celtic66
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| Best budget floorstander match: HELP MEEEEE ..... The very best kept secret in less expensive speakers these days are the Axioms. Large OEM producer. www.axiomaudio.comThey offer an outrageous purchase plan of selling the speakers directly to include shipping AND customs costs from Canada. AND a... | |
| Bookshelf/Monitor suggestions. ATCs are killer. | |
| ATC for Home Theater??? Charles, ATC has been well known for their professional sound reinforcement gear for years and has just fairly recently come into home audio. They are very good and I find them more lively and dynamic than Spendor....and I love Spendor. Excellent ... | |
| FM antennae recommendations please? Fanfare for around $90 is most likely the answer. A whip I believe is 56" which is not only very good with sensitivity, but more importantly selectivity. Omnidirectional unless placed horizontal, then becomes unidirectional. | |
| First upgrade from Linn Classik? Nloyer, I owned the Linn Classik and found it surprisingly good....for what it is and does. However, not a premium source or amplification. The Audio Refinement gear would be a reasonable and substantial step forward. Dump the MIT powercable for A... | |
| speakers rewiring Alfred,Not neurosurgery here. You can purchase some raw stock Kimber 8TC and start stripping. Here's what you will run into. The circuit boards most likely have small holes where the original wires went, so you will untangle the braid of the Kimbe... | |
| High power tube integrated? Brm 1, CJ makes decent stuff, however they tend to overdrive the tubes and need replacement too often. Also, they sound dark to me. I own VTL monoblocks and like the acoustic signature that their line offers. The VTL line is very consistent with t... | |
| Time Life Classic Jazz Clueless, You were actually kind. The Time-Life stuff is mostly dreadful. Not only for content but also for production qaulity....or lack thereof. Doug, the suggestions of Chelillingworth were very good. Actually, many of the great jazz labels, Ve... | |
| What's your favorite MFSL CD's? Second the Muddy Waters, Johnny Hartman/John Coltrane, BS&T, Elton John Tumbleweed Connection. | |
| Best Recordings I find many of the Jazz labels are conscienceous about recording and mastering. Verve, Blue Note, Concord all have produced excellent product. In folk, Rounder and Flying Fish do very well. Ryko has taken on many lesser known artists and produced ... | |
| Triphazers - Use them? I used the Triphazers, accidently crossed the beams and disembowled my cat. It was aweful!! No more tweaks for me. | |
| power cables? What can I expect? Happynick, You are in luck, but not for $50/cable. I was very skeptical about this upgrade until replacing mine. The MLs tend toward brightness and the cables smoothed them out considerably on my friend's setup (CLS II). Same effect on equipment. ... | |
| Question about cassette player settings Rockyboy,These guys gave you very good information. I've owned 5 different Nak decks and there are some tricks to very good recordings. Firstly, the Nak can be custom tailored internally for a particular tape formulation. TDKs are decent, but the ... | |
| Using a 220v piece in the US Gentlemen, I may be remembering incorrectly, but when I lived in Austria, I recall the voltage to not only be 220V, but also 50Hz which raised havoc with some devices. Good luck, but check carefully before taking the plunge. There must be some com... | |
| Help with speaker upgrade Ewha, You are looking in the right direction with the Triangle and Totem lines. Great stuff. The Sonus Faber has great midrange, but I found them to wimp out on a bass foundation and I'm not a bass freak, I just would like some. I've fallen in lov... |