cyclonicman
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| Most involving and thrilling moviemusic? Bourne Ultimatum original soundtrack and filmscore by John Powell. | |
| The Cyclicality of Black Vs Silver I hope I don't get flogged for this, but I think that an Arc component listed on Audiogon with the silver faceplate will sell a lot faster than the same component with a black faceplate. | |
| "Get Better Sound" $150? Isn't this the same book I am seeing in Stereophile for $44.50 written by Jim Smith? | |
| Best Remakes Of All Time Mary J Blige's version of U2's "ONE". | |
| Where do you buy good CD recordings? My favorite in NY:http://www.jr.com/category/music/ | |
| House calls vs. institutions? Brilliant post Jim!! | |
| House calls vs. institutions? Well, I would be more concerned with sound quality and dynamics and I truly don't think anyone could build the perfect sounding gear that I have in mind, not at any price, and not in this lifetime ! | |
| Mono recordings - Listen with one speaker or two?? You raise an interesting point! In the past, I beleive that people did listen through only one speaker! I have never done it, but my guess is that the soundstage would be reduced or lost by using one speaker instead of the two. Certainly, you woul... | |
| OK to leave power on? Do you have surge protection? What if you leave it on and there is a major storm headed to your home? People that leave their equipment on all the time are only making electric companies richer. Most amps are good to go after about 10 - 20 minutes... | |
| tube amp on with speaker wire disconnected I've had the speaker wires come loose and never had a problem. I also am biwired using two sets of cables and I have had one cable come loose that was connected to the bass woofer. I just reconnected it and it was fine. In fact, this is weird, but... | |
| Electro-Harmonix:steel pins, gold pins, platinium Corrosion factor only, don't expect sonic differences. | |
| 2nd Pressing of Beatles Mono Box I have the first pressing, there are no mini videos in the mono set, only the stereo versions. | |
| Quietest Refrigator ? May not be the best alternative, but you can probably just turn the fridge off when you are listening to music. It will not hurt to have it off for a few hours, as long as you are not continually opening the fridge door while it is off. I have had... | |
| Upgrading interconnects, where to start My suggestion is to Buy an IC long enough to be used on all your components and than try it on all of them and determine for yourself. | |
| beatle remasters on vinyl? Sayles, I actually have a Beatles remaster story about fixing what ain't broke. I have the mono remasters and the set comes with a booklet of the pressings. What I found curious is that George Martin performed a stereo remix of Help and Rubber Sou... |