dcrugby
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| Can I take American equipment to Europe? i'm sure you've already done this, but just to make sure, double check to see if any of your equipment has a switch on the back to convert it that way - that's the easiest, obviously. then all you'd need would be a plug adapter.i'd also shoot an e... | |
| Your First Concert was..... for some reason my parents let me go to the clash's rock the casbah tour... when i was 11. i was lucky to survive.the thing i remember most vividly was that a guy climbed one of the speaker towers and, essentially, hugged it through the whole conc... | |
| Cat-proofing your speakers... "Are the protective grills on the Gallo Nucleus Reference 3.5 Loudspeaker wire? If so, those may be an option."actually, they're perforated metal (a baseball bat would barely dent them) - and the speakers are usually wall mounted (you can buy stan... | |
| Cat-proofing your speakers... yeah, four cats here, no smell.and as to what sprink mentioned - the feliway - i will say that we have a couple of the "diffusers" (feliway comes in several different forms) and they are incredible in their ability to chill the cats out. they do m... | |
| comcast upgrade oy, that blows.if you haven't upgraded your box in a while, i might try to get a NEW model box (i highlight that because unless you ask very firmly, they'll often try to give you and old one) to see if it works better with the new config.one thing... | |
| Cat-proofing your speakers... holy moly, nothing like a cat question to lower the maturity level of this board even further. i'm with chadnliz. the comments on this board can be less mature than the comments on a youtube girlfight video sometimes, it's amazing. as to your ques... | |
| Best Cables for around $500 i will chime in to say that the mit cables i have are easily the most "real life sounding" analog interconnects that i have, and i'm a cable klepto. i didn't want to like them, either, as they're pricey and, as you mentioned about their website, y... | |
| regular interconnect for digital signal transfer great to see another person using the vdh first as a digital interconnect - that thing is amazing (i'm using the metal screen version of the first). it creates a full wall of sound like no other digital interconnect i've ever tried. i also have th... | |
| Criticize my power supply arrangement all great responses, i think.tvad is probably on to the most cost effective improvement, imo, but it is a pain in the rear to have work done. i ended up moving my main system after i put in lines and to be honest, i don't notice much difference.sh... | |
| Next upgrade: cables. But which ones first? i personally have never been impressed by a 14 awg cable on an amp, but maybe the venusta is special, i know people love that brand.the cables i've ended up liking on amps are all 10 and lower. my favorite one i have for amps is a 10 awg solid sil... | |
| Next upgrade: cables. But which ones first? my two cents is that i would buy an inexpensive power cord to try on each of your components and a set of interconnects to see if you're interested in changing your sound.i've had blue heavens and red dawns in my systems and i never felt they let ... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? you know tbg, i had read about that potential before i bought them so i made sure that i bought the first "metal screen" and it seems to do the trick. no hums anywhere (i don't use tubes, for what that's worth), except when used on a cable box and... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? van den hul "the first" cable used as a digital interconnect.warm and terrific soundstage. | |
| Is AES/EBU the same as XLR? i will add that my favorite audio buy ever is the van den hul first cable used as a digital interconnect, which is pertinent in that i don't believe that it's the recommended 75 ohms. i bought it as an analog interconnect, but after reading that s... | |
| Separates or Receiver to modernize home theater? one more vote to keep your present system and run your hdmi straight to the tv unless you absolutely have to have an on-screen function from your preamp (in which case, you could still just switch between inputs on the tv for the pre and the sourc... |