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| Mapleshade Vibration Control Sorry-posting quickly-attaching the vinyl tile to the top side of granite slabs-just want ot be clear on that! | |
| Mapleshade Vibration Control I use a Target shelf, but also use granite slabs on vibrapods within the Target shelf and have found that attaching "peel and stick" vinyl floor tile eliminates to a great extent the "ringing". Very cheap too. | |
| How Much Do You Need to Spend on a PC? I have owned or have experience with the following cords MIT Z (original), XLO, LAT, BMI Edge (entry level cord), Blue Cirlce BC 62 and Cardas Golden. For the money, the BC 62 and the Cardas Golden (I paid $200 for the Cardas, about $160 for the B... | |
| The best Neutral Power cord ? If you want to keep both the cost and work down, you can buy a Volex 17604 cord, already terminated with an iec and molded male end, and proceed (if you want) to hack the male end off and terminate it with a quality hospital grade plug from the li... | |
| Audiolab 8000S I own and still use a first generation Audiolab 8000A (about 12 years old). The criticism of the first version of this amp was that it had a slightly glassy treble and could be a bit analytical. I have mated mine with a Cardas Golden power cord wi... | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables You might check into a recent post (and numerous responses!) at Cable Asylum, within Audio Asylum, regarding a pair of $25,000 speaker cables from Transparent. Slightly out of my price range (I'm a Kimber 8TC guy right now) and don't know of anyon... | |
| Cheap Tweak? Try TPC (the Perfect Connection) made by XLO, costs about a buck a packet-you should be able to find it at shops that sell XLO products. | |
| Neophite needing advice An Audiolab 8000S on closeout from Artech Electronics at $439 for a demo or $549 brand new (I use an old 8000A with a Cardas Golden power cord on it and it's outstanding). An RCA 5223P DVD player (last year's model-I have no idea what current RCA'... | |
| CDP isolation options for improved HF? My experience with cones (tiptoes-aluminum) is exactly as Sam states above: midrange and treble emphasis giving an "exciting" but ultimately tiring and irritating sound. I'm using budget gear, like you, and find that I want to smooth things out, n... | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords I'll agree with the post directly above (and others) with one exception. I own an Innouye Line Conditioner (highly recommended by UHF Magazine in Canada) and find it to work exceptionally well with my turntable, but that is it. My integrated amp d... | |
| Audio & the Emperor’s new clothes. Couldn't agree with you more Classic. The law of diminishing returns is at work in a huge way with "high end" audio. In my opinion, one can put together a pretty decent system without blowing your total bank account (or line of credit or whatever)... | |
| Why does it sound less dynamic? To Fpeel: Here's a cheap idea for you to experiment with-will cost you less than $10. Buy some large zip lock freezer bags and some sand. Fill the bags up with sand and put them on your transport, dac, pre and amplifier(s) (unless they already wei... | |
| Integrated for Maggie MMG's You might want to consider an Audiolab 8000S (full retail $1,095) now being closed out at $549 new if Artech Electronics has any left. Audiolab was acquired by Tag McLaren and no longer exists but this amp was current until about a year ago and wa... | |
| Who R U? Redkiwi, being a Junior Wells fan, has inspired me to post. My username is hdm, short for Hoodoo Man, one of Junior's many great songs. Had the opportunity to see him numerous times before he passed away a few years ago. I'm a 41 year old real est... | |
| Best of value-based systems Two things: Sluggos response was much more based on sarcasm and obnoxiousness than humor. That's my opinion; but I guess everyone has a different sense of humor. Secondly: after messing around in this hobby for 20 years, I think it's fair to say t... |