dlcockrum
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| Synergistic Research Mark II-S speaker cables According to this ad, a 10 ft pair sold new for $340.http://www.audioweb.com/P/PInfo.asp?pid=85509 | |
| Need help with Proceed AVP setup Glad to help out, Bd. The On Screen Display is a little finicky. Did you come out of the S-video jack to a S-video capable TV? If you are watching a source through the AVP and hit the OSD button, what exactly happens (does the screen go blank, doe... | |
| Need help with Proceed AVP setup Bdgregory,Your timing is impeccable. I recently dug my AVP out of the closet for my son-in-law. In the course of setting it up, I asked Proceed (Harman International these days) for the reset instructions: OverviewThe following procedure resets Fa... | |
| Need Expert Help for a Gift Peter_s - his Onkyo receiver has a DAC. | |
| $20 XLR cables that sound good Good point Shadorne. I am sure that I have not found (and cannot afford) the best cables, but the good part is that every cable upgrade (in lieu of upgrading componentry) brings a solid improvement in the sound of my system and a smile to my face.... | |
| $20 XLR cables that sound good Shadorne and Clio 09,I have a Krell FPB-600c amp, an Ayre K-1xe preamp, and an Ayre Cx-7e CDP - all differentially balanced. I don't think anyone (who is rational) would question the quality of the design, components, and assembly of these product... | |
| Need Expert Help for a Gift It appears that the silver model is out-of-stock at Crutchfield. They do have black. If this is okay, use them - they are great to deal with and have free shipping.If you want silver, order here:http://www.musicdirect.com/product/82178?gclid=CKvcl... | |
| Need Expert Help for a Gift This is supposed to be the best one out there:http://www.crutchfield.com/p_727170I/Wadia-170iTransport-Silver.html?tp=238It comes with a digital cable to run to the Onkyo. I would just go with that. If your husband wants a better cable, he will li... | |
| I want to add integrated amp on my Rotel RSX-1055 You should be able to use any line-level input on the RA (do NOT use phono jacks) including the tape loop. Just plug the L/R RCA cables from the L/R line-level output of the RSX to the 'Tape In' jacks of the RA. Then select tape (or whatever input... | |
| Thiel 3.7 Placement Right on Pops. Good post! | |
| Thiel 3.7 Placement Unsound, I had my Thiels positioned well away from the sidewalls (5 feet) with 1/4" toe-in for years. Recently, I took measurements of bass response that showed, in my room, the bass curve was flatter with the speakers closer to the side walls (st... | |
| Thiel 3.7 Placement Stevecham is very right in emphasizing the distance from the front wall with Thiels. My Thiels work best 6 feet out from the front wall. Moving them back to 3 feet reduces the soundstage significantly. Minimum is four feet for them to work well at... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp/ground loop question Excellent advice from NSGarch. Especially:"Make sure you tell your electrician you want all dedicated circuits on the same phase (i.e. all the dedicated circuits' breakers on the same side of the neutral buss at the panel.)"In addition to this, ha... | |
| anyone use ikea for lp racks? I have this exact IKEA Expedit 25 cubicle rack in the brown/black finish (as it looks more expensive that the lighter finishes IMO). All 25 cubicles are chock full of LPs. It is excellent and as solid as a rock. The trick is to do four things:1) B... | |
| Apogee stage with VTL MB250 sig According to the spec sheet on the VTLs, you should be in good shape with the Stages impedance wise:http://www.vtl.com/pages/mb250specifications.htmlOutput Power20 Hz 25 kHz ± 0.1dB < 3% THD (Stable to 2 Ohms)I imagine the tubes would sound w... |