czarivey

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Tried a Bryston 4B with Maggies
what else did you try? how do you like your maggies? 
What would cause...
Wait. Think of upgrade too. I had older model, but I believe the new one also have motor EMI isolation issue. Overall, I was not impressed of its performance. 
Does anyone really need to spend 10k on power
Many things happen: Would you spend $10k on dress shirt? How about $7k LV purse for your woman? 
I need help diagnosing a sibilant problem on vinyl
there's not too much room on p2 to lower the SRA. one can use washers between headshell and cartridge to make it taller. 
Newest iPhone
do did anyone figure how to get the line signal out of the newest iphone? it seems that even adapter + 30pin to line out audio headphone jack would not work... planning to swap to 4s soon back. 
I need help diagnosing a sibilant problem on vinyl
Doug, There's not too many adjustements you can make with Rega arm. Proper alignement, VTA and nothing more to adjust there. If gazilions of trial-errors made and still the damn sibliance, than it's time to inspect the cartridge. 
Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed
Jafant, the 'middle of grid' is absolutely irrelevant to the quality of power. The quality of delivered power depends on power lines only. The age of power lines, connectors, isolation, type having the most of impact. Some of the powerlines, depen... 
What is This Noise?
it mostly comming out of the cd itself and than through the cd-tray chassis. the best solution is to have humidifier in your dwelling. taking a bath or shower with bathroom door open, or simply cooking soup (or any activities with boling or vapori... 
Speaker's magnetic field and pacemaker
I don't thik that anyone with pacemaker would go as extream as leaning against woofer. 2' away is safe.consider placement of your rig at the safe distance from speakers or start playing music quiet and than adjust with volume control 
Do you indulge when listening to your rig?
doesn't coffee make you hyper? i think it's a bad tweak. 
looking for a place to buy blu-ray dvds
retail stores have the worst prices on media including costco and other price clubs.also don't pass by gemm.com that now have movies that can be purchased for potentially lower price than even amazon. 
Will I hear differences between 8TC and 12TC?
Tonyp, For me Kimber turned out to be the ONLY cable that actually makes sense and really works. Other brands using excessive reactive parameters to deliberately change the signal so consumer "feels differences". Kimber is the most newtral cable y... 
Can Digital beat our Analog installations?
Thanks Jf, That's what I thought of some kind of synonym to our ordinary digital cable "wordclocking". 
Counterpoint SA-20 Amplifier
There are plenty of wanted ads in here so you don't even have to list it and pay listing fee.Perhaps I'll be interested too if you send me PM. Please include your location. 
Entry Level Tube Integrated
your speakers will not benefit from tube amplification due to unstable impedance.plan to get easy driven speakers as for your secondary system along with entry level tube amp.my choice would be vintage hh scott stereomaster 222c that uses EL84 pow...