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Phono amp question
Jolida with tubes and wide vaierty of settings (easy to reach dip switchws on back of unit) and you could have some fun tube rolling plus Wally here at Underwood will upgrade latter if you want.Fremmer gave great reviw to Lehman Back Cube so a num... 
What's output of 4BST convereted to mono?
ThanksGot it for buddy of mine to replace 20 years old Denon 150 watts on Maggie III's run latterally (not mono conversion switch and had little XLO1 x-over.Now 3.6 's needed more power and one Denon had intermitent short.I explained that since it... 
MAPLESHADE RECORDINGS
Tellin you guys if you dig jazz just get one Mappleshade Clifford Jordan's "livbe at Ethell's" if only for sound quality and one vut tht has humerous vocal rendition of Lush Life and within it conyains an angelic solo"If anybody who ha1s knocked l... 
Recommendation for best Joe Jackson records?
He came out with a dandy after all that weird shit of 90's I think called "Summer In The City" with just him his drummer and excellent bass player doing all the hits.Greta CD.I also liked idea of getting energy of live audience but with all new ma... 
Fellow vinyl junkies: we made the front page
4YannxCarefull what you say.One time I put up a 5 A.M. rambling post entitled "The end of LP collecting?" lamenting the fact thatn if you got the easiest souce ,Ebay,which drives up prices evrywhere and it was if I were preposing the platform of t... 
concrete vs. wood listening room
As Newbee says plus you are decoupling the speaker from the floor other wise the floor itsle f beomes in a sense part of the cabinet.if room is alive even with sheet ros\ck you can find that certain speakers sound beter than other in the enviormen... 
What is Better? SS Amp+Tube CD OR Tube Amp+SS CD
T-Home has a point but start with premis that speakerrs are sensitive enough for your tubes or tube amp is powerfull enouhg enough to handle sppeakers.Have spoken with a buddy about this at length and he is of oppinon that digital should be clean ... 
Any advantage to using monobloc amps
In rare cases those who have bought instages end up losing some sound quality.Best to ask about amop in question to those with experience if you were thinking say of geting a Brytston 4BST and then anotther.Not to say that this is one of those amp... 
Help with stripped screw head
Not sure the Sears will be small enough though.Plus never goes on sle.Can get it for half price (half of $20) if you open charge account.Chazz 
Ref. 3a , GMA & Tyler compare ?
^Think #A with no crossover will get most nods.You have menioned for me what is and acid test for speakers.Apt and condo dwellers plus folks who have just goten over Led Zepplin and Who at live listening levels want speakers that have dynamics eve... 
High mass turntable owners -- What Stand?
Best speakeer stands and platforms for florrstanders are from Bob Warzalla of Sound Anchor.He has multiple shelf odels availible but can custom make anything you want.I have never Talked to anybody who has beter grasp of engineering stands/platfro... 
MAPLESHADE RECORDINGS
The roster might suffer a little bit but Pierre has one of the great contemporary piano players Larry Willis as his A&R man.I sold jazz CD's (or ranbnthe section in shop where we also aols B&W,Krell,Mac,Mid fi etc) and had four trust build... 
MAPLESHADE RECORDINGS
The roster might suffer a little bit but Pierre has one of the great contemporary piano players Larry Willis as his A&R man.I sold jazz CD's (or ranbnthe section in shop where we also aols B&W,Krell,Mac,Mid fi etc) and had four trust build... 
Where can I find speaker feet?
Know a an Adcom rep who brought into our shop about five years ago a foot which comn\bined a opoint with a capture ball bearing for isolation.If you have wood floors (or even less cement/tile but a bit less so)and want to know how good your speake... 
Plinius SA102, single versus mono?
Also presume there is a mono switch but power can vary widley though rule of thumb is in a standard vertical bi-amp situiation and power you double biy it could be three times power.Laterally you might get better performance if you ahve bi-wire po...