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| Rolling your own Start with a kit, as crossover design is VERY tricky and will make or break the success of your project. The crossover is really what makes a "good" speaker "great". Without an expertly designed crossover, you'll most likely end up with mid-fi qua... | |
| DIY Power Cords I use the Marinco plugs and IEC connectors with excellent results, which are based on the expensive WattGate products. Marinco makes the plugs for Ray Kimber's WattGate company. The place to order the Marinco plugs is www.partsexpress.com. Inciden... | |
| Eggleston Works Fontaines I don't own Fontaines, but I can say that I was very impressed with them when I listened to them at the Home Entertainment show in NYC. Not the best acoustics in a hotel room, but even in such a poor room, they were very emotionally involving and ... | |
| Best speaker with tubes? Coincident Technologies Super Eclipse works great with tube amps, and is a bargain at $5,500. (Price going up to $5,900 Oct 15, 2001 according to their website). Check the website coincidentspeaker.com, and go listen to them with your favorite mat... | |
| Power Cord Review Please include the LAT International AC-2 Power Cord in your survey. It is $129.00 per 6 ft length, making it a great value. I would be interested in hearing how the AC-2 stacks up vs. other power cords in the survey. The AC-2 uses 10 gauge "silve... | |
| My own audio store Will you even be able to retire? I think your retirement savings must certainly be tied up in all that equipment!! How much do you really NEED anyway? You've got a house full of rapidly depreciating assets (especially if you bought new equipment).... | |
| Best Silver ICs under 300? Make your own solid silver interconnects for under $50!! Check out Greg Weaver's article "Silver Signal Tape" at www.soundstage.com/synergize/synergize021998.htm. He describes how to make an interconnect similar in design to Mapleshade's that blew... | |
| Please Help: High-End car audio I am very happy with my Sony ES head unit/CD changer and a 50 watt x 6 channel Precision Power Amp (PPI) combo in my BMW 535i. It is dead quiet, even when turned all the way up (with no signal of course), which is very important to me. I hate hiss... | |
| Best speaker for a 40 watt tube amp If you are do-it-yourselfer, or know someone who is, check out the Poly Natalia (www.blackdahlia.com/do_poly.htm) and Ariel (www.teleport.com/~lynno/ariel.htm) project plans. They were specifically designed to be used with tube amps, especially lo... | |
| Best Customer Service (Manufacturer) I have had good service from B&K Components, who replace some binding posts on an amp that had been damaged. | |
| BEST Power Cable Under $100 Where can I find information on these Belden DIY power cords? How can I order them? | |
| Burn-in time Vs. Getting used to a sound Do headphones need time to burn in? I just bought a new pair of Sennheiser HD 580s and am wondering if anyone noticed changes in the sound of their 580s over time. | |
| Best Sounding Portable CD Players??? Why did this font turn BOLD all of a sudden? | |
| Best Sounding Portable CD Players??? Thanks for the advice, guys. I think I will stay away from the used, discontinued stuff like Optimus CD3400s, especially when I can get a new Panasonic SLSX460 player for well under $100. What I am looking for here is other current portable CD pla... |