on your heating bill. | |
| VPI HW19-MK3 or ProJect MP5 or Clearaudio Emotion? vpi, no contest. | |
| Converting Vinyl to digital Unless you have a lot of free time, the effort is not worth the result. Great analogue sound is never reproduced from a CD/ Best to keep the vinyl and a top rated turntable. If you want to hear what a top rated conversion of an lp to cd/hard drive... | |
| kuhl-tubes; does the process work or is it hype Not only hype but material science will tell you it shortens the life of the tube. | |
| I need an amp, can any recommend? http://www.emotiva.com/xpa5.shtm, the way to go. | |
| Best USB DAC under $1000 cayin, better sound, value. | |
| Integra DHC: New or used? If there is a $1K difference in price I would go with the used unit. | |
| Room matters No, the room is everything. No piece of gear can overcome it. Check out the room of the TAS editor that is up on the TAS site under his blog. | |
| best small combo jazz recordings on vinyl Ella has a new three disc cd release done in a small club setting. All the material is unreleased till now. I've heard one disc and would rate it among the best jazz vocal done, aside from Billie Holiday stuff. NY Times has a great write up on the... | |
| Audio from Blu-Ray players-how is it? Blu-Ray is an excellent audio source. A way to check that out is the L2 discs that it issues in Blu-Ray with a companion SACD. I've used my PS3 as a blu-ray player and it is great sound. For now the Oppo 83SE is the best player, all formats. |