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| Oh, the frustrations of the speaker search There is a lot of good advice here, let me add my own. Consider getting a copy of Get Better Sound by Jim Smith. His set up advice has made major improvements to my systems, both stereo and home theater. He deals with so many topics, there are bou... | |
| Center for B&W CWM8.3 Consider not using a center channel! Jim Smith's book of set up tips, Get Better Sound, is a terrific buy and full of good ideas. One of those is to not use a center speaker, if your AV receiver can give you the option. For you, all you need to do... | |
| Manufacturer Repairs? What is a reasonable time? I sent in my Ayre CD player for a repair and up-grade. It has been six weeks, and it took a week of no responses before I learned to hang on the line and reach a person, instead of leaving a message that was ignored. I did expect it to take a whil... | |
| Best overall Stravinski - Rites of Spring... The best recording I know is Michael Tislon Thomas and the BSO. | |
| Are there hybrid cables - solid and stranded? I have just hooked up my fourth set of speaker cables between Maggie 1.7s and Parasound Halo amps. Kimber 8TC was replaced by Tellurium Q Black cables from England. I moved things and needed longer cables, so I stuck in some huge old Radio Shack b... | |
| SVS Ultra Towers, Triton 2 or Triton 3 I read a pretty recent review where the Triton 2 and 3 were compared. The reviewer preferred the smaller 2 because of better image. I would love to hear these, but based on the review, and I have read many of that reviewer's remarks, I would go wi... | |
| single Cambridge audio azur 840w vs bridged mono I have an Azur 840W and I always thought it sounded great, then I got a pair of Parasound Halos. But when I had the 840 I used it with a power bar, then I tried it right into the wall, dedicated lines. The improvement was amazing! I now have a PS ... | |
| Turntable Swamp. . .what to buy? I bought a VPI Classic and it knocked my socks off! Then I added the rim weight and the improvement was obvious. After using that weight, I would not be satisfied with out it. Then I got a PS Audio Premiere Power Plant, and the turntable improved ... | |
| Speaker Cables Upgrade - Which Ones? I was very impressed by Tellurium Q black speaker cables. A ten foot length cost $500, and their claim to fame is in their clarity. I did feel I could hear lyrics better. Not easy to find, but it looks like 300 ohm antenna cable--thin and flat. I ... | |
| Van Alstine Synergy amps: Are they quality sound? Years ago Frank came to my house and plugged in his latest preamp. At the time is bested my ARC SP3-a. His equipment doesn't strive to be audio gems in looks, but his designs will live up to his claims. Further, he makes iterations of his amps wit... | |
| A Paypal Offer - Is This Secure? I have a friend who got burned by PayPal and there are a lot of web sites that tell horror stories of how folks are cheated, and how long PayPal may hold your money. I know many people use it, but there are risks you may not be aware of until some... | |
| Bah Hum Bug I have had similar problems and it was the cable that connected the arm to the phono preamp. However, I can easily get noise if I raise the gain too much. I mean more gain than it would need to be very loud. So, I agree with those who suggest cabl... | |
| Comparison - Kimber 4tc to Anti-cables I recently replaced Kimber 8TC with Tellerium Q black speaker cables. Much neater looking, they also let me hear lyrics better. Their thing is keeping signal phase right. All I know is they are better than Kimber, JC-1s driving Maggie1.7s. | |
| Is NAD C372 Integrated good match w/ Maggie1.7's? I have the 1.7s and I was running them with a Cambridge Audio Azur 840, a strong 350 watts into the Maggies. I up-graded to Parsound JC-1s, more like 800 watts, and the difference was huge! I never felt mega watts were necessary, but something abo... | |
| Need advice on bi-amping A cheap way to go would be to bi-wire your speakers. Kimber seems to make that sort of speaker wire their own speciality. However, if you bi-amp, get two of the same amps. In each amp, one side would be highs and one side lows. In case of very dem... |