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| Seeking PreAmp for 2-Channel Home Theater Thank you for the response.I ended up returning the Classe CA-2100 amp as it had a manufacturers defect. The RCA Mount for the Left Audio-In was misaligned slightly. The toe-in was slight, but was enough to require pliers to disconnect my ICs (AQ ... | |
| How Strict is Harbeth on Damaged Outgoing QC Seal Called the dealer, Hawthorne Stereo, who said they would honor the warranty, and that any warranty claim would go through them initially anyway, and that they would stand by the product. Can't really complain about that.At the same time, I would n... | |
| How Strict is Harbeth on Damaged Outgoing QC Seal > is this a seal you have to break to get > the speaker out of the box...?The seal is on the side of the shipping box that you don't open. Apparently, you're supposed to open the side that "faces up" and the QC Seal is on one of the short si... | |
| adding a sub to an old LINN system You can take a Y-Cable and connect it to the Line Out pair on the Powertek. You would then run an IC or Sub cable from the singleton end of the Y-Cable to the sub.Alternatively, Audioquest makes an RCA Splitter (1M/2F) that you could connect in pa... | |
| Looking for budget reciever for second system. I found a Denon AVR 3310CI at the Goodwill for $100.00 and it's been great within its limitations.Apparently the pricing on these can be soft because the networking features were not-ready-for-prime-time. The rep on the Denon 3310CI is The NIC car... | |
| Went To Best Buy Yesterday... A quick search on "Soap Opera Effect" yielded a solution:GO TO SETTINGS AND TURN OFF AUTO_MOTIONThis is according to a discussion forum on Amazon:J.Gray says:Wow, I can't believe it's been two months and you haven't gotten an answer for this yet. ... | |
| Power Conditioner and Surge Protector I used to own a Panamax 5300, and don't recommend it for audio. I also do think that budgeting for power protection as part of an audio system is a very good idea.The fastest way to become a believer in power protection, conditioners, and UPS gear... | |
| Please Advise me on Building a System on a Budget I Just put together such a systemfor my media room: Linn Wakonda Pre w/ phono $500.00 Linn LK85 Amp $400.00 Linn Kan Speakers $400.00 Denon 3930CI Universal Player $275.00 Pro-Ject Essential Turntable $300.00 Linn K20 Speaker wire $12.00/Meter Aud... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... The intent of the exercise was a bit subtler... You can ALWAYS create a "system" that conforms to some large dollar amount.Spending well doesn't always mean spending more. Further, combining "parts" doesn't necessarily yield a "system."Having an i... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... Okay... How about $600.00 or so for a used NAD 565BEE as part of the following $40,000 system:Linn Basik TT $550.00 usedNAD 565BEE CDP $600 store demoLinn Klout Amp $1440 used Linn Kairn PreAmp $650 usedLinn Kan IV Speakers $400 usedAudioquest Qua... |