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| Vinyl price I don't know about any blue book for vinyl. You could look at the prices on ebay, at which LPs change hands or check online vinyl vendors for prices. | |
| Electrostatic Break-in I have experience with Staxes, Quads and Sound Labs. The latter took about 3 weeks to sound their best, the other about two. I of course kept them powered on all the time. Playing time was about 3 hours per day. I did not use any other breaking in... | |
| Sonical differences Sean, again you have said it all. It may interest you to know, that I have most of my electronics out of my listening room, including turntable and CD player. | |
| "Phono" Cable - Necessary if you have RCA outs? XLO, Purist and a few others make and market special phonocables to go from your arm to your pre-pre or preamp.Usually they are expensive, but worth your while if you own a very high resolution vinyl system. In fact, there they are a must. I don't... | |
| Power Conditioners Sean, as is usual with his expertise, is right on the money.Powerwedges and the early Brisson stuff were the first plc I experimented with and they made the system noticeably quieter. I did not find, that they reduced dynamics. I've also used Equi... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? According to Greg's suggestions, which I find excellent, I should have mentioned the Acapella Exaliburs. | |
| Vertical placement of line Conditioner: Any harm? Line regenerators (PS Audio, Accuphase) can be likened to amps, I suppose. I've run solid state amps on occasion vertically on the side, but not directly on the floor, but with something to stand them on, in order not to impede the flow of ventila... | |
| Vertical placement of line Conditioner: Any harm? As long as the minimal needs for ventilation are not impeded, I doubt that you would run into any kind of a problem. In my system I run three equi/techs in just the same way. They remain switched on 24/7 and I never had any trouble. | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Great post Pbb, if I may say so! | |
| Listener fatigue True, Lorne true! | |
| Listener fatigue Whenever I was troubled by this unpleasant symptom, the cause lay in a thinned out or overemphasized upper midrange or in the treble. Strange, too much bass energy is annoying and calls for immediate remedy, but a faulty voicing in the regions men... | |
| Best Shipper for Large Packages I've had excellent experience with Bax Global, especially with large stuff sent from the US to Europe. Also they are a bit cheaper than most. Lollypop is right on the money with BAX! | |
| Best Retailer Youve Done Business With? Robert Stein at the Cable Company: Smart, fair, helpful and very knowledgeable. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Quads and Sound Labs. | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" Pbb, I do not have the least difficulty with your argument. Besides I think it is very well written and thought out. My experience is, that people who have trained their ears to judge the performance of live or reproduced music,.i.e. in judging th... |