clbeanz

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New Soliloquys with spikes and hardwood floors
To isolate there are pro-products for that or a DIY sandbox.If you meant couple w/o damage to wood flooring...coins dimple and that dimple tranfers a dent.So crazy glue a nickel with a penny on each side.I've used fired pistol brass with Soliloquy... 
Is an IPOD hi-fi?
If he's enjoying it ,then there are no issues.A large body of music won't tax an iPOD's ability. 
Anyone using a Belkin Pure AV PF60 conditioner?
To me the PF60 had this signature.~more punch,tightened and increased dynamics(upper bass)~attenuated the low octave. Too much for me even with amps off the conditioner.~the air,spaciousness was attenuated.~recorded instruments and vocals lost the... 
Powered sub into Power Conditioner?
Since your sub doesn't usually deal with frequencies much (if) above 40hz ,I'd go for unrestricted current delivery. 
Wife/girlfriend or audio: if you had to chose?
Wife(14)Girlfriend(4)... 
Best POP audiophile recording/album...
Not the best,yet recorded very well...Rosanne Cash "Rules of Travel" comes to mind at the moment."Life on a String" gets even better through HDCD decode. 
AC captive cords???
How about changing the sub over to an IEC type connector.The 1st time I changed some captive cords with better quality power wire, I wasn't elated with the result. Made cord comparisions length changes easier too. parts express IEC's 
Audiophile license plates
RUNOCD2 big smile 
line conditioner for amplifiers
Read the post again Audiofeil.I see no change in desire for a darker top. Just wants increased ability to include the amps 
Ayre C-5xe or the CJ McCormack UDP1 Deluxe?
This in the review measurements section caught my eye;Having heard good things about the McCormack's sound quality from audiophiles whose opinions I respect, I was disappointed to find out that its intrinsic resolution is limited to the "Red Book"... 
Mixed Results from My Hifi
I have these on CD;"Rush of Blood to the Head""X&Y""Parachutes""C'mon,C'mon""Wildflower"[best sound quality of the bunch]"All That You Can't Leave Behind""How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"The layered images,texture fine,but they congest up loud... 
Rotel RCD 1072 verus Channel Islands VDA•2 DAC
I've compared the 1072 vs DDE1.1 fed w/the 1072's digital out. RCD-1072 as stand-alone player betters 1072+DDEv1.1 yeilding a lower noise floor, more detail,extension,larger-deeper image and many of my HDCD's extend that lead. However add a DTI/pr... 
Video lags behind audio - Help
Take a look at this devicehttp://www.alchemy2.com/ 
Wow CDs everywhere...What to do?
Sweet!I wanted to avoid PC/+Hard-drive loading. I've just started web research on a way to avoid this. Several cheap Sony 455's through a good DAC but what to do about identifying CD's in the collection and avoid painstaking title/artist entries..... 
Let's add a Spell Check to Audiogon
You could type up the forum responses in 'MS Word' document,then cut and paste into this field.