jeffloistarca
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| Who pays for busted stuff? Sending the deck back isn't an option I want to pursue for a few reasons. The deck is in perfect condition, I had to pay $60 to Canadian customs when it got here, and it would cost me a fair bit to ship it back I took the deck apart, hoping to fin... | |
| How much are you worth ? If money in the bank includes 401k's and equity in your home, then my systems as a percentage of my net worth are negligible. Being a contrarian I stayed way from tech stocks last year (even though I work in the semiconductor business) but find th... | |
| PC program for music cd indexing Audiograbber, terrific program. You load your CD in you 'puter, it goes off and grabs all the relevant info off their website. Highly recommended | |
| Recievers versus separates The Magnum Dynalab receiver (designed with Sim Audio) has received some glowing reviews, and at $2k list may be worth investigating? My concerns with all-in-one units is a lack of flexibility when it comes time to upgrade, and the power supplies a... | |
| Priorities, who makes the rules anyway? Cars vs. a serious rig. Well speaking for myself I went with building up some good sounding music systems first (I have also have a decent HT and still don't care for TV or movies, but that's my own quirk, wife and kids love it). I won't mention m... | |
| Best professional TEST CD? The Stereophile Test CD is very useful | |
| best cd's to impress your friends with.. "Ghost of Tom Joad" Springsteen, "Love Over Gold" Dire Straits, "The Symphony Sessions" Tom Cochran, "Graceland" Paul Simon | |
| Which Headphone Amp for Sennheiser 600? Grado RA-1 with my Senn 600's, sounds terrific. I like the performance, simplicity, appearence, and the fact it runs off 9V batteries, one less thing to plug in. | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? I kinda hit the wall with respect to gear upgrades, but am I ever having fun tweaking my systems! Tweaking is cheap, fun, and appeals to us guys who just can't leave well enough alone | |
| Don't try this at home hElP If you want the sound to jump right out atcha, try using a thong on the connectors | |
| You get what you pay for... I had a similar experience with a Cambridge CDP, the entire display fell off the player and the door jammed. My dealer had it repaired for me, and I sold it. Many folks here on AudioGon swear by Cambridge, but to me they have severe quality contro... | |
| Classe phono stage? Eic, it really depends on the investment you've made (or plan to make) in a front end. Will your 'table/arm/pickup be a giant killer, or something musical yet modest? The phono stage in my Classe Model Thirty peamplifier is pretty good, very close... | |
| What songs make you cry? Country & Western, Opera, Rap, and Hip Hop. Makes me cry, my skin crawl, hair fall out, my ears and nose bleed, and I break out in a hideous rash | |
| Best Phono Pre-amp..for the money? I'm using a Grado pickup through a Black Cube, sounds real good to these ears. The cube is the size of a deck of cards, and you can fool around with PC's, it's detachable. Can't miss with a used Cube | |
| Classe CP-35 pre and Classe in general First off, if you like the sound, then go for it. Our collective opinions mean squat if your ears enjoy the sound. I own a Classe amp and preamp; I've owned Classe amps of various flavours for 20 years now. Classe products are terrific value, and ... |