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Will buy Pre-amp today, help please !!
I don't know your situation exactly, but my mentality has always been "if its either this one or that one and you have to decide "now"--neither of them are the one." It is saved me a headache or two if nothing else. 
Advice sought on Lowthers.
When I mentioned the Lowthers to the engineer of my current loudspeakers his response, based on hearing them was,"didn't like'em, too much intermodulation distortion." This was all back about 2-1/2 years ago when I was shopping for the last system... 
Any ideas on best AM Tuner ???
Fanfare's got a new one (AM) with the AMAX technology. But I believe you'll have to buy both the FM and AM in one unit--the FT-100 (no AM only unit.) Nice tuner though, I own the FT-1A (FM only). To my knowledge that's the only thing in AM that ma... 
Hate to ask......
For the most part, I hate it. I mean, the average $350 receiver yesterday was better than the ones today. A $350 receiver rated at 100*2 or 100*5, they don't even specify frequency resp. anymore. The hundred watts is at only 1khz usually. Why both... 
Top Ten Tweaks
10. Speaker Placement9. Acoustic Treatment8. Sturdy Rack (Ventilation and field seperation)7. Foam ring around tweeter (if design permits or benefits)6. Deaden spkr. cabinets (if design permits or benefits)5. Keep interconnects, pwr, & spkr. c... 
I normally don't ask for help, but.....
Life is weird, nobody knows what it is. These aren't profound statements. To offer a little help. I work in a hospital laboratoy. Believe it or not, just today one individual who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer actually fought it off. We s... 
Best and Worst Product Names
I will add that Rosinate Dark Matter is about as cool a name as any for vibration control. Its just mysterious sounding "The Infinity Epsilon designed by Cary Christy" I always thought was classy.Whatjd is right, any new digital format is bound to... 
Best and Worst Product Names
A little of the topic, but I found Jadis and Avantgarde rather amusing names for manufacturers who both make horn speakers. Both names/words are french but Jadis crudely translates "of old, Once" and avantgarde means essentially "ultra modern, at ... 
A little bit of Truth
There was alot more in there besides cables, like monoblocs, opamps, high-current, etc. And for someone interested in getting a good audio system and not interested in extreme ideaologies and spending outrageous sums; its not all that bad a piece ... 
I live in a large cement room...
Evo845, I never said foam wasn't good or its not the best. I said the eggcrate foam you buy at walmart/kmart/etc. isn't good, and for that matter not anywhere close to the best. Its designed to go on your bed, not the wall. Now I'm sure if you put... 
Digital audio formats and obsolesence
The "micro-looking md" is DataPlay optical disc w/ 500mb of of memory. 
Digital audio formats and obsolesence
The first post says it well. The only other point would be if you have X amount of dollars then something will suffer if you have to buy five speakers and amplifiers instead of two for the same price. If the previous scenario is real then that's w... 
I live in a large cement room...
Look at these sites echobuster.com, auralex.com, silentsource.com and xoom.com will get you jon risch's homepage that sean mentioned. There is also RPG at audioadvisor.com who has a webpage too. I've done the Jon Risch DIY treatment and the panels... 
I live in a large cement room...
The room isn't that bad, at least you can actually run your simple little equations to predict the room's acoustic behaviour and they might work since cement is the closest thing to the constant ideal reflective substance the formulas assume. But ... 
Equipment Rack Placement
As long as the rack isn't more than 2/3 as high as your soundstage, or speaker height, is what I've also heard. I can't say from experience since my rack is off to the left of the soundstage and the other times where I had the rack in between the ...