edesilva
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| Out on the tiles...with speaker spikes. I'd actually recommend staying away from coins... I had a pair of ProAc RS2s on sand-filled Target R4 stands and the spikes punched through the coins I used... The ProAcs probably weighed, what, like 30 lbs, figure 75 lbs for the stands, maybe 25 ... | |
| those F'n price stickers on jewel cases... I can kind of understand why CDs have them (although I too hate the freekin' things) for retail brick and mortar stores to cut down on theft. I'd probably pay extra tho' if amazon or someone could cut a deal to retail them without the stupid stick... | |
| Need monitors with a BIG sound I can't believe no one mentioned the ProAc lineup--awesome for rock and roll. I still have a pair of RS2s that occupy my study (and sound great with tubes). If the ProAcs are a bit pricey, you might also listen to the Triangle speakers--French com... | |
| A challenging question Might ask your cable company if they have any choices w.r.t. STBs. I know my cable co. locally uses several different brands and there are variations even within brands between different models. One of them might have a digital out. | |
| Do I REALLY need to install DVI and 15 pin cable? If you don't have DVI, its going to be hard to support the "next" HDTV. DVI is a prerequisite for the content protection schemes that the content holders have insisted on; I think the take on www.avsforum.com is that DVI will eventually be the way... | |
| best DIY power cord? Hmm... I don't want to rain on your retail endeavor, but I recently bought 50' of 83802 from Anixter at $1.60/ft... | |
| What are output barrier strips? I started wondering about the 5 way binding posts you can buy for home built projects. Usually, there is a shaft that goes through the chassis with a bolt that goes on to secure the whole shebang to the unit. I've seen bad ones with really large d... | |
| Help, I need to purchase FM outdoor antenna One point to consider when putting up an outdoor antenna--make bloody sure its grounded to earth right before the cable goes into your house... I always thought that grounding was to run a lightning strike to ground before it gets inside, and disc... | |
| HDTV receivers. Does it matter? They are not all the same. Although, I gather some of the innards are OEM'd--I think the Sony and the Zenith, for example, share insides. When I was looking, I thought the consensus on www.avsforum.com (wackos as serious about video as a'gon users... | |
| What brass cones are the best? 800 number support? Am I just really tired or is that overkill for a couple pieces of brass? Like, what *really* can go wrong here? | |
| What are output barrier strips? Whups--don't do that!There should be one barrier strip for the left--and one for the right--amplifier outputs. Each strip should have a clearly marked ground (-) and probably something designating 4 and 8 ohm taps off the output transformer (the +... | |
| What are output barrier strips? When amp mfrs use barrier strips its often because there are different taps for different speaker loads. You will want to hook your speaker to the appropriate tap and ground. For example, my old Quicksilvers have a barrier strip marked "G", "4" &a... | |
| how to set Nero Burning room speeds? help Get EAC (Exact Audio Copy)... I was having huge problems ripping CDs until I picked that up. Turns out it was mainly read problems, not write problems, with my system. It takes forever, but the copies are much much cleaner than anything else I've ... | |
| Earbuds & Motion Sickness? Was not listening to P. Barber. Instead, Sugar's Copper Blue, I believe. Puts me in a better frame of mind to go to work.Since I'm not really willing to take dramamine everyday, and since I'm too much of an objectivist bent to have acupressure ban... | |
| HDTV antenna There is an extensive discussion of UHF antennas on www.avsforum.com; I think, without verifying, that the antenna gurus consider the Terk to be a waste of money. My recollection was that the now discontinued (but still occasionally available) RS ... |