jeffloistarca
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| Avoid UPS Shipping To/From Canada Although Fed Ex may be a bit more expensive, your stuff shows up in one piece and they don't charge a prep fee. If you haven't been burnt by UPS yet, you will be. Pay the little bit more for Fed Ex. Jeff | |
| Why do people think I'm nuts involving audio? Everyone has at least one hobby...photography, collectibles, cars, whatever. Whatever their passion is, I can guarantee you they spend far more money on their hobby than you or I would. To the uninitiated a Kodak disposable works fine, why would y... | |
| babys and your components My kids are 7, 9, and 11 now. It's really hard, but here's what worked for me. You have to teach your kids the only things they can play with is their own toys, nothing else. If they want to touch or use anything else, they must ask first. They ha... | |
| Unobtrusive speaker cables? Assuming you like your wires other than the appearence, why not get some fabric that compliments your decor and make up some "cable condoms"? Cut it to size, and you (or someone else) sew velcro on the the two edges, and wrap up your cable? Cheap ... | |
| An open letter to Terrorists Craig, even though I'm Canadian this tradgedy has certainly effected me. I drove by the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa yesterday; I was overwhelmed with the notes, flowers, etc. adorning the fence around the embassy. I travel extensively in the U.S. and h... | |
| Combinations that exceeded your expectations? BAT VK30 preamp, YBA CD Integre CDP, and the real sleeper, Linn Classik. The Classik is quite simply the best value in audio today and MUST be considered for your second or third system. It's that good. Sold my NAD L40 in a heartbeat, not even clo... | |
| Best all Canadian system Canuck Audio, we have more than hockey, good beer, and oustanding "gentleman's clubs" here. Here's my all-star made in the-frozen-tundra system: Source components would consist of Oracle Delphi V turntable (arm and pick-up will have to sneak over ... | |
| Roger Waters... "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" is a terrific record as well, worth picking up a copy. I saw Roger live last year, absolutely incredible concert. It was 5% Waters material and 95% Pink Floyd, he covered almost all of "The Wall" and most of "Da... | |
| How often do you listen to live music? I used to attend a LOT of live events, pretty much exclusively rock of various forms. Plenty of business travel and three kids put a damper on attending as many concerts as I'd like to but I do go when I can. The ticket prices and lacklustre effor... | |
| Patrick O'Hearn - Where did he go? He played in Zappa's band as well, I had the pleasure of seeing Patrick play with Frank, don't remember which tour it was. I was fortunate enough to see FZ eight times, a true musical genius. | |
| The infamous Amps and preamps...$6000. CDP and turntables: $6000. Tuners and tapedecks $1000 Speakers $10,000 | |
| Adding a headphone amp to a BAT preamp Turning the amp off isn't an attractive option; it's always on cuz it sounds best that way, and secondly, it's in the basement (below my source components) and I'd rather not go donwstairs to turn it off to use the 'phones. I'd rather avoid discon... | |
| Classe' amps I've owned a DR-3, VHC, and now own a DR-8 in my office system. IMHO, the amps designed by Dave Reich were the best Classe ever did, they all have a DR in the model number. I agree with Jack, after Classe you do begin to slide down the slippery sl... | |
| Syn, Research Designer ref. $2000 for a power cord is a heck of a deal??? I certainly respect your expertise and the thought you put into your post, but $2k? C'mon. I own several Synergistic Research AC Reference power cords, bought used here on Audiogon for less than $200. ... | |
| What tube preamp to get to smooth out the sound????? I think you'll find many of us agree with your hunch, BAT makes terrific preamps. I haven't heard all the BAT preamps myself, but I did switch from AR SP9 Mk II and AR SP14 to a BAT VK30 about a year ago. Awesome preamp, and around $2000 used is a... |