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| Beware of dealing with PurePower Partners Inc i too was tempted to buy a PUREPOWER 3000 to address brownouts (frequent where i live) to protect my amplifiers. After doing a little research i came uponall of the customer complaints and demanded the seller get written confirmation that the unit... | |
| Bowers and Wilkerson B&W 802 D3: an impolite Brit? remember the Louis Lipnik review of the B&W 801 in Stereophile many years back?He described them as the audio end of the road. The disclaimer was that if you fed them less-than-pristine sound, then you got poor results due to their accuracy- s... | |
| Otari or Technics Reel-to-Reel ? Depending on how critical your SYSTEM is at revealing fine details (and reproducing background noise (i.e. tape hiss)), you have to pick a tape deck that is a good match. There are ALSO a number of good Teac and Tascam decks- some that offer 4 hea... | |
| How important is bass to you? Clean clear bass is more important than BASS; often the crossover is just as important so that you can hear a distinct difference between the low-midrange instruments vs strong bass lines in an ensemble. To get the best LOW bass performance, the r... | |
| Sonus faber Amatis vs guarneries anybody opinions? you have to determine how much LOW bass you really want or need. If you have a decent collection of PIPE ORGAN music you would have to (generally speaking) get a floor standing speaker. If not, then the monitors would probably be enough speaker to... | |
| Audio Rack Opinions Mapleshade has some excellent ADJUSTABLE rack systems for sale, butthey cost a lot of money- especially if you get a number of shelves or two racks side by side. Of course a skilled wood worker with a good set of plans could build the same thing. ... | |
| Any other Cecile McLorin Salvant fans out there? I heard a cut off of the album the other night on a jazz station and i thoughtit was great- "Cutting the Rug" or some such title. sings and plays pianovery very well. i couldn't agree more. i might just get a copy meself... | |
| Power blackouts - problem for tube amp & speakers The controversy is over putting something between the wall and a power amplifier, which most manufacturers will say is detrimental to the amp'sperformance (power limiting, extra noise on the line, etc.). I have solid state equipment that has a com... | |
| Wilson Sophia 2 Wilson Audio makes some of the most accurate transducers in the industry,and are "accused" of being overly revealing. Without hearing a Wilson speaker, especially one with a metal-dome tweeter first, would possibly be a very serious mistake. Plus ... | |
| What does music mean to your life/ i love music, but i think in today's culture that a truly great Movie, whether from the 30's or today, is incredibly powerful stuff. there's a thousand titles of pictures i can think of (maybe not offhand but, y'know) that have had caused me to th... | |
| Dan D 'Agostino, Mark Levinson, Jim Thiel, I think Nelson Pass has, more than most other manufacturers, delivered on the promise of SOTA sound at prices while, still not inexpensive, make a lot more sense than some "other" products out there. As for Levinson i couldn't disagree more- they ... | |
| WP 5.1 vs WP7 When the WP-5.1's were reviewed, it was pretty obvious that they were (politely) considered too analytical sounding and not very "pleasant" to listen to. I heardthem myself, and even playing vinyl they sounded disappointing. the 7's are a big impr... | |
| Have I Hit The Point Of Diminishing Returns? Take this advice for what it's worth-i have a much bigger and more expensive system than you do, and it soundsvery very good. but... i still look around at new gear and would love to check it out anyway. but other than a nicer looking pair of spea... | |
| Comparing the Pass Labs XA30.5 to the XA 30.8 THIS is a great article and many thanks to the writer. however, without a side by side comparison, and without a VERY accurate pair of speakers, my overall impression is that the Point-8 amps are not worth the extra money unless you are upgrading ... | |
| Tape Slipping out of guide on a TEAC X1000R sorry, that is TAPEHEADS.NET. of course, not DOT COM. THANKS, D. |