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| Seeking repair tech in Nashville for REL Strata III amp problems Thanks guys. | |
| Turntable service in Albuquerque? Hey guys, thanks for the input. I can do really elementary setup to the best of my ability, it's more the cleaning/lubrication etc that I'm interested in having somebody do. I ordered a belt from a guy on Ebay that was supposed to fit the table, b... | |
| $600 +/- Bookshelfs w/ Holographic Soundstage Hey Ethan, I share your enthusiasm for the textural qualities of a fine two-channel image :) My suggestions as far as speakers go would include Alons, Meadowlarks, Green Mountain Audio, and of course Spicas. If you get a chance to listen to any of... | |
| Need rec on $500 preamp I tried a number of well-built tube pres in your price range (bought used) and settled on a Luminous Audio Axiom passive volume control, plus a Niles AXP-1 source selector switch (5 inputs, 1 output), connected by about 10 inches of cheapo silver-... | |
| Madonnas immaculate collection is wicked.... How bizarre, I had noticed the exact same thing (the horseshoe effect) on The Immaculate Collection. Kind of embarrassing, but I always check out "Like a Prayer" from this CD to evaluate new equipment's effect on soundstaging. Now I'm curious to h... | |
| Really wild-looking tube amps YES! Thank you Baranyi. That's it. Unfortunately, it looks like the site IS down for the moment, or awaiting a redesign or something. But that's the one. Thank you again. | |
| Cheap external DAC for DVD player The Creek OBH-14 DAC is a good choice for making a cheapo DVD player sound tolerable in my experience. It has a volume control so you can run it directly into an amp, but it also has fixed level outputs for a preamp. Nice sound for the low bucks i... | |
| Anti-jitter device with I2S output? Thanks a lot for the suggestions, guys. | |
| Help with speakers for audio refinement complete I had a very satisfying and affordable system once built around the Complete and a pair of Triangle Cometes. Oddly enough, I'm now using Spica TC-50s, although I've moved onto different amplification (modded Moscode 300 tube/hybrid amp with a Cree... | |
| New Antal esw any better???? Even the old XS line sounds great with tubes and a powered sub, in my opinion. I confess to salivating at Sam's comment (in the 3/06 issue) that "there's something else the new Esprits did better: time information. ... The spatial presentation was... | |
| Simple, Reliable DVD Player Go Sony. Their user interface is light-years beyond anybody else in my experience, and I've used their DVD products continuously for a good five or six years now with no troubles whatsoever. The picture and convenience features only seem to get be... | |
| Ring radiator tweeters - the future? I felt they sounded real nice on the Audio Physic Virgo III. Airy and detailed but no metallic bite that I could detect. Would love to hear the ML Kestrel II, which uses 'em also. Haven't heard the Polks but they seem like very nice products for t... | |
| Creek OBH-12-Upgraded Motorized Volume Pot? Wow, I can't believe I'm not the only audio nerd who's actually thought about this :) I'll be curious to hear what people say. | |
| quandary: inefficient speakers, low-power amp Hey guys,Update: I got a nice active pre (Audio Refinement Pre 5) to play around with. Kazam! No problem blasting the system loud enough to peel paint. However, I found the whole sound shifted dramatically. Even the PRAT -- with the Creek passive,... | |
| Speaker spikes OR Rubber feet ? My experience matches that of Jgiacolo. Always an improvement. As he points out, the Dayton kits with the discs are a good deal. |