bulldogger
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| Who has experience shipping large speakers? Yes when you have to ship stuff that is over 150 pounds, it is expensive. There is no cheap solution. ABS seems to have the best rates and I've had very positive experiences with them. Even items that aren't that heavy but longer than average like... | |
| balanced vs unbalanced pre amp I'm no expert but I'll try to explain. Unbalanced has one positive and one ground wire. Balanced has two positive and one ground wire. Balanced is able to uneliminate any noise by "comparing" the two positive signals and eliminating the difference... | |
| Amp advice for large great room California Audio Labs MCA 2500, one of the very best multi-channel amps ever made. 500 watts times 5 into 8ohms. Effortless power and dynamics. On par if not better, I think better, than the Krell 5 channel amps. Can be found on the used market fo... | |
| Any opinions on LAT Intl. interconnects ?? Very good. I've used just about all of their stuff. Extremely well built. I'm not too fond of their RCA connectors though. They are gold plated and locking but the underlying metal appears to be zinc or some base metal. I just reterminate their st... | |
| Sound Anchor Stands...worth the money? Slappy, I paid 300.00 for the center channel stand. The stand that I have is adjustable for height and angle and has rubber pads.My center channel is heavy at 50lbs so I need a sturdy stand. The other reasonable price stands were wood and fixed he... | |
| Sound Anchor Stands...worth the money? Islandflyfisher, raising speakers off heavy carpet or rugs will improve the sound. I was under the same impressiong which is why it was years before I actually raised my speakers off the carpet. I never even bothered to use spikes as I figured my ... | |
| Unequal cable lengths for home theater???? No, you will not be sorry. Unequal cable lenghts are not audible. I have a 9 foot cable on one channel and a 17 foot cable on another. The channels are a perfect balance according to my sound meter. | |
| What benefit do bullet plugs add to ICs? I tried them and absolutely hated them. They made the highs shrill. Of all the tweaks that I"ve tried, they had the greatest impact. It was immediate. The sound was more detailed but the bass was reduced. I've seen that trick used before in amplif... | |
| Sound Anchor Stands...worth the money? You'll be extremely satified with the build quality of Sound Anchors. I use a center channel stand and an amp stand that they custom built to my specs. I'm thrilled. I feel that I got my money's worth. Let's face it. A lot of components sold to th... | |
| Surprisingly good shipping option I've shipped at least 100 items in the last 2 years. The postal service is great for smaller items. With larger packages they are not so great. The damage rate with the postal service is about 4 times what I've seen with UPS. They destroyed an Ara... | |
| Mc Intosh Need The good bad and ugly?? Should i I won the Ls-360 speakers and WS-350 surrounds. I am commenting because I am extremely impressed with the customer service at Mcintosh. Best company that I have ever done business with. I wish that I had purchased all Mcintosh gear. With my speake... | |
| Carpet or hardwood floor? I love hardwood floors but unfortunately carpet sounds a lot better. I've tried rugs but a fully carpeted room just sounds better in my opinion. You get significantly more floor refections with a rug and hardwood floors. | |
| Hi-Fi wanna-be needing advice on an Amp purchase I'd buy a used Aragon 8002. Great amp and a true bargain. I feel it actually better than it's highly regared big brother the 8008. | |
| Is $18,000 enough for a high end HT? You can if you buy carefully and buy used. You can save a lot especially with amps which are easy to find used. | |
| Chair or Sofa? Which do you use? Sofas don't allow you to recline. You are always forced to be upright even with your feet up. Sometimes I like to lay back in a darkend room and relax to music. You have to lay side-ways with a sofa and one ear is always down. I chose recliners fr... |