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| Video shielding for rear projection TVs? That depends - if your rear projection set uses CRT's then there will absolutely be a problem just as on a "tube" If it uses LCD's then there will not be a problem. The distance you are talking about would definitely cause a problem with CRT''s, a... | |
| wilson benesch ARC vs. Harbeth compact 7ES? Advice The Arc's are going to provide considerably deeper bass and a greater depth to the soundstage. The Harbeth's will sound more open and high resolution with a little more of an etched high end. The Arc's will have the better midrange of the two howe... | |
| plasma versus lcd We work a lot with both plasma and LCD. I can summarize the differences as follows:1) Typically plasma screens have very poor black levels, and poorer black level retention. This generally results in a poor sense of depth and detail, and also give... | |
| New TT for around 2000--- need some advice Of course I must prefix all of this by stating up front that I am a Nottingham dealer...But I would have to concur with the statements made reagarding the Nottingham Space Deck. Personally I prefer even the Interspace/Interspace Arm combo to the P... | |
| How much better are the Classic 45 rpm vs 33 LPs? I think they are pretty damn good. I many of the titles in both 33 and 45 versions and in every case the 45 is noticeably better although the 33's are pretty good too. The way I see it if there is an album you really love, it's worth it to get the... | |
| Patricia Barber "Verse" released and online She is awesome live - you really should go see her at The Mill sometime. Her new album is good too! | |
| Tube Cd players, Gains and Losses.? There are some great sounding tube CD players, and there are some lousy sounding tube CD players - same goes for solid state. You can't make general statements about how "analog like" a CD player sounds based purely on whether it uses tubes in the... | |
| Question about Mesa Baron A stock Baron cannot take EL34's - but you can have Mesa upgrade the Baron for you to accept EL34's. | |
| Record mats, VTA, clamps and my ears Forget about record mats - Sean is absolutely right. They tend to decouple the LP from the platter and hence you lose all the mass loading that most good turntables provide (i.e. they make the platter huge and heavy) Decoupling usually thins out t... | |
| Good Reasonably Priced Seperate Phono Stage?? Hi,There are several factors to consider. On the one hand you have to make sure that the onboard phono stage in a pre-amp has sufficient gain for your phono cartridge. If you are talking about .5 mV and up, you will probably be fine with the on bo... |