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| Best Amp for under 10K? A friend (serious amp freak) recently acquired the Belles 350 (hot rod?). After listening, I was totally impressed by how neutral this amp is. We played the full spectrum -rock to classical. The Belles was hot, dry and shallow if that was on the C... | |
| What is Monoblock/Dual Mono/Bi-wiring? Note: "Purest" bi-wiring separates the tweeter from the midrange/woofer whose "backwaves" can corrupt the delicate high frequencies on their way to the tweeter. Some (most?) speakers do include the midrange with the tweeter, however. Make sure to ... | |
| Best preamp for Audio Research VT100mkI I've been using an LS-9 to good effect. They are available for $800 or so (used). The LS-2, especially the LS-2B, is also a great preamp. I've used an LS-1 but thought it had WAY too much gain... -might work if your speakers have very low efficiency. | |
| What is the most powerful SET tube amplifier? Yes 55 watts is correct for the Cary. Issue 15 of HI-FI+ (English magazine) shows another design using the same tube which is rated at 100 watts made by the "Metropolis" company. Sorry... | |
| What is the most powerful SET tube amplifier? Cary builds one that is 100 watts/ch. Uses a huge mother of a tube... also, sells for something like $38,000. Sorry if info too informal... | |
| Wiring my house for sound Gee fellas, I said it was extreme. If the amp (or whatever) employs a detachable (IEC?) power cord, couldn't said electrician pull extra wire through the outlet box, into the room and terminate it with the female plug? this would give you an unite... | |
| Wiring my house for sound If you want to get extreme, hard wire your mains to whatever uses them. For example, cut off the male connector of what usually plugs into the wall and solder the wires directly to the leads coming out of the wall (have a pro electrician do this o... | |
| The Politicians Are Getting Involved - Stop Them Yes, thing are getting extreme -for no reason. It would be meaningless to make restricted digital hardware/software to prevent common piracy. What will happen is every geek on earth will acquire and A/D converter and rip the music from the analog ... | |
| Is their any way to keep voltage steady? The important part of Darrylhifi's post is: "I notice when the meter is close to 120v the system sounds and looks {TV} better , than when the meter dips to around 115V." Is there a voltage regulator/stabilizer that can be programmed to hold at a g... | |
| sony scd9000es picture problem Do you have a speaker on top of your monitor (T.V.)? If so, this could cause the "waves" you describe. Try a shielded speaker to cure the problem. | |
| Balanced cable for a BAT vk3 - recommendations? I picked up a Harmonic Tech Pro Silway II XLR for a song and it's insanely good. If you insist on spending more, go with Nordost Quatro Fil. | |
| tough sounds to reproduce ??? The Female voice singing transitional opera (i.e. a vibratoed note going from soft to loud, etc.). Almost every system I've heard includes an edgy little distortion product that drives me goofy. | |
| Levinson separates vs. Audio Aero Capitole Natalie,In what part of the country (U.S.A.?) do you live?I'd like to hear your AA.Regards, Ken | |
| Greatest Songwriter of all time Lou Reed, Bob Seger, Steve Winwood, Bill Quateman, Richard Thompson, Susan Vega, Bonnie Raitt, Joni, Grace, 'n on 'n on... God I love this hobby... | |
| overheating in DVP S9000es? I think the pause midway thru the disk is the read head refocusing and reversing to play the second half of the program. What I'm saying is that a DVD can only hold one hour of program from the inner "groove" to the outer then it has to reverse to... |