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| Your First Hi-Fi Hankering? I wouldn't say there was a single moment in my hi fi audio awakening, there was a series of small ones.As an elementary school kid in the mid '60s, my Dad would allow me access to his collection of LPs and his console record player. This is where ... | |
| Proac 2.5's-something not quite right- ideas? Interesting experience, Ben.I own three different ProAcs [Tab 50 Sig, then Response 1SC, and now Response 2.5] that I've kept as I upgraded.I've never heard the Studio series, but I suspect what you're hearing could be the difference between the S... | |
| Apple or PC? As a loyal Mac-Jihadist, I have to agree with the comments regarding Macs being as vulnerable to viruses as PCs.I've been the victim of a few nasty Apple bugs, and I believe the only reason there aren't more of them is because people that write th... | |
| Apple or PC? I've been digitally retouching and enhancing famous women's faces and boobs in LA for the last eight years on all sorts of Macs. If it weren't for Apple, I wouldn't be able to afford Audiogon. | |
| Best location for isolation cones. I'd say if you put them under the speaker stands, subwoofer or monitor, try to screw them into whatever it is they're under. Otherwise, if they're loose, they could just make things worse.With components in a rack, I just try a whole gang of diffe... | |
| Add a DAC or Mods? Yes, definitely roll them valves if you haven't done so yet. Changing tubes can make a monsterous difference in the sound. That's why I like tube DACs so mcuh. All those modders I mentioned are putting tube output stages in their players. | |
| Add a DAC or Mods? Elizabeth makes a good point. I've been using a transport and different DACs for four years and enjoy the flexibility.However, I am getting quite interested in the different Denon 3910 mods done by APL, Exempar and Modwright. | |
| Is 200 watts too much for an NHT AudioCenter One? I agree.I've been using a 150wpc ATI AT1505 with five little NHT satellites for almost seven years now, and they've survived countless blastings of the opening battle in Lost In Space, Spinosaurus versus T-Rex in Jurassic Park III, and that badass... | |
| Crossover definition So Pierre at Mapleshade endorses the pure maple syrup Master Cleanser Fast? | |
| Favorite Lesser Known Sax Players Byfo, was that Bob Mintzer playing on the Yellowjackets album Four Corners? Whoever that was, I liked their sax work A LOT.I liked Paul Carman's work on Sandy Owen's Themes in Search of a Movie.Although he's well known, I liked Branford Marsalis' ... | |
| BAT vs. Mcintosh? As a happy BAT owner I must say that I really like the look of the Macs. The blue lit meters are cool! | |
| DVD/CD for Bedroom Something I started with for a bedroom system 10 years ago was NHT SuperZero satellite speakers, and I still have them. NAD is good place to search for an integrated, and a nice affordable DVD/CD player is the Pioneer DV45. Good luck! | |
| 3-D Movie Is A Metaphor for Non-Audiophiles The only "DDD" movies I've seen are some of the later Three Stooges shorts specifically made for it. This was about 25 years ago when The Stooges weren't being aired anywhere on Los Angeles TV. It was interesting to see a Hollywood theater complet... | |
| Denon POA-2800 vs. Sony TAN-90ES Chris, aren't you using the POA-2800 for both 2 channel and movie viewing? The Bryston 4B does have a lot of power and it does bass really well. Are those attributes you're looking for? Something you feel the Denon lacks? | |
| did lightning do this? Yeah, anything five times hotter than the surface of the sun is quite frightening. |