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| High end stores closing do you really care Interesting thread....I can't imagine losing my local dealer. Sure, he and I don't see eye to eye on everything, but he has always taken good care of me. I don't pay retail there, but my discount isn't huge. The extra that I pay is easily made up ... | |
| Dedicated Power Line - Directions for Electrician? Not knowing your exact situation makes this difficult, but here are some guidelines:The two obvious ones:1) Install a 20A circuit2) Use a high-grade receptacle. Some like the "hospital grade" receptacles and others (myself included) spent a ridicu... | |
| What did Jeff Rowland mean by a "new module?" As Dazzdax said it's the gain stage for the preamp. The Consummate and Consonnance both had plug-in modules for the gain stage. Over time these modules do fail and need to be replaced. Depending on the vintage you're dealing with the modules may o... | |
| Best speakers for near rear wall placement? I can place a vote for the Wilson Duettes. I have a pair right in front of me now that are about 3 inches from the wall and toed into the listening position. The result is truly amazing.Excellent soundstage width and depth and very good bass respo... | |
| Jeff Rowland Concerto Pre I think that I've had at least one of every version of the Rowland preamps over the years. The Concerto is a very nice piece at a very nice price point. In my experience the lineup stacks up as follows (from good to best).SynergySynergy IIConcerto... | |
| best classical LP labels There are also the RCA "Shaded Dogs" from the '50s. This catalog contains some amazing performances that were captured by two amazing recording engineers.It's funny, for a couple of pieces my reference for a LIVE performance is how it compares to ... | |
| Looking for a new "universal" player To me the HD format war isn't worth worrying about right now. My display has a native resolution of 1024x768 and that isn't likely to change much in the near future.I also doubt that there will be true reference quality universal players that inco... | |
| Looking for a new "universal" player I've considered the Linn and have it on my list, but I've always wondered about the build quality. Not to say that the Linn is a low-quality product, but that it doesn't seem to employ the same vibration dampening-through-mass that a number of oth... | |
| Anyone know anything about a new Rowland 312? The 312 uses new ICE amps and replaces the 302 (in fact I believe that the 302 is NLA).IIRC the wattage and dampening factor have both increased. I believe that pricing is similar.JRDG has done it's usual bang-up job of keeping their dealers infor... |