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What's your favorite Turntable tweak?
Build a closet in the room adjacent the your listening room on the otherside of one of the houses main carrying beam if possable. Then add a solid core door for the closet to the sound room. This will remove any vibration from getting to your TT. ... 
Designer Hall of Fame
Verity Audio speakers. Their speakers are gorgeous and sound great to boot. 
No preamp 'Balance' control?
Most but not in all recordings the singer or main instrument is in the center. If you have a mono switch in your preamp set it to mono, if everything is in the center switch back to stereo and if the singer or instrument is not center that’s way t... 
Beatles Remasters: Mono vs. Stereo Debate Thread
Either way the artists and the record companies should use the Beatles reissues as a standard for quality. We need dynamics to be put back into the music. At least the origial should keep the dynamiics so later when they realize loadness is old ha... 
digital front end to rival best vinyl?
KoegzI purchased my own parts and built my own computer awhile ago. It is a XP with 4 gigs (only 3gigs seen by XP system),quadcord at 2.40Ghz, raid 10 with 3 Tbs X2 of hd space for movies, DVD/CD burner, M audio 24/192 soundcard, NVIDIA GeForce 88... 
Words From the Wise
Whatever you purchase to listen to or through it should be what you consider the best you can afford. You should sit and listen for as along as you have to, make the right decision for youself and not what someone else thinks you should get becaus... 
digital front end to rival best vinyl?
Koegz,What did you listen to at Goodwin's. Was it the DCS or computer to the Berkeley DAC or something else? Both come very close to analog.I think the largest issue is the SW, there is not alot of high res around yet. Most of what is available is... 
Dedicated Lines - Problem
How old is your A/C system? Call your a/c company and make sure all electrical connections are tight all the way to the compressor. If it is an older a/c have them install a hard start kit. The hard start kit will help your a/c start better and ea... 
How much weight can an upstair room can hold?
1 crack is not a problem. Cracks happen throu out the life of a house. They happen as the house settles. Watch the crack and see if it gets longer and you could also have someone come and look at it. No reason to get rid of anything. 
Live equipment chassis
AlbertporterSquirrels are very cute when they jump up and down caused by an electrical jolt.No squirrels were hurt while writing this. 
Filling hollow tubes of my component racks
Samhar,Sorry for delay.50/50 is about what I ended with. 
How much weight can an upstair room can hold?
Semi,I would check the distance between joists if I were you.They used 24" centers alot and the joist is usually a true 2X6 in older houses. Today it's 16" centers and the joists are 1.5"X7.5" at best. The issue is, will 24" centers with 2’X6”s ho... 
Live equipment chassis
Have him get a polarity tester at the hardware store an outlet could be wired wrong. 
How much weight can an upstair room can hold?
You should have no problem. The heaviest item per square inch in your home is your refrigerator when full. It's even heavier than a waterbed per sq inch. There are lots of homes with frig's on the second floor. I have my record collection and ster... 
Filling hollow tubes of my component racks
I had put childs sandbox sand and buckshot in mine when I had that type of rack.