dekay
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| Tweaks Kelly: I usually strew the floor with freshly baked brioche. Your method seems to be much more practical, but does it sound as good?. I rate the brioche as a firm "7" (within its 24 hour life cycle). Afterwards the sound tends to get a bit stale t... | |
| Rack Advice Hi Ndmaitre: Here is a more recent thread which might help.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1001889380&read&keyw&zzikea%20and%20rackBy going with the DIY Ikea rack, based on Caterham's (Ken's) directions, your brother'... | |
| Most eye-opening upgrade and what you learned Ken: It wouldn't be losing weight and taking regular doses of Viagra would it? Seems that I read about your light and rigid approach somewhere. | |
| Where do you sit? Vdub: You really only notice the "bean" noise when you are stoned out of your mind. For those who have not "kept on trucking" (granted that they do not abuse Nutmeg) I can't imagine this being a problem. I could never get into the "bean bags", but... | |
| Need help for wife acceptance If you can swing an under the floor installation, go for it. Did/does Subaguru have this setup as well? I'm with your wife on this one (the less of this "crap" I have to look @ when listening to music, the better:). I have everything tucked away, ... | |
| How to pick your first SET tube amp? Sc53: Since you are going this route, you might want to look into the Audion Sterling. It lists for $1100-$1200, but the US distributor (OSS Services) may have a demo or two @ a reduced price (I know that he was just @ the Las Vegas show anyway). ... | |
| How do i level speaker stands. Hi Otto: I did not realize that the Target spikes were so long. They have a "usable" height of 1 3/8" and are 1 5/8" in length. These are older models which were special ordered by the previous owner for Proac's, so yes, double check the length. I... | |
| Used Thorens TD165: worth my dough??? ACA: I would not use it if it did not track well to the end of play, but it does so very well. I have read of much more expensive deck/tonearm conbos that seem to have problems in this area. Unfortunately much of the setup had to be done by ear (w... | |
| How do i level speaker stands. Otto: You have the same type of floor that we do (seems to be made of Plasterall). This material cracks when heavy weight is applied to spikes on it (also from just general use). Keeping this in mind, make tiny holes in the carpet (for the spikes)... | |
| Used Thorens TD165: worth my dough??? ACA: Are you saying that you feel that the performance of the "stock" TD165 is not enough to preserve the normal life of the LP's (or are you referring to to the existing TT)? Your post is not clear to me, plus I figured/guessed that the stock TD1... | |
| Where do you sit? Wherever my butt does not squash a snoozing cat. When I get serious I pull a low backed chair out from the dining table and place it in the near field. | |
| The Best of Naxos' classical catalog Hi SD: I doubt that any that I purchased were recent releases (and perhaps they have set the bar higher since then). I have purchased large collections of classical CD's (over the past couple of years) and have probably had well over 100 of the Na... | |
| The Best of Naxos' classical catalog I do not care for the sound of "most" Naxos classical CD's and no longer purchase them (even for $1 each on the used market). I am not really into "audiophile recordings" and these just rub me the wrong way to the point that I do not enjoy them (t... | |
| I want to find out more about OTA cable kit Perform a search of "47 Labs" on the first A'Gon page and you will come up with Audio Odyssey (who is a 47 Labs dealer). I purchased my kit and additional connectors from John Rocke (sp) @ AO and recommend him/them. A buddy purchased from another ... | |
| what happened to power cord review Gunbei: I am sorry to hear that the Absolute's did not perform well in your setup (we know that Bob's rig is not up to task, hell I read somewhere that he uses welding equipment in it:-), but you have a nice system. |