jeffloistarca
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| Tube myths Joint Army Navy vs Non Joint Army Navy If tubes are anything like semiconductors (which I have 20 years experience with) the "differences" have to do with testing and traceability. Military semiconductors come off the same line as the standard devices do, but are subjected to a specifi... | |
| Cleaning & polishing speakers & gear I use the Pledge Anti-Static mitts on all my stuff; like the wipes you describe above but can be used on anything without leaving any residue. I keep a box nearby and when I notice dust accumulating on my gear, it only takes a minute or two and ev... | |
| BAT Integrated Amp or keep 15 Year Old Separates?? The BAT stuff is terrific, their new integrated looks and sounds wonderful. Your $2000 budget for speakers makes me wonder though, do you have the cash for the BAT 300 that goes for around $4000? For what it's worth changing your separates to a BA... | |
| Have you gone hi-rez? Which format and why? I'm guessing you're comparing DVD-A to SACD, trying to settle on the best new format. From what I can tell there are more SACD's out than DVD-A's, I would let the software choice dictate which I bought. Lesson learned from owning a Betamax which w... | |
| Office Separates System???? Plenty of choices.... I'll give you some ideas of various set-ups I've had over the years. Started with a NAD7100 receiver and Cambridge CD4 CDP with a pair of B&W DM302's. The 302's were upgraded to 601's (briefly tried some Celestion 600's b... | |
| If you could have 2 turntables... At one time I owned three turntables but I'm down to two now. I had a systemDek IIx with stock arm and Shure V15 cartridge in my office at one time, sold it off when I changed companies. I'm a fan of Oracle turntables so I own two of them. In my m... | |
| Biwire Martin Logan Aerius? What cables to use? Depends on your room and associated equipment. In my large listening room where my main system lives and breathes, the room is somewhat lively so Transparent BiWire fit the bill with my Quest Z's. In my home office it's much smaller and well dampe... | |
| What am I going to do with all of this junk? Marty,List the stuff on Ebay, it'll sell and probably for more than it's worth. I've come to the conclusion you can sell ANYTHING on Ebay, one man's junk is another man's treasure? I've gotten rid of all kinds of stuff I don't need or want, and be... | |
| What makes certain cd players better than others? Took a peek to see what direction this thread headed towards, and the "trust your ears" is always sound advice (pun intended). I posted some pseudo-technical stuff as a response because ALL good sounding CDP's take these things into account. I'm a... | |
| Changing from RCA to balanced- possible? Get ahold of Steve @ Quest for Sound (an AudioGon showcase dealer)QuestforSound@aol.com He can make you some balanced-to-single ended cables using Phoneix Gold wire and nice connectors for a very reasonable price. Good quality and he can make the ... | |
| Suggestions for my first turntable sub $1000 with arm two choices come to mind:I've always liked the SystemDek IIx (Scottish) for value. Decent table with a respectable arm and can be had for under $300 used. I'm a fan of Oracle 'tables and think their Alexandria is a terrific barg... | |
| Totem's "Hawk" and "Forrest":How Hi-End Are They? Jim,I owned a pair of Rokk's for a while, damned nice monitors they did a lot of things right for a very reasonable price. I heard the Totem Hawks at the Montreal audio show and man did they sing! Then I went to CES and the sound was less than ste... | |
| What makes certain cd players better than others? Tom,You're right, the PCM-63K's were some of the best DAC's I've played with. Damned expensive, I think they were around $60 a pop (the K version denotes military grade and were much tighter tolerances). Smooth, analog sounding and definately wort... | |
| System for a teenager Albert,I like Tom's idea of using the AR Complete with the Vandys, and perhaps adding a tubed CD player? One of the more inexpensive tubed CDP's I used for a while is the Dynaco CDV-2. Not a bad unit and you can roll tubes to dial in the sound (us... | |
| What makes certain cd players better than others? The digital to analogue converter (s) selected play a big role, the more accurate and less prone to inaccuracies the better; Crystal Semiconductor and Texas Instruments (bought Burr Brown a while back) make some of the better known and respected D... |