jmcgrogan2
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| Are passive preamps better? Newbee, I didn't mean to insinuate that those with tube amps would prefer a passive preamp. I've owned tube and SS amps and have always preffered active preamps myself. What I was saying is that I have noticed that most of the fans of passive prea... | |
| Are passive preamps better? I prefer active preamps. I've tried a few passives, but they never seem to work for me. That being said, I've noticed that many who like passive's also have tube amps. I cannot say that I have tried a passive with tube amps, so it may be a possibi... | |
| Review: Lessloss Lessloss Filtering Power Cord Power cord At least be honest Mr. B. You have an ad, selling a DCCA cord. I looked at the ad yesterday when Don posted his reply. Your ad definitely said that Santa brought you a new DCCA Refence Master power cord. You used "brought" in the past tense. This ... | |
| Reaching the top and stoping I was just talking with someone about this today. The one item in my system that I cannot seem to upgrade from is an original Shunyata Hydra....not from lack of trying. :)I've had the Hydra for over 4 years, which is a lifetime for me. 80% of my s... | |
| Shipping a VPI TT, Arm & Cartridge. Help Needed Jeff, these are the logistic questions that are best asked before the purchase. Now you are more or less at the mercy of the shipping gods. Hopefully your uncle picked up all of the original packaging materials with the turntable.If not, then you ... | |
| Why LCD and Plasma? 37 I suspect this won't be until some time after the mandated 2009 digital switchover.Tvad I heard in 1997 that the original mandate was for complete digital switchover by 2006. You can see how that turned out. :) | |
| Why LCD and Plasma? 37 01-02-08: TvadI have yet to see a high definition LCD or Plasma TV displaying a standard definition 4:3 aspect ratio signal that didn't look like crap. Do any exist?Not that I'm aware of. I think they purposely use crappy SD tuners to make the HD ... | |
| cantelever not straight, advise please. I'm sure it doesn't have only 10 hours on it. That's just like the old "check is in the mail" routine. There is no way to know how many hours are on a used cartridge. There is no way of telling how hard a cartridge was run (excess VTF, misalignmen... | |
| cantelever not straight, advise please. I'd ask for a refund too. I am all for buying used gear, but I would never buy a used cartridge though. I learned my lesson there years ago. Descriptions and opinions differ greatly on how "used" a cartrdige is.Cheers,John | |
| Holy Moly Blu-Ray Disc Players below $300 Cruz123 meet Jkalman. Beware, he doesn't play well with others. Don't argue with him, just walk away. There is no winning any discussion with Jkalman, for he is the Alpha Dog, his opinions are never wrong. Just smile and walk away........slowly...... | |
| What is FAST? Fast is another adjective for transparent, it has to do with the apparent speed of the transients. Usually lighter sounding gear is reffered to as fast, whereas warmer sounding gear could be reffered to as slow.Cheers,John | |
| DVD player question Are there any good companies out there that make a good quality dvd/cd playing unit that will also play BluRay's and HD DVD's? No. LG is the only company with a combo Blu-Ray and HD-DVD player out at this time, and it has some pretty bad reviews.I... | |
| For best CD playback is SACD needed? But, when a really good SACD player is matched against a really good dedicated CD player, the strengths of the particular CD player can outweigh the inherent advantages of the SACD format. LarryiWell I would have to disagree with this statement. I... | |
| Who has the best plasma monitor these days I've always thought the Pioneer Elite's were the best looking plasma's. | |
| Phono hum If you do not ground your phono cable, don't you also run the higher risk of a static charge damaging your cartridge? I seem to recall some manufacturers telling me this some time back. |