dekay
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| Transistor pre & power amps. Are they any good? Edle: There are no easy answers to your questions as the sound is dependent on the actual gear used. Many posts on this subject in the past. I have used every combination of both tube and SS power/preamps with good results. I have also experienced... | |
| Amp using a receiver as a pre or integrated? Dredster gives good advice in regard to documenting your young charge. For the system I would look for an integrated amp (such as the AR Complete - used - which would be my first pick given the budget). It has little, if any, noticeable grain in t... | |
| Transistor pre & power amps. Are they any good? If it's not fixable, then why break it? That's what I always say. On the other hand, if it's breakable and the parts are available, then it's fixable. If your speakers honk then stick with tubes. If they don't then you have a choice, but don't let... | |
| Shouldn't this be intuitive? The phrase to look for is: Compact Disc "Digital Audio" Recordable. My Pioneer PDR-W839 only works with "DA" discs. I picked up the wrong blanks when I first tried the CDR (they did not say "Digital Audio" on them and would not read). I then follo... | |
| Is the CAL ICON a reliable choice in a used CDP Mine is. It was purchased in used mint condition (thanks John) and has averaged better than 10 hours per day (playing time, which also includes a great deal of 7/24 activity, with cool down periods, when breaking in and auditioning cable) over the... | |
| Analysis plus oval silver or oval 9 ? The proper name for the cable kit is 47 Labs OTA (I believe Sakura to be a distributor of the same). Though most of the users of this cable seem to either be using tube and/or 47 Labs gear I have also tried mine with a Musical Fidelity X-A1 (remem... | |
| What speakers are replace Klipsch horns? For that large of a room (and your listening tastes) try to audition Vandersteen speakers. Another option might be to have the K-Horns veneered in an exotic wood and/or another finish which would better suite your "new" look. | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit the best OTA digital cable that I have come up with in the past three months.members.aol.com/trstrap/ota.jpg (this is a photo of it, just copy and paste)I take no credit for this configuration (other than the lazy eight half knots:-) as my directi... | |
| What would you do?? AKA (cats)A this time, I would suggest moving to stand mounted speakers. Sprays and such have never been effective on our cats and DE-clawing is out of the question (they have already had the ultimate alteration). My wife did not care much for "st... | |
| LP storage cubes Take a look @ tonyswoodshop.com. They have Cherry wood cubes for $25 each, plus shipping. Orchard and other home stores often carry particle board (assembly required) cubes ($10-$15), but I doubt that they will last the long haul, considering the ... | |
| Turntable oil bearing I have been refurbishing an old Thorens TD165 and decided to stick with Singer "sewing machine" oil as a safe bet (not their cheaper all purpose machine oil). Some of the synthetic oils contain Teflon and/or other materials, which has been said ca... | |
| What is the best digital cable? Hmmm: I think that I would probably use a pair of analog cables between a CD player and a receiver (unless the $300 receiver had a built in DAC). No wonder you can't here any difference. The right cord for the right job. | |
| What is the best digital cable? Hi Viggen: I have never had problems with hum and/or RFI with the Mapleshade Double Helix digital cable, so I'm afraid that I have no advice to offer. Oddly enough I am surrounded by radio and TV stations and one would think that this would arise.... | |
| I don't remember much, but I remember...... I do remember my first purchase of music. It was an orange/red 45 of the theme song from "Cheyenne" the western TV series. I recall listening to it as I worked on my plastic model of the 20 Mule Wagon Team (you got this when you sent in a slew of ... | |
| I've discovered an alternate way . Marakanetz & Frogman: I was kidding in regard to my comments. The joke (to me anyway) stems from a poster that was taped to the refrigerator @ Rudy Studios (owned by Graham Nash) which I frequented during the late 70's as I had access to it th... |