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| Listening room in a loft area? I am in a loft uptown in NYC, so I have a bit of perspective. Why don't you put the system in the main room downstairs. The high ceilings will work very nicely. You just have to make sure to treat all corners in the entire space. Even listening un... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? I heard various Hanson speakers powered by the latest McIntosh gear about a year ago or so. The systems sounded horrible. I attributed it to the Hansons since I had never heard the speakers. Someone else who heard the same demo and heard the speak... | |
| Pink Floyd The Wall Remasters Totally off topic but a friend recently got to meet Roger Waters and see his home project studio, of which I saw some pics.Luckily I have 2 copies of the Japanese LP, so I think I'm done. | |
| Great sounding WLP LPs. I have several WLP's and they can be fantastic, however many of them have been played extensively and are noisey, though even those can be better than a quieter regular pressing. A few titles that come to mind are Born to Run, Darkness on the edge... | |
| Wilson Benesch Torus hoop-up? Help Wow, this is a sub I'd love to hear. Can you comment on how it sound vs. Traditional subs? | |
| Review: Soundsmith SG-200 Straingauge Cartridge Hi,You didn't state what stylus you have in the system. Is it the SGS-6 or 5? The 6 will give even more information that the 5, but is more critical of set up. It's nice to be able to pop in the 5 if an LP is not recorded so well, or has groove da... | |
| Where is the next generation of direct drive? I took on the TTWeights line of tables for this very reason. You can switch back between ultra quiet rim drive or tri belt drive. It offers something for everyone, no matter what your design preference. I only have the belt drive up right now, but... | |
| Graham Phantom II 12" - dimensions and overhang HiI am dealing with similar issues after upgrading our 9" Phantom to 12" Phantom II supreme. We needed the 12" arm wand for the new TTWeights Momentus Duo Drive table we just got in for demo and sale, which has an outboard arm pod.I am ordering a ... | |
| Why are HD downloads so expensive? The price is determined by the record labels that use HDtracks as an online distributor. In fact they had to raise the price at the record label's request a while back, so pricing was more uniform across all labels.Also I don't think we should be ... | |
| NYC Show I just wanted to chime in with some inside info about the Axpona NYC show. From what I understand, the organizers had a very short time window to put the show together, and did an excellent job considering the time allotted. The show was part of C... | |
| NYC Show Hi Joe (Trelja),I'm the Atma-sphere/TAD dealer who's room you were in (Triode Picture + Sound). I'm sorry you didn't get to hear the MA-1's on the TAD CR1's. We didn't have a set schedule of when we switched from solid state (TAD) to tube gear. Th... | |
| Ten audiophile commandments Thou shall not listen past 100db.Thou shall not listen to any powercord included with a component.Thou shall tweek.Though shall proselytize others in the way of audiophilia.There is only 1 Mark Levinson. | |
| A $300-$400 turntable tweak Wow - this is quite the thread!!!I have no doubt that what Halcro (a valued poster) heard was true for his system.However, as user of both a ring and clamp, I have found differently. Here is an anecdote. On my current table (Raven 1), which came w... | |
| What will be the data storage method of the future Not that I'm espousing Scientology in any way, but they needed a method of making sure that L. Ron Hubard's speeches would be playable in 300 years. They chose to buy a cutting lathe and put the speeches on LP! | |
| Wilson Benesch Torus Sub I would love to hear the Torus sub. Anyone in the New York or South Florida area have one (or 2) set up that would let me listen?At some point I may want to add low bass to the TAD CR1's, and I would need and extremely fast and articulate sub to m... |