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| Adding Home Theater To 2 Channel System I agree with MC. Don't do it. I did it in reverse. I had a dedicated home theater set up and I tried to integrate a two channel system into it. Miserable failure... lifeless! The answer was to have both, a dedicated home theater system and a dedic... | |
| Cartridge recommendations? If you really can't swing the extra $60 for the gold, then the Grado Prestige Green is a very good alternative. I have both and while the green is a good all around performer, the gold presents a broader soundstage with better imaging. | |
| Cartridge recommendations? Absolutely without question a Grado Prestige Gold.Happy listening | |
| Phono cartridge I used the Grado Prestige Gold on a 1978 Technics SL1500 with excellent results. Scored a deal on a hardly used Benz Micro ACE and it was definitely too much cartridge for that table and, well, that forced an upgrade to a Rega P8 lol. Grado Presti... | |
| For a few dollars more Tarantino is good, but he's no Clint Eastwood. Can't match him as an actor, for sure. As far as directing, he copies what was once upon a time in hollywood. Clint is a classic that many will emulate, Tarantino included... | |
| For a few dollars more Good for you! An excellent thread. I'm sure most of your naysayers wouldn't dare bite off their tongue to spite you. Kudos miller carbon for some needed levity and homage to a great actor, director and producer, one of the greatest of all time. He... | |
| If you had access to a time machine, what concerts would you go back to see? Hmm, this is a good one. If I could travel back in time I would like to see the following musicians live:Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Handel, Mussorgsky, Mozart, Strauss, Vivaldi, Porter, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Brubeck, Bobo, Getz, Jobim, The Beatles,... | |
| Best temperature for optimum tube performance I can only add this... I have an Audio Research D160 tube amp from the early eighties, 1982 to be exact. It uses 6550 tubes biased to 65 mV, according to factory specs. Way to hot for any practical life. I have "detuned" them to 46-48 mV to calm t... | |
| Speaker Positioning Dynaudio's website has some information on speaker setup. It involves the 1/5 concept. The center axis of the front plane of the speaker should be 1/5 the distance off the back wall of the depth of the room and 1/5 the distance off the side walls ... | |
| XLR cable with warmth without losing resolution A third vote for Audio Envy. Small proprietor with excellent customer service and he actually has a recording studio that allows him to test his products during live recording sessions. His impetuous was trying to find IC's that retained the sound... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? Can you cook? Oh you're not a chef. Can you hear? You can't listen. Have you dragged your knee at 130 mph? I highly doubt it! I have. I've bounced across the pavement at 110mph. I have the rudimentary ability to set up a race bike, but I'm not a t... | |
| Ever feel like a "low dollar" customer that your dealer doesn't think worth their time? I have experienced both sides of the coin. One as a middle school kid. A life long friend of mine and I would ride our bikes to the local Hi-Fi store, Alma's. There was a salesman in the store that could have easily ran us off. There was little to... | |
| Stereo Receivers from the past... I agree with Shoff. I have a beautiful Luxman R-117 paired with Norman Laboratories Model Nine and it sounds amazing. It drives my Dyns effortlessly too. Not a bedroom setup exactly, but it will certainly pair well with any bookshelf speakers. |