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Rack Advice
1) Maple ,beech and pearwood esp. in marine grade plys are quite good.2) The support should have adjustable spike provisions at the feet and for decoupled support of the shelving3) You can achieve greater isolation from vibrations transmitted thru... 
Wiring two post speakers with biwire cable
Sugarbrie,It wasn't until after my last posting that I finally understood the full implications of your statement.It never occured to me that a company would stoop to such a cynical marketing ploy as the halved "biwire" scheme that you were referr... 
Wiring two post speakers with biwire cable
1)Turnaround has a pair of biwire speaker cables, consisting of 2 sets of single wire cable in a common jacket 2) he intends to use half of the bi wire set to make a single run, either with an open ended ,unconnected pair on one set of speaker ter... 
Wiring two post speakers with biwire cable
What you are proposing is called shotgunning and the results will tend toward a somewhat looser and fuller sound than a conventional single run of the same cables.It is normally used in tailoring a system to acquire a larger presentation.You can a... 
Nottingham Spacedeck and Space Arm- what cartridge
Probably the most widely favored cartridges found on Spacedecks are the Dynavectors, in particular the 10X4II, Karat 17D2 and XX2. 
Hifi dealer in San Diego?
I highly recommend John Barker at Sonic Culture in the Torrey Hills area. By appt.www.sonicculture.com/ e mail: scaudio@flash.nettel: 858-509-1117 
Austin 'Phile Party Reminder
Hi Brian,I've sent some Neuance shelves for you guys to play with for your Austin Audio nite at Whetstone.Hope y'all have a great time.Best,KenGreaterRanges/Neuance 
Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit
Gray,The first 2/3rds of this thread chronicalled very closely several AG members making this "act of faith" and detailed quite eloquently their findings on the 47Labs OTA cables/IC kit. I've been using the 47 OTA's in Roksan and Rega systems for ... 
Any good all wood component racks?
Re: RackitIt was my impression that the original poster was enquiring about "good" audio rack systems with the aesthetics of wood.I took it that his definition of "good" was in some way related to maximizing the performance of his system rather th... 
Any good all wood component racks?
look into zoethecus, isoblue, hutter and russ andrews torlytebest,Ken 
What equipment would you recommend?
Have them take a look and listen to the Roksan Caspian system: Caspian DSP processor,AV5 5 ch amp with matching FM tuner,DVD player and CDP.The system is excellent used as either a music or HT setup.The system is well built,simple and stylish in a... 
Wall Mounted turntable stand: suggestions please?
Bob,Check out www.apollohifi.co.uk for a good quality wall support.The illustrations for the wall supports leave much to be desired but the appearance and finish is the same as the Adagio line of stands.At 60 pounds, you might want to consider the... 
Attention Acoustic Signature owners:
there's a glowing review at www.stereotimes.com/ of the big table with remarks in reference to the Final Tool.I haven't any experience with these decks but found the statements regarding that these decks possess good PRaT characteristics quite int... 
equipment sound bad?
Proposition #3-The system was producing sonic effects,ambience and detail not related to musicality at the expense of natural proportions and accuracy in note shaping, timing and expressiveness.It played sounds better than it could communicate.It ... 
Sound and Vision Buyers guide
How many pages/listings does the Buyer's guide devote to analogue/vinyl? Do you think that market segment is well represented?Best,Ken