elgordo
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| Theta GenVa Upgrade I have a Theta Va and was wondering what the "96K" mod does, exactly. Theta tells me it is NOT 24/96. Comments from you guys who have it? Incidently, a Genesis Digital Lens between your transport and the Va will do wonders. | |
| Snake oil and tweaks that work! "Green edging" CDs works very well for me, as does using a Radio Shack bulk eraser. Hold the CD about 1/4" away from the eraser, hit the trigger and pull the CD away slowly to a distance of about 3 feet. I have not tried raising my speaker cables ... | |
| Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio) Photography, shooting - including reloading my own ammo. Gotta be careful with the hearing protection, this could end the audio hobby. | |
| Apogee Stage: Midrange Magic? The old, original QUADS! | |
| Buidling a Classical Library - MUST HAVES! Since you like Russian music, don't forget Rachmaninov. | |
| Buidling a Classical Library - MUST HAVES! Anything with Eiji Oue on Reference Recordings, Most RCA Living Stereo and most Mercury Living Presence reissues is a good place to start. The RCA and Mercury CDs (and the vinyl copies)have the absolute phase reversed. If you have a phase reversal... | |
| New Visitor Confused Over Upgrade Anyone who lives in the land of Quad, KEF, B&W, etc. and chooses B&O (Bong & Owfulsound) and JBL (Just Bad Loudspeakers) is beyond help. Must be the English food, what? | |
| How to pronounce SACD? Tmartinjr: After your last comment, I certainly hope you don't need anything else. I, for one, would not advise you on which end of a soldering iron to hold. | |
| Bridging amps. The Adcoms are not that good for bass. My recommendation is an Eagle 2A or the Kenwood L09M. Both of these are fantastic bass amps. The Kenwood is a 300 watt mono amp from 15 - 20 years ago. The Betas need tons of power on the woofer towers to do ... | |
| Speaker Cable Suggestions? I had the Vandy's for several years and tried many cables and many amps. Finally gave up and sold the speakers. Vandy's are dull, dull, dull. Try a bright, ultra detailed cable like the Nodost Blue Heaven. | |
| Ancient Cable Experts Please Help. STICK, the word was supposed to be stick, not stiff. This is what happens when one becomes an ancient cable expert. The mind is the second thing to go. I forgot what the first was. | |
| Ancient Cable Experts Please Help. Avoid ANYTHING with Monster's name on it. It is not good stuff. After a few years, solder will not stiff to it. | |
| (ancient) Acoustat TransNova 200 amp The Hafler Diablo 9505 was designed by the same person - Jim Strickland and is 250 watts/channel. It uses the same TransNodal circuitry as the Accoustat TNT 200 but with an improved, balanced input section. This amp was made until quite recently (... |