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| Smooth treble The word "smooth" can be appropriately applied to all the senses and a variety of perceptions as well. There are 15 adjectives for "smooth" listed in my dictionary and a number could apply here. One specifically fits this discussion: "not harsh to... | |
| postal Money order and fraud? If a crime is committed and the US Postal Service is involved, then it's mail fraud.http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/investigations/MailFraud/MailFraud.aspx | |
| I need help putting together a budget system As a start please share with us your room size, musical preferences and whether you see yourself as a solid state or tube kind of guy. Is your space dedicated or shared (i.e., with the family or are you single)? These all matter and will help you ... | |
| PLS. HELP ME. Hales Rev. 3 midrange driver ? I owned Rev 3s at one time and my recollection is the midrange and tweeter were stock Vifa drivers. The woofer was a proprietary part. The drivers in these speakers were supposedly closely matched; .5db? Call Madisound. They supposedly know about ... | |
| ugly tweak Been there, done that; see the system linked below. To give credit where credit is due, it was a suggested by a fellow 'Goner and did improve things. I eventually moved the TV to the bedroom where it could do what it did best: put me to sleep.I mo... | |
| Preamp w/HT Bypass for Mccormack I lived with a SF Line 1 paired up with an SMc modded McCormack DNA-1 for several years and felt they worked well together. Enough that I lusted after the Line 2 as a future upgrade.While not familiar with the Arros, the SF and DNA are not a combi... | |
| Power Cords for Cary Thanks, Cruz123. I've been interested in the both the Audience and Satoris lines for awhile. Nice to hear there is potential synergy with the Satoris and my gear. With winter approaching there may be time to do some experimenting.BTW, the Opus 21 ... | |
| Power Cords for Cary Thank you all for sharing your experiences.Cruz123, I am curious as to what source you were using with your Cary/Merlin combo. Cables (speaker and ICs)? That info might prove insightful if you don't mind.Let me also interject that overall I am hap... | |
| how much would you say a good set up cost The answer to this question is much simpler than most want to make it. A good set up costs just a little more than you've already spent. Any disagreements?All kidding aside, a decent system can be built for $2-3K, though it will have sonic limitat... | |
| Speaker tweak Double Ziplock bags filled with fine grained sand works well. These can be put into cloth bags if aesthetics are an issue. | |
| Where's the rest of the music??? This might be a stretch as you may have already tried this, but it's worth a shot.The manual for this unit mentions it has "variable analog output". Since the attenuation is probably done in the digital domain I'd run it at full "volume" into the ... | |
| Cal Audio Labs Icon MK II CAL was bought by Sensory Sciences which is a subsidiary of Sonic Blue. Information on support for CAL products is available at http://www.diamondmm.com/support/. A quick look didn't uncover anything about upgrades to the Icon MkII, so you might w... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Jond, an incident of this nature can cause great harm to a company's business and reputation, even if they do "the right thing" in the end. Once out news of this kind is hard to retrieve or stop, too. At this point it would probably be prudent to ... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Initially my take was everyone involved got the short end of the stick in this deal. The importer, the dealer and double short for Ernie. Then a new twist to the issue struck me while following the discussion.But before sharing my take on this, th... | |
| What's under YOUR CD player? In the past a variety of things have sat under my digital gear. Inner tubes, rubber footers, BDR cones (with and without "Those Things"), etc. have taken up residence at one time or another. Currently there are two 5 lb. Ziplock bags (actually the... |