fatdaddy2
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| Do You Unplug Equipment During Thunderstorms? Used to when I lived in Southern Illinois; in Southern California, what's a thunderstorm? | |
| Is Full-size speakers for L-R Rears advisable? A lot of folks don't realize how much bass info is available from the rear channels, at least on a well-engineered surround soundtrack. I've got a horn-loaded JBL stage monitor with two 15" woofers (combined L+R rear channels via mixer), and get ... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Stuff I've owned: ELAC Miracord (630, a great entry TT for me when I was a semi-starving HS student) Rega (Planar 2 then 3, nice step up if somewhat minimalist design; great to pass on to your kids when you upgrade) Garrard (401, rock solid and... | |
| F-XLR to M-RCA recommendations If the equipment with XLR also has RCA outs, you're better off just using the RCA's on both. Once you use an adapter, you've already lost any (potential) advantage of using the XLR termination, which only exists with XLR terminations on both ends... | |
| Shipping speakers from West Coast to East Coast Sorry dude. If you're dealing with a company that is in the process of moving, you are down in the noise. Hold your water. | |
| Upcoming Trip In the day I primarily used Sennheiser noise-cancelling phones, although had one or two pair of Sonys as well. Could never get over the 'phile bias to purchase Bose. My recommendation: get the best pair of NC phones you can afford (foldable is a... | |
| How long should high quality speakers last? Until they no longer sound good to you, or you notice that "something's wrong". I had to replace a tweeter on one of my speakers a few years ago; both recognizing the problem and accomplishing the replacement were "no-brainers". | |
| Who has kids that are in a band or have been? Oh and I forgot about the 18" sub with its 1500 watt amp (size of a small refrigerator), not to mention the Mackie powered mixer and Crown amp that drive the whole thing. Great for making use of the discrete channel outs from the Oppo disc player. | |
| Who has kids that are in a band or have been? The sound system for my kids' band has been my home theater system since the band broke up; it all worked out well for dad and you can't beat the JBL stage monitors (horn mid/treble 15" for mains and 15"x2 for rear;12"x2 for center channel) for m... | |
| Raven Audio Soniquil Cables: Misrepresented Build & Tarnishing Connectors? I've purchased several of Raven's power cables; top notch construction, connectors and visual appearance. Don't be so quick to judge a manufacturer by a single bad sample. (And don't be so quick to expect $$ support for your purchase of an $18 c... | |
| 300 Watt Tube Monoblocks Recommendation: don't. (room heater, expensive to maintain) | |
| Is there an 'Audiophile' Reel-to-Reel Machine for Under $1,000? No. And most likely anything you would find used and in need of repair would be a 4-track machine, whereas the new "audiophile" tapes are almost exclusively 2-track. If you want a cheap machine, are you really willing to spend $400 on up PER ALB... | |
| I’m considering upgrading my speakers internal wiring Go for it! They'll be your "forever" speakers; especially since nobody will want to risk buying them with your mod, if they like speaker's OEM voicing. | |
| What's the weakest link in my stereo set up? I live in a townhome, so limited on space. Agree with sub recommendation; for your budget you can't do much of an improvement in your TT setup. Cambridge is (IMO) a weak link, but since it serves multiple functions, may not be able to improve within your budget. Let you wife select a nic... | |
| No one talks about Purist Audio Design cables. Have had Elementa and Aqueous speaker cables for decades; Aqueous still in use in my living room system; Elementa in storage (replaced by much more flexible Morrow SP-4 cables). |