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| Best integrated for $500? Used Rotel 1070. Great phono stage. | |
| This site will be a happy waste of productivity : Music is an obsession or just an afterthought. Happy hunting! Questions? Just ask. | |
| Ear Buds? Any good recommendations under $100? Better "Skull Candy " line. | |
| Can I "double-wire" speakers? Use one amp and bi wire. I use purist maxinus bi wire for my mids and highs and bi wire purist elementa for my bass. Two sets of bi wire from Krell to B&w speakers. Basically, I have one amp and speakers quad wired. Using two amps that are not... | |
| Skating force at 45rpm At those speeds and deeper cuts, anti-skate keeps the stylus and arm in check, otherwise its digging into the record not seeking out the best groove information. Also the record at that speed could be off center enough to effect the sound...try so... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Bose? Really? Take it apart and see what you paid for. Gimmicky gadgets. It will never be a speaker audiophiles can take seriously. Hype is what you paid for. Simply put you can't polish a turd. I bet you run them with the Carver cube amps from th... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Appogee Diva's: hearing things that left you incredulous and god smacked: we would laugh because all of that sound was coming from a piece of plastic with a diamond running through it! | |
| What Mobile Fidelity lp or cd is your fav ? Had time to think...U.h.q.r of Crime of the Century is great; the c.d. is crap. Aqua lung by j.t. great, sticky fingers by r.s good, on a limb here charley bird with Clark terry very well mastered at the village gate. Been collecting for 25+ years... | |
| What Mobile Fidelity lp or cd is your fav ? Had time to think...U.h.q.r of Crime of the Century is great; the c.d. is crap. Aqua lung by j.t. great, sticky fingers by r.s good, on a limb here charley bird with Clark terry very well mastered at the village gate. Been collecting for 25+ years... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nancy Wilson/yesterdays love songs, todays blues---red garland trio/ a garland of red---frank sinatra/ where are you tonight---rolling stones/sticky fingers(m.f.s.l.1/2sp.master). | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? If spark plugs, the type of oil, tires, and gasoline can make a difference in performance and efficiency of any given vehicle so can audiophile tweeks. Any nay sayers are just thinking signal in, is signal out. My ears are more sensitive than a pi... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yello-Flag, Mel Torme-Swings Schubert Alley, Anita O'Day-Make mine the Blues, Clifford Brown -Clifford Brown All Stars. | |
| What Mobile Fidelity lp or cd is your fav ? Led zepplin ll. Very well mastered and raw. Loud as well. | |
| Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others.. God! I forgot about...Big Pig, Echo and the Bunnymen, Anne Clark, Ofra Haza, The Jack Rubies ("Horse With No Name" is killer.), The 77's (Christian), Patrick O'Hearn (really, just Eldorado), William Orbit/Torch Song, Adam Again(Christian), Tonio K... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... Lykke Li- Wounded Rhymes. Not audiophile, just fresh, young, and dark. Full of blood, lust, and invinciblity. |