elgordo
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| Advice on building a dedicated listening room. The length of the room should be 1.6 times the width, or 24 feet. The 6 X 15 foot area left over could be handy for your workbench and leave plenty of storage space for your cartons. You might want to consider a ceiling height of 9' in the center ... | |
| How many things do you have plugged in? cfb - It's good to see your wry (or is it rye?) humor once again. Thanks Kelly. | |
| What did you replace your DQ-10's with? Replaced mine with the original Quad ESLs, Decca ribbon tweeters and Janus woofers. Now using Acoustat 2+2s with a Legacy subwoofer. | |
| Taming/Damping Electrostat Backwave Room Lenses work wonders behind 'stats. DIY lenses using 5 or 6 tubes are even better or you might want to make noodle lenses. Check out Audio Asylum for info. I recently heard of using bi-fold louvered doors from Home Despot. These are said to be... | |
| What's the best add lib ..: guidelines proposed I recommend the Golden Retriever as best all around dog. Anything with "Golden" in it's name is made by Cardas. The Lab would be a good choice but "Lab" is, of course, made by Radio Shack. | |
| Subwoofer isolation 2'X 2' X 2" Patio stones painted black look pretty good and do a good job especially with vibra pods between the stones and woofers. Glue a few pieces of felt to the bottoms to protect your floors or use 'pods on both sides of the stones. | |
| Audio vs. Other Reviews In rating cars, I found the Lamborghini Diablo to be very poor in off-road rock climbing. It was even worse for hauling sheets of plywood home from Home Depot. In rating the Lincoln Locomotive and the Chevrolet Subdivision, I found them both very ... | |
| Can anyone tell me about CD demagnatizers? Try this sixth grade science experiment: Turn on the water in your bathroom sink until you have a thin stream. Now run a plastic comb through your hair rapidly, several times. Now hold that comb near the stream of water and observe that the stream... | |
| Taking the bad with the good Many years ago I was a Linn dealer. We referred to the Linn folks as "The Linn Gestapo". As a dealer, it was almost impossible to deal with these snobs and it was a happy day when we discontinued the line. Everyone else we dealt withConrad-Johnson... | |
| Can anyone tell me about CD demagnatizers? Bulk tape eraser from Radio Shack works better and cost is about 30 bucks. Hold eraser about 1/4 inch from CD, hit the button and slowly move the CD away from the eraser about 3 feet and you're done. Makes a noticable difference in the sound. Try ... | |
| Amps Used With Infinity Rs1..Successfully or.... The Eagle 2A (120 watts/channel)or the very rare Kenwood L09M (300 watt monoblock)would be great choices. Or the Audio Research D-350, which turns up on ebay from time to time. These are all bass amps. Or, believe it or not, the Bose 1801. Mark Le... | |
| Graphic equilizers? Don't forget that EVERYTHING is a "tone control". It's a matter of synergy. Choosing the right interconnects and speaker cables may tame the top end. Or a tube preamp would probably do it. Beware of Vandersteens as you may be over compensating. I ... | |
| 20th Anniversary of CD Today "Back in the day" I was using a Linn, Fidelity Research arm, Denon 103D and a tube head amp. Total retail - about $1200. Within the past year or two I've finally gotten redbook CD sound that I'm happy with. Total retail for the front end - about $... | |
| Is there an easy to use vcr? All VCRs are easy to use - if you are under 18 years of age. If not, 2-3 evenings with the manual and you may be able to get the clock to stop flashing 12:00. The older one gets, the worse it is. | |
| Does Theta make two channel DACs anymore? Very frustrating company. I needed a replacement "manual" which consisted of two sheets of heavy blue paper, printed by computer. They charged me $15.00 plus $4.00 shipping, as they sent it UPS. I thought they had a couple of post offices around t... |