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| Shopping for vinyl in Ann Arbor and Detroit. aitchnu: gesundheit! (sorry, couldn't resist.) actually, audiogon is headquartered in ann arbor. you might try emailing them for info: support@audiogon.com. -kelly | |
| Spectral DMA 150 compares to Rowland Model 6 and 8 vtin: in my experience mit is NOT synergistic with jrdg and avalon. FWIW, just this past weekend, i listened to mit V1 oracle on eidolons driven by an accuohase a-50v. tara air 2, which costs a small fraction of the mit, sounded much more open and... | |
| Franchise player-the one untouchable component even franchise players get traded if they try to play in the seasons past their prime. now that may not be true for MJ, but it sure is for my audio system. i've had my amp for about 8 years, longer than any other component--ever. i'd gladly sell i... | |
| Need Help Designing a Dream Room albert: i've absolutely no doubt that your sound room will rank among the most sonically pleasing i'll ever get the chance to experience. oh, i did tell you, didn't i, that i'm planning a little trip to dallas to participate in one of your tuesday... | |
| Audio stores going out of business? argent: ain't so in metro denver. in fact a new highend store opened this summer. and none, of which i'm aware, has closed. BTW, our "tweeter" is "soundtrack," a chain owned by ultimate audio and, unfortunately, headquartered here. -kelly | |
| Need Help Designing a Dream Room ozlfly: i quite agree with albert about the importance of a sound foundation (pun intended) before applying acoustic treatment. two of the best rooms i've listened in have quite different foundations. the first applied construction much as albert ... | |
| Need Help Designing a Dream Room ozfly: what a fortunate man you are. i dream frequently of doing what you now have the chance to do for real. sean is absolutely right. it is no small undertaking to design an aesthetically and sonically pleasing room; it takes either expertise or... | |
| any experience using bettercables? richm53: i agree with bob. there has GOT to be an alternative to 40 ft. cables. are you running them under floors? through walls? don't. no matter how large your room, you shouldn't need any wire longer than 7-8 meters. and, as has been pointed ou... | |
| Great Record Stores in Basel or Zurich, Switzerland??? phild: detlof lives in zurich. if he doesn't see your thread, you might send him a private email. i'm quite sure he'll be able to assist you. -kelly | |
| Nordost Valhalla Question acuujim: i was all set to try out a pair of valhalla ic's 'til i read the instruction sheet. i mean, can you imagine puttin' the cable you're about to replace into a tiny boat, setting it afire, and launching it, sails set, into the fjord? first o... | |
| Stated as albert: the stuff to use is called "goof-off." i've used it on 3 headshells so far this weekend. realized 60ยข. hey, it's a start. -kelly | |
| Best cleaning fluid procedures with VPI HW16.5?? steveaudio: i've owned a vpi hw 16.5. for the past 10 years, or so, i've used an hw 17f for record cleaning. for a long while, i used touromat (not sure it's available any longer). my cleaning fluid of choice now is made by record research lab. yo... | |
| I would like to know more about a Mc Laren 602 Preamp jazzdac: you might find some of what you're looking for at the tag mclaren (audio) website (there are lots of archived stories/reviews in the "library"):http://www.tagmclarenaudio.com/great/sounds.asp-kelly | |
| power amp or integrated?--tube of course jim: your audio physic speakers are quite efficient (90 db). they should, thus, be easily driven by a pathos twin tower integrated (35 w, class a, into 8 ohms). the pathos is a great sounding and looking component. i highly recommend it. -kelly | |
| Handel Water Music - best CD? - Performance Recording mike: "period" or "historic" instruments means instruments of the kind played at the time of the composition. obviously, these are the instruments of the variety for which the composition was written. such instruments may have been constructed in ... |