joenies
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| What amp for Q5's? Spectral, Solution, Gryphon Greetings,If you go with the Spectral DMA 360's you will need the Spectral pre-amp.The Audio Dealer that I purchased my Spectral equipment from said the 360's can only be used with the Spectral pre-amp. The manual that came with the 360's says it ... | |
| Surge protection for new Panasonic Plasma TV I recently purchased a MIT Z Powerbar for my 2 channel system. It works and sounds very good.It was designed for HT systems. They do mention in the brochure that it will help produce blacker blacks for your TV/Monitor.So far I'm very impressed for... | |
| Help Identifying Older Kimber Speaker Cables My original Kimber 4TC are Brown and Black. A few years later they were Gray and Black. 22+ years ago.Joe Nies | |
| Cable maintenance Hello Inna,The deterioration of sound (oxidation) is a very slow gradual occurrence. You will not notice it happening from day to day.I will gaurantee that if you do clean them just once you will be convinced.Oxidation on the cable connectors and ... | |
| Cable maintenance Hello Tpreaves,I do have all seperates. Pre-amp, Phono-amp, CD player, Tuner, Turntable, SUT, Mono block amps main system, Speakers with triad connections, pair of sub-woofers, sub-woofer amp, external cross-over for subs only, digital room correc... | |
| Cable maintenance I clean all my connectors at least twice a year.I use de-natured alcohol and the Craig products.It takes a couple of hours to do, but does make an audible difference.I use cotton q-tips that you can get at an electronic store, you want the ones th... | |
| Passive preamp recommendation to my system Greetings,I used to run a Mod Squad Delux Line Drive for years, still have it. It is a great sounding pre-amp.Look up in the archives of Sterophile or TAS about the review of this passive pre-amp.There are some very good ones out there today.Joe Nies | |
| 40th Anniversary Aqualung is KILLER Sounds like we are getting mixed opinions on this album.It is one of my favorite albums. I have the original LP, mint condition which I think sounds better than the MO-FI one that came out years ago.I guess I will have to get the CD to hear for my... | |
| Which MC for my setup? You might want to look at the Denon DL-S1. It is Denon's top of the line cartridge. I have been using the DL-S1 for about 8 years now.Graet cartridge, never seen a review about it.Go over to Audio Asylum, there have been a few trends on this cartr... | |
| $2000 speaker help I will have a pair of B&W 801 E-series speakers with stands posted here very soon. Need to get pictures taken. Great speaker for all types of music.Lots of great speakers out there to choose from, tough decision to make.Problem I live in Alask... | |
| Best Solid State Amp w/ Avalon Eidolon Diamonds The speakers sound great with Spectral gear.Joe Nies | |
| Chasing 60 hz hum Greetings,In a lot of cases the 60Hz hum is not necessarily do to equipment miss wiring. It can be caused by a number of different problems.In some cases it can be the wiring in your house. An example would be that when the Romex cable was install... | |
| Chasing 60 hz hum Greetings,I lot of people will say not to use a cheater plug, but it works. A lot of dealers use cheater plugs also due to AC hum.Having an AC hum happens in a lot of systems.I would suggest using the cheater plugs and maybe going with a Very Good... | |
| Actually difference between class A and AB? The Latest issue of The Absolute Sound has an artical that goes through all the different types of amps.Just got it yesterday, have not read the whole artical yet. Looks like it has some good infromation in it.Joe Nies | |
| Power Cords--Your Preference? I currently use Cardas Golden Reference on my CD player with good results. Per your findings I might try something else?MIT AC1 for Pre-amp and Phono amp.MIT AC2 for Power amps.Joe Nies |