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| Best drink while listening to your rig? A glass of milk :) | |
| Dave Holland's LPs If you like to hear a great big band, try this one:"What Goes Around" on ECM from last fall. Was all the rage among Jazz reviewers. It is a great, adventurous album. I have listened to it many, many times and I keep discovering new nuances.Happy l... | |
| Power Conditioner for 220v environment The Shunyta Hydra works with any voltage. I use the Hydra in a 230 Volts country - plus, since the Hydra has US plugs, you can continue using your existing power cords between the Hydra and the gear. You need either a special cable between the wal... | |
| Bug Ugly Take a look at http://www.exoticaudio.org for some examples of really ugly gear - but also some really cool gear. | |
| How important is tuning? You need to include cables, equipment support, power and your listening room in your definition of "all the expensive things out there". A great amp starved for juice in a room with standing waves coupled to a vibrating floor simply stops being a ... | |
| Speakers that have holographic imaging on vocals.. Audio Physic Caldera can do it, too. Holographic imaging is one of the strenghts of this speaker. I had them for a couple of years and it was downright scary at times. | |
| Two Amps One Pair Of Speakers kr4@nyu.edu, thanks for the correction. Should have looked it up before posting. | |
| Two Amps One Pair Of Speakers Just for the record, there are amplifiers on the market that you can run in bridged mode (a topology that connects two amps to the same speaker with one amp serving the plus pole, the other the minus pole and a connection between the amps). I beli... | |
| What's up with Piega P-10 prices? Devaluation of the Swiss Franc would not explain this. The opposite would: if the Swiss Franc had strengthened greatly, then $10K might buy required to buy the same product that $5K did four years ago. Alas, this is not exactly what happened over ... | |
| Transitioning: back to solid state.... The result should be that you feel depressed since you've just realized that you will never finish college, having spent your tuition money on audio gear. | |
| New system advice? Do not forget to factor in some money for decent cables and good support for the TT. I am not trying to suggest any particular brand (I have my favourites, fo course). Neither do I want to suggest what percentage of the total should go towards cab... | |
| Speaker Cable for Avalon Eidolons I use NBS Omega speaker cables with great results (my amp is Pass X350 and pre is Ayre K1; I am mentioning this only because I have not heard your Accuphase which may have a different sound). IMO, the Omegas are a great match for the Eidolons. The... | |
| What of your gross annual income is your system? And here is my answer to your second question (first number calculated based on list prices, second number based on actual amount paid because items were used or discounted; numbers are not corrected for inflation ;) ):cd player: 8% (13%)pre amp: ... | |
| What of your gross annual income is your system? The equally interesting question would be "What average percentage of your net income goes towards equipment and software (LPs, CDs, DVDs, etc.) over a period of, say, the last few years". Or, the simpler version: "Is there a household item on whi... | |
| What system components would you buy if........... I would go with tube amps, Lamm or Tenor, rather than my current Ayre/Pass SS amps. I would try a passive pre-amp, like the Placette. I would spend the money I spent on my CD player on a great record player, like a Simon Yorke, and the money I spe... |