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| what is everybody listening to right now Right now I am listening to Dudley Moore "Songs Without Words". Before that I was listening to Lou Reed "Perfect Night Live in London" but my wife made me take it off. It's very late at night in LA. We listen to a wide variety of music in our home... | |
| Best and Worst customer service? Castle Acoustics in the UK answered all of my questions via email regarding the crossover specs of my speakers quickly and accurately. Their US rep. May Audio Marketing was also great to deal with, and supplied some of the best customer service th... | |
| Budget Powerline cond Recommendations My only experience is with the Monster HTS2000 so I cannot give you any comparisons, but it did the trick for my midfi system. I purchased it from Globe Mart as Sam mentions above. I live in an 8 unit apartment building and was not getting a very ... | |
| what is everybody listening to right now Right now I am listening to Berlioz "Le Carnaval Romain - Symphonie Fantastique". Before that I was listening to Lou Reed "Perfect Night Live in London" but my wife made me take it off. It's still morning in LA. What types of music do you prefer? ... | |
| "Burn In" Question Hi Osclib. Let us know what you think of the Homegrown's when they are fully cooked. I really like mine and ordered a .5 meter pair in addition to the ones that I have. I am also expecting a pair of used Harmonic Tech. Truthlinks to try out with p... | |
| Exercise music Ok. In that vein I would listen to The Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed", Led Zeppelin "Houses of the Holy" and maybe some of the early Pretenders. If you are up for it Oingo Boingo and anything by Zappa, The Rubber City Rebels, The Ramones and last b... | |
| "Burn In" Question Thank you for the clear guidelines Bob. You have explained why it took so long for my silver interconnects to break in. I was told otherwise regarding the the preamp selector switch. My 300+ hours of breakin was in reality only about 200+ hours, s... | |
| Exercise music Michael: I am currently involved in a pain management program that includes "self" physical therapy excercises at home as well as bio feedback exercises. This may twist my views somewhat, but maybe not - read on. My only experience with recreation... | |
| "Burn In" Question I have burned in cables using the VCR. You do not have to turn the volume up on your amp for it to work. I also leave my class a/b solid state equipment on 24 hours a day as well as my CD player. Otherwise it takes along time (at least a couple of... | |
| REmastered classic CD's I have been buying classical CD's for $2.99 at a local closeout chain called Pic n' Save. They are 20 bit digital recordings mastered via 32 bit sound processing. Most are done in England and are performed by the Danish Royal Orchestra. They are d... | |
| Exercise music Hi Michael: Here are two more specific suggestions. The soundtrack from "Breakfast at Tiffany's", music by Henry Mancini which is on RCA/BMG. Also the soundtrack to "Black Orpheus" which is also available from BMG club, or can be ordered at most s... | |
| Exercise music Anything Disco of course and Funkadelic like "Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing". Muzak is also fun when you "crank" it. | |
| digital and interconnect cables burn in Radiomanjh: I just researched this type of break in process and was told by my interconnect manufacturer that the power amplifer is not needed for for break in to occur. You can run them from any source (even a VCR) into a preamp and this will all... | |
| Old McIntosh speaker posts No new ideas. I use bare wire connections because they sound better on my Kimber Kables. It's the easiest solution in your case depending on your speaker cables. I asked a knowledgeable gentleman at my local shop (where I purchased the Kimber) why... | |
| Best of value-based systems Meant Dunlavy not Duntech above. Also Coincident speakers. |