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How Good Is A Marble Slab at Deadening Vibration
Nonoise, If you want dense wood try some Ipe wood also known as iron wood. Just make sure that you have it cut to size where you buy it as most saw blades are toast after cutting this stuff. BTW it is also very beautiful looking. It looks similar ... 
sound at the record store
The record store owners I know have nice systems at home and just so so system at the store. I myself would do the same, why would I put in a good system that cannot be setup correctly. The space is for sale items not for people to come in sit and... 
Hunting down a HUM
Try moving the phono stage. It does not matter if it is on or off if another piece of equipment that is powered is causing an electrical field to influence your phono stage. The kind of gain phono stages produce have always been problematic.I just... 
How Good Is A Marble Slab at Deadening Vibration
Geoffkait,I agree but with having limited space of a 1/2" spring isolation is either very expensive or not possible. There is also the WAF factor as make springs look nice without restriction of the spring is a hole different ball game. 
How Good Is A Marble Slab at Deadening Vibration
Sunnyjim,I am in the HVAC/Lab equipment field an have access to all kinds of vibration elimination products directly from supply houses and manufactures. I tried all kinds of things to isolate my system from vibration. The best thing I did was bui... 
How Good Is A Marble Slab at Deadening Vibration
Most Vibration pads are 3/4" thick if it has cork. you can get them made of just rubber much thinner. I would recommend these is you need thinner. Remember you must add more for weight as they are 3.8 thick. here is a link for Amazon http://www.am... 
How Good Is A Marble Slab at Deadening Vibration
Great I think, the heavier the better. I used Marble under my tube amps when I had them as I felt they looked better in the room. I now use granite slabs under all of my equipment. All the source equipment is in a closet but the amps now. If you d... 
best snack for listening?
Special brownies or mushrooms. 
Any experience with Verity Parsifal monitor ONLY?
I have owned both versions of the Parsifal and have listen to just the monitors with each of them. They sound very detailed, have a very wide and deep sound stage thou deeper with the bass section. They also seem disappear as the music comes from ... 
Can Meridian G68 preamp bypass DSP & stay analog?
Kal is correct all analog that go's into a G68 is converted to digital, them back to analog if you have a G68AXV like I do.I purchased the G68 to do exactly what it did at the time, handle my digital sources for my theater or listening to multicha... 
Why does most new music suck?
Remember ROCK&ROLL sucks and is evil. So I would assume all music after also sucks and is evil. I an dating my age yet again. If anyone wants they can send me ALL the offending music. I will safe guard it for you. 
Problem with Turntable leveling?
If you can cue up the record at a song you want to hear without the cartridge shifting as you lower it to the record you should be fine. Mine moves at times but everything else is correct with the alignment so I do not worry about it. 
i hear sim audio amps are unreliable
I have two older W6(had 3)a W3 and a new 330 from Simaudio. I had one problem with a power supply in the W3 and other than that they have been great. They work very well with what I have. The sound is very involving and detailed without being too ... 
What's going on with Mobile Fidelity?
Back in the day I order every MOFI and got them from same. Yes I have every MOFI released including the ones I listed and a few others as test pressing. Every see DAYS of Future Past UHQR.Story:I went to order a second Escape and was told by MOFI ... 
What do you expect a reviewers system to be
What they enjoy.