dweller
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| What is the story with Rega Appolo? I loved this player sonically.Egonomically, it was a bit quirky.Cannot be dissed for sound. | |
| Microscope for phono cartidge I tried the "kiddie microscope" route but these don't elevate high enough to place the cartridge on to the slide area.I purchased a 30X hand-held inspection scope that did the trick. Make sure it comes with a plastic snap-on fixture to hold a fixe... | |
| What do you want from the hobby? At its best, inspiration. | |
| Totem Hawk with BAT-300xSE The 300X-SE has the lowest noise floor of any electronics I've owned (and frequency extremes nicely extended).Unless the Totem has some seriously wierd crossover, I can't see a problem.Try to hear the BAT with the Thiel 1.6... | |
| Need help from Sydney, problem with Azur 840 c Sounds like your player got too hot and something jammed.Make sure it has enough ventilation. | |
| What's the best Phono preamp under $1000?? The Clearaudio "Basic" is just so musical (and versatile). | |
| Which Amps for Audio Artistry Beethoven? Used to own the Dvoraks which LOVED the BEL Mk-Vs.AA speakers, IMO, sound better with solid-state. | |
| Counterfeit Electronics?? Could this stuff be stolen (with altered Ser #) not counterfeit? | |
| What's likely to go wrong with a used CD player? Hello Gene,I recently sold a Rega Appolo (damn fine sound!).Wanted to be ready for Dolby True HD (way underestimated its transition from vaporware to reality).Would love to hear the Saturn (which has quasi-balanced outputs).As for your question, w... | |
| The most important word of advise? What kind of listening do you do?If you can only squeeze in an hour or two after work, you might want a system that is a little flashy and hyped.By the time listening fatigue sets in, you're session will be done.If you spend hours-on-end during th... | |
| Tube or Solid State Preamp- BAT or AR I've owned eqipment from all makers you mention.Sonically, I find them all worthy.Only advice is to learn about impedance matching and go with the best fit. The rest is up to your ears... | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? "Careful with that ax Eugene" - Pink Floyd (Ummagumma)"Grey Walls" - Richard Thompson (Rumor and Sigh) | |
| Need advice on loudspeakers Southern California With that kind of budget, I'd get me some big Wilsons! | |
| Fan noise from Toshiba HD-XA2? Just purchased a two-bay equipment rack from Guitar Center.This MDF box has room for two full size (19" wide)components.My Toshiba A35 fits in nicely.I bought a 3.5" X 19" metal "fill strip" to cover the top slot and laid a 1" dense foam rubber ma... | |
| Fan noise from Toshiba HD-XA2? My HD-A35 is also quite noisy.I think it is an internal hard drive.Remember: HD players are more computer than DVD player. |