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| What is the best dielectric? Im no physicist but a gas, sodium hexafluoride, seems to qualify as a great dielectric.I saw a demonstration on the "Tonight Show" where a firing stun-gun was placed in a fish tank full of this stuff.The spark WOULD NOT arc from one side to the o... | |
| Speakers to match Parasound JC-2/A21 in small room Thiel CS-6. | |
| SACD availability? Frys in Las Vegas has a decent selection of SACD and DVD-A titles. Me? I'm waiting for Dolby True-HD on Blu-Ray. | |
| Am I hearing the effects of "clean sound"? Your wife and son were asleep so you thought it was a good time to crank up the stereo?Unless you have an extremely large house, you should talk to Dr. Laura... | |
| Speakers that reveal bad recordings? Not for me. "A well designed loudspeaker will sound good even if musics poorly recorded."Good is the enemy of great. | |
| Any audiophile who is on blood pressure medication Try Norvasc (Amlodipine Besylate).This has been extremely effective controling the numbers (for me and my Father).I understand there are literally hundreds of BP medications (I use four including Lisinopril).So keep plugging until you find the rig... | |
| Audio Research Ref: CD8 I guess four years ago ARC hadn't figured out that a larger power supply would make a "rather large sonic improvement".(insert Sam Kinneson scream here) | |
| Wilson better than Thiels? Thiels Harsh?Only because the truth is sometimes painful. | |
| Blues from the 50s/60s/70s Jorsan:Start with Leadbelly, end with Fred McDowell, put early B. B. King and (early) Johnny Winter in between, and, you're done! Simple! | |
| Voltage Regulator Look for a Monster 9000 for around $750 used. | |
| How to break in Shunyata Hydra 6 ? A dealer said to use a fan or other mechanical device instead of elctronics to break in. | |
| There is a Bi-amp function in my A/V Receiver. My Onkyo 876 also allows this. I can also "bridge" the two channels for greater power (alas, the speaker must be 8 ohms -sorry Thiels).Your speaker's crossover will pass only the frequencies the tweeter can handle (assuming your speaker came with ... | |
| Invalid zip codes in classifieds.. I used to update the national online zipcode file at a major retailer. Each zipcode represents a post office.Post offices open and they close or are merged so the master list always changes.It's up to the seller to validate the zip specified in th... | |
| No Dolby True HD signal? I have an "Audio" button on my player's remote that is used to cycle through all available formats.I first push the "Display" button to show the current status of what's going on then use the "Audio" button to select Dolby Digital, Dolby True-HD, ... | |
| Blu-ray format... Do you like it compared to DVD? Audiojedi:"I am always amazed to hear that some people don't see a dramatic difference between standard DVD and Blu Ray."I watched "Into the Blue" (Paul Walker & Jessica Alba) on my upsampling player and saw a damn fine picture (for a DVD). It... |