john_l
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| Tube Dampers - what's the story? There was a stereophile blurb a few months back about the new Audio Research tube damper's making a very noticeable improvement. The concept being that since tubes are microphonic, stabilizing them will quiet them. It makes sense. I know that one ... | |
| Cables:Harmonic/Nordost/Cardas I have virgos w/audio research vt100m2. I read lots of reviews and the top reviewer choices were consistently Yamamura, and Nordost (Red or SPM). I went with Nordost red and have had excellent results. I went from cheap heavy guage copper to these... | |
| Guilty pleasure music? I think it's time to put the cat out. | |
| cd players w/xlr out & no pre-amp needed Hey Hey, The Sony XA7ES (rca only), Resolution Audio, and Wadia line are all good sounding players. One good/bad thing about the wadia is that it is a DIGITAL volume control. See www.wadia.com for details. The bad side being a narrow range of volu... | |
| Theta Miles CD player One thing I have heard but never experienced is that Linn equipment is a little hard to match to non-Linn equipment. On CD Player's, the Cal Audio Labs players, the Sony XA7ES (which I own), and the Resolution Audio player's are all very good soun... | |
| Different versions of Vandersteen 2CE To my knowledge there are the following models: 2C, 2Ci, 2CE, and 2CE Signatures. Some models of 2CE's are upgradable to 2CE Signatues. You can tell by the serial number which is published at www.vandersteen.com. Great speakers. | |
| Guilty pleasure music? The intro to Hells Bells.. Best when played with the following audiophile setup: - Ancient Aiwa tape deck (w/variable pitch!). - 100W Soldano Guitar head (aka an amplifier). - Pole mounted Marshall speakers. - Old downtown Detroit warehouse practi... | |
| DVD player with excellent CD quality I've owned the Denon-5000, the wadia 830, and the Sony XA7ES. The sony and wadia were very close, trailed by the Denon on sound quality. I had originally purchased the Denon as a cd and dvd player. I found the cd only units sounded better, and end... | |
| best CD player or DAC under $1000 I think the best buy out there is the Adcom 750. That retails for 1250, and you can pick up a used one for $750. Next to that is the Denon 1650. It's their $1000 retail player. I have heard the Rega Planet is a great player too. If you want to go ... | |
| The Best Speakers for a Small Room I have the Virgo's in a 12x16room. They do sound excellent, but to get the best, I have them set up 8 feet apart, and 5 feet into the room. They lose some of their imaging ability if they are nearer the back wall. Also they are a little heavy (60-... | |
| The Best Speakers for a Small Room Dynaudio 1.3's are very nice dynamic monitors. | |
| Advice for integrated amps I completely agree with the need to live with a component for a few months to really 'hear' it. Your ears do need time to aclimate. Just buy good quality. | |
| Sound Cards For consumer markets, the soundblaster live is a good choice. I have one in my pc, and it produces fairly good sound. I run it into a set of prologic decoding sony speakers. It's pretty good sounding. The soundblaster has two large advantages. A) ... | |
| Best system for opera lover at $30,000 A must listen speaker for classical and opera is the b&W 801 series speakers. Many classical and opera albums are mastered on these, and for good reason. They are one of the few speakers with enormous bass impact, and excellent vocals. They te... | |
| Onkyo,Denon,or Yamaha for DolbyDigital? All three of those brands are known as some of the better sounding in home theater gear. Check out Stereo Review. They seem to favor the Denon's for sound quality. You can also see some good reviews on etown.com, audioreview.com, and amazon.com. T... |