estrnad
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| Aftermarket power cord I use a HTS-2000 with aftermarket cords to my power amps, but use PS audio P300 with aftermarket cords to my preamp.Direct from wall to power amp sounds harsh; try it, your set up may sound different. | |
| Citation 12 / Advent 300 Match Your Citation 12 was very likely built from a kit (I built a couple of them). New (circa 1971), it retailed for $295. Garnered great reviews at the time. It has dual-mono construction and is amazingly dynamic for 60 watts/channel. Works best with ... | |
| Decent preamp WITH tone controls Lots of classic gear will fit your bill. You might be surprised by a HK Citation 11 with 5-band parametric EQ. | |
| Who R U 100K version ? One question Kennyt: In your friend's HT, how many "in-wall" (oh, puh-leez) or otherwise "concealed" speakers? | |
| Who R U 100K version ? Does that 100K apply to our current system only? Or over a lifetime? Shoot, over the last 35 years I've spent cummulatively double that on A/V stuff.If you mean current systems, you'll get mostly replies from guys with custom-install Home Theaters... | |
| What is your OTHER passion? I write little humor books. 10 published so far. Otherwise, radio collecting (that audio thing again!). -Ed | |
| Best Compact System? Hey, thank you all so much! Always nice to turn another person on to great sound... -Ed | |
| One Song That Still Causes... "Desperado" by the Eagles. | |
| Homegrown Silver Lace vs Coincident CST Silver Lace being unshielded can lead to some buzz/hum problems in HT systems when used near video monitors. | |
| help me improve my sysyem I would replace the Monster HTS 5000 with the much better sounding and cheaper ($130) HTS-2000. | |
| Preamp shootout: Joule, CJ, BAT I've been using the Joule (it is a "jewel") for some time. One question not even the designer answered is when should you replace the grid bias battery? ...How would you know it needs to be replaced? -Ed | |
| Nice Warm AC cord for a PLC Harmonic Technology AC-11. | |
| Question about MAGNEPANS 1.6 QR?? I had 1.6's and they definitely benefitted from a sub, for low-end punch. REL is good. They just don't have it even with kiloatts feeding them. I was using 500 watts. -Ed | |
| Newform Speakers...your experience? I now have the R645's which replaced Magnepan 1.6's and Martin Logan Aerius's before that. I have a review posted on AudioReview.com, please see, but in sum, these are better than the Maggies (except in coherence) and the ML's (much better low and... | |
| What songs make you cry? Craig-- Yeah, Roberta Flack's version of "First Time Ever" is good, but as mentioned in first post I really like the gentler version of Mary Travers, and the ambiguity she wraps the ending in... she thought it would last 'til the end of time (it d... |