jameswei
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| Two-Year-Olds and Turntables... Can you block it off with furniture? Or, a toddler fence? How about closing the door and making the room off-limits? You could cover it with a blanket so she can't see it -- out of sight is out of mind? Or, you could distract her with something el... | |
| Putting 2 speakers on 1 channel, issues? What about running the speakers in series, for a nominal 12 ohm load that could be kinder to the amp? | |
| Compromises (recording quality) I try to remember the really bad ones and avoid the label in the future.Some media are simply bad, like LP's made with recycled plastic that have bits of foreign matter imbedded in them, creating noise, or like scratched CDs.Sometimes it is the re... | |
| Ugliest Speakers??? I nominate the Calix Signature Phoenix Grand:http://www.calix.com.tw/english/product/product12.htmI saw these in person at one of the Stereophile shows, and I think they actually look a lot more bizarre in person. | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Phono Stage The Pass would be among the most neutral of the solid state choices and would not be expected to add anything to the sound except gain. You would lose the contribution of "tube sound" from the Cary phono preamp, but you clearly already enjoy the b... | |
| what kind of audiophile are you ? I appreciate music, but I am much more of an equipment fanatic. | |
| Modern day female jazz recommendations I just got Valerie Joyce's "The Look of Love," and Chesky's production is seductive. It puts me back in a jazz bar I remember at the top of an upscale hotel in Baltimore, twenty-five years ago. Sigh. | |
| Modern day female jazz recommendations Don't forget Eva Cassidy. | |
| What is the one CD you can't find? I've been looking for Vivante's version of Muddy Waters' "Folk Singer" album on vinyl. I've seen lots of MoFi's and Classic pressings for sale, as well as the original Chess and Pye from England. Vivante's version is on 180 gram vinyl and may not ... | |
| Just Curious...... I found this website for Kenwood USA:www.kenwoodusa.comThey seem still to be active. | |
| Good CDP with digital input/DAC capable The Mark Levinson 390s accepts digital input and outputs an analog signal. It can switch between this digital input and its internal CD player. It also has an analog volume control, so you can connect it directly into your basic amp without using ... | |
| Harman/Levinson/Proceed/Lexicon/Revel/ Deal Busted My benchmark for deals was 6x Enterprise-Value-to-EBITDA, financing rates aside. | |
| Harman/Levinson/Proceed/Lexicon/Revel/ Deal Busted Makes me wonder what was the "material adverse development"? Could it have been Tweeter's demise? or, did business suddenly fall off a cliff? or, maybe they lost a big contract with an automaker? | |
| SME 20/2 & Graham Phantom issue Hi Samleung,Thanks for the follow through.I agree with your assessment of the benefits of the ring clamp. I like it too!Perhaps I miss your point about the positioning of the tonearm. You are certainly right to say that the tonearm should be able ... | |
| SME 20/2 & Graham Phantom issue Hi Samleung,Thanks for your comments. I am not able to change my armboard but I can play without the ring clamp if it makes a real difference. Can you explain why you think "The TT and tonearm geometry isn't correct"? And, why is the performance l... |