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Treble of Vienna Acoustics Haydn Grand?
They need to be raked back a little, say 10-15 degrees. The non-floor standers need a stand that gets the tweeters around 36-40" off the floor.Dave 
Room Treatments and WAF? Long
Steve, hopefully before 2008 is over there'll be a DIY self-help DVD available. You heard the power. It takes an expert to get the last percentiles of performance, BUT I'm convinced that a persistant audiophile can get 90% of his or her system's p... 
Room Treatments and WAF? Long
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Room Treatments and WAF? Long
What are you hearing that makes you think that you need room treatment? Given the size of your room, I'd be surprised if you had first-reflection problems. Generally two-channel speakers should be well away from the end walls. If you could post a ... 
Treble of Vienna Acoustics Haydn Grand?
I don't own the Haydn Grand, but I own the Beethoven Baby Grands and I've heard the Haydn fairly extensively, but not in my system.The character of the top ends of these two speakers is very close, IMHO, which is not soft and lacking dynamics. VA ... 
Suspended vs. non suspended turntable
Have you got any clues as to what you would like? You mention a substantial budget. What do you already have, if anything? What would you like to improve and what do you listen to regarding genre and quality of your pressings?Dave 
Vienna baby grand
I've got the Baby Grands. I've heard them with Primare, but I didn't pay attention to the model. Anyway that combination was very good.I started with a 100-watt per channel (into 4 ohms) Bryston 2B and moved up to 300 watts from a Conrad Johnson C... 
Speaker Cables...Opinions....
I don't see how a manufacturer can specify a minimum and maximum cable length with out knowing anything about the gauge and capacitance.Dave 
New to vinyl again
02-13-08: Headsnappin said:"How about this question... has anyone who bought an RCM after hand washing regretted their decision? All I hear is guys who didn't voting against something they've never tried. I would think not trying something instead... 
Speaker Cables...Opinions....
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New to vinyl again
I vote for forgetting the RCM. I use the Disc Doctor manual system with fantastic results.For new records I play them first before cleaning. I sweep first with a carbon fiber brush to assure there are no large chunks that might scratch, then I cle... 
New to vinyl again
I use a Pro-ject Tube Box SE as the phono preamp for my Pro-ject RM feeding a Conrad Johnson CA200 control amp. Before I got the CJ it was a great match for my old Bryston B1. It works great with my high output MC Sumiko Blackbird. It's very trans... 
An Audiophile Goal
No problem Bob. Thanks. 
An Audiophile Goal
I didn't say anything nasty to you.Dave 
An Audiophile Goal
Bob, the moderators didn't seem to like what I said to you, so you'll have to imagine.Dave