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| Is my dealer lying to me? Here's to adding a bit more fuel to the fire of debate here. I was a late convert to digital around 1995 or so when I purchased my first CD player, a Cambridge CD4. Went through either 2 or 3 of them (I can't actually remember) in a 6 month period... | |
| Carmen Sings Monk Try contacting the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago. I'm pretty sure that's the name of the place; someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I would think they'd be worth a try Albert. | |
| Couple or Decouple CDP, DVD, VCR? I have used vibrapods (like you, I am on a budget) and find them to be excellent. If you want to keep costs down and your equipment is not that heavy, I'd recommend the following: a vibrapod sandwich using "laminated glass", or security glass-it i... | |
| Recs for new speaker cable or IC If you want an excellent receptacle that won't break the bank, try an Arrow Hart 8200 (about $8). I experimented with a number of receptacles up to $20 including Leviton, P&S, Hubbell, Bryant etc. and it was clearly the best, although the Hubb... | |
| Nick Drake: incredible sonics What type of music is it? | |
| Cheap Stuff That Keeps Up? I'll 2nd the Audiolab 8000A as a used bargain. I bought mine used about 10 years ago for about $275. This amp responds extremely well to a decent power cord (I've used mine with both Cardas Golden and Blue Circle BC 62) and for $400 or $500 for th... | |
| Huge difference in sound : Spikes vs. Vibrapods I responded to Tekunda's post over on Audioasylum about this (actually his first response there), and would agree with the posters here that you need to trust your ears and try this within your own system. My speakers are Elipson 1313's (a french ... | |
| No cost Power Cord Upgrade/Tweak The cord that I just lifted the ground on is not shielded, so that is not really a concern to me, and I had previously run another cord on my amplifier over the past year or so with the ground lifted with no problems. Also, my system prior to lift... | |
| Fusion CD-64 CDP Sorry can't help you out, but how much does this unit sell for? | |
| Audiolab questions?? The answer is yes. Artech Electronics was/is the distributor for Audiolab and I believe still has some Audiolab product to clear out (Audiolab was taken over by Tag MacLaren a couple of years ago). Do a web search for Artech Electronics and go to ... | |
| Best Budget power Cords Natlie: the Asylum cord is great value and a major improvement over stock cords, and you MAY be able to pay 5 times more and get nothing better, but that is not my experience. In my system the Asylum cord was easily bested by both the Blue Circle ... | |
| A/C Master Coupler Question The weight of most aftermarket cords is pretty substantial. I use duct tape to tape the cord to the wall behind the component to secure it. Works very effectively. | |
| Spades or bananas I submitted a question directly to Ray Kimber at audioasylum with respect to bare wire (am using Kimber 8TC) and he clearly pointed out that once secured onto the binding post, the oxidization occurs but not at the point of contact. If it's ok wit... | |
| Best SS Integrateds for a 4-500 budget It looks like Artech Electronics still has a few Audiolab 8000S (with remote, but no phono like the 8000A) at $449 for demos or $549 for new, an amp that was very highly thought of at $1,100. 60 Watt rating, but actually delivers more, I can recal... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? If you haven't replaced your receptacles at the wall (or in your line conditioner if you have one), I'd strongly recommend the Arrow Hart 8200 (available for about $8 U.S.) If you have two or 3 receptacles that your system is drawing from, this wi... |