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| Odd shaped speakers There is no reason to believe that a standard rectangular design is necessarily the best. But there is also no reason to believe that a bizarre design is any better. In the end, I'm with you - I want my speakers to disappear both sonically and vis... | |
| Basis 1400/benz/rb250/300 Fujindemon: I just recently went through the same transformation - I have 600 great CD's and I haven't listend to one of them since I went analog 2 months ago (I'm sure I'll go back to them, but I am considering ditching my cd's where an analog ve... | |
| Where do you sit? KP: Have you tried spiking your sofa bed? Awesome bass! | |
| Cheap preamp/no preamp/passive preamp question... The Linn Genki is a great CDP for the money. But if remote is important, take note that the remote for the Genki is Linn's remote which is used for its preamp and it will control all functions on the Genki *except* the volume. That's because the G... | |
| Which record brush? I cryo treated my Silly Putty and it took out all the bounce! | |
| Which record brush? Drubin: You coulda saved saved $68.00 and got a ball of Silly Putty for $2.00. I'm not kidding. My Linn dealer recommended it to me and it works great! | |
| CD Player for around 3500? Think about the Linn Ikemi which I (and many others) think is the best for under 10k. Of course, I am a satisfied Ikemi owner! | |
| Correct turn on, turn off sequence???? I might suggest that, if you listen to your stereo often, do NOT shut off your amps. You actually incurr more "wear and tear" by frequent warmup/cool down cycles than by letting it run 24/7. The cost of electricity is also very low as the amps onl... | |
| Which is better XRCD or a 24 Bit CD? Sorry, I misread your question. Disregard my prior answer. As I said, I am a great fan of XRCD. XRCD's are really 24bit cd's in which better technology is used in the mastering and production processes. Because JVC uses the industry's top a/d conv... | |
| Which is better XRCD or a 24 Bit CD? I happen to be a big fan of many XRCD titles. In my opinion, they are as good as 16/44 gets and maybe as good as some 24 bit. But a well mastered and burned 24 bit cd will blow away even XRCD. Remember that 16 bits can define up to 65536 distinct ... | |
| bias anti-skate setting for lp12/ekos/arkiv The LP12 anti-skate is calibrated so it should be set at the same as the tracking. 1.7gm means anti-skate should be 1.7. This generally works. You may also want to independently check it by ear, or by other methods. Check a recent Audiogon thread ... | |
| Source for Shipping Boxes? most shipping stores (eg, MailBoxes Etc) will make custom boxes for a modest fee. | |
| Copying DVDs? Swampwalker - Your fine tuning of the fair use rule is correct as I understand it! | |
| how to best a/b cables Sugarbie's and Drubin's points are well taken and I tend to agree. But if the claim is that the difference will be "jaw dropping", shouldn't that be apparent using the quick a/b method? | |
| Copying DVDs? Actually, under the "fair use" doctrine, it's not illegal to copy a cd or dvd for one's own use, eg, making a copy for the car.But the original question leads me to another question:I have been doing vinyl restoration, ie, copying it onto cd. I fi... |