johnnyb53
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| seeking 55 inch LED TV matte Screen, 2011 model I've been to a video specialty store that carries 2D, 3D, LCD and plasma. While arguments can be made for LCD or plasma in 2D, if you're going for 3D, the plasma beats LCD categorically, hands down. I think it has something to do with plasma's muc... | |
| Vincent PHO-8? Jolida JD-9A,? Phono Pre's $350-500 If you go here and scroll down a bit, you'll see three levels of mods for the Jolida JD 9A. Mods for this unit also show up in DIYAudio and other places. Six months after taking delivery, I still like my JD 9A a lot and have no desire to change. I... | |
| How does the drum kit sound on your rig? It depends on how well the drums are recorded, but on well-recorded albums, they sound spooky-real on my modest 2-channel system. I've been a drummer for 48 years.The opening cut of side 3 of the Pat Metheny 3-LP set of the Day Trip album has asto... | |
| Another Which Bookshelf Speaker Should I Get? Sooo... why did this thread get resurrected more than two years later? | |
| DENON DL-304. Is it the bargain sound or not? Amandarae and Fleib,You have my curiosity up--just how good *is* the DL304? I've contemplated that cartridge myself. | |
| DENON DL-304. Is it the bargain sound or not? 08-09-11: Delamostre1My Technics sits in hokey pucks as an "isolation" solution. [img]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8235/p1050267.jpg[/url]That's a good start, and I see you have the thicker mat and a clamp. but here's what I'm talking about:My T... | |
| What is Warmth? J. Gordon Holt, founder of Stereophile, is the originator of subjective audio review and development of a consistent set of descriptive terms. Here is his audio glossary, including the subjective audio definition of "warm." | |
| DENON DL-304. Is it the bargain sound or not? 08-08-11: StanwalIt would be worse in my opinion. I have had several 304s and never found them bright. On the other hand 2 of my friends have the Technics table and I find them bright. The AT 150 has a reputation for being aggressive on the top en... | |
| Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent 08-07-11: Mrtennishate to bust your baloon, but warm and transparent cannot co exist. check the definition of "transparent" and warm".Hadn't really thought about that, but that's fundamentally true: "Warm" means a tonal balance tilted toward the b... | |
| Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent For this situation and those values, you'd be hard-pressed to get better for the money than the Audio Advisor's AudioQuest Black Mamba II for $99.95 for a 1M pair. I have many kinds of interconnects, and a couple of types that I like better, but t... | |
| Where to use Isolation devices 07-31-11: InnaYou could experiment with something different under your maple platform, I mean cones or perhaps Mapleshade isoblocks. I certainly would.Well, I do have a drawer full of Vibrapod Isolators I could try in lieu of the silicone gel pads... | |
| NAD C375Bee or Yamaha A-S2000 07-30-11: James_lipski...The Yamaha has a msrp of $2499. The NAD has an msrp of 1299. Street price of the Yamaha is more like $1999. The Yamaha has a built-in phono stage; it's a $199 add-on for the NAD. That narrows the gap from $1200 to $500, an... | |
| CD's vs Vinyl - Finally hear the difference After 20 years of digital only, I got reacquainted with vinyl via a new turntable in 2007. Once I started spinning vinyl again, I didn't even play one CD for over 7 months. Four years later I've tweaked my turntable to drain out the noise and brin... | |
| Where to use Isolation devices 07-29-11: TheaudiotweakJohnYou now need to ground/terminate the 30 lb. slab it has an even greater reserve to fill of unwanted resonance. It can sound even better yet. ...I'm currently using the butcher block as an isolation platform. My turntable... | |
| Where to use Isolation devices 07-27-11: Theaudiotweak...Resonant energy is still trapped and slow to leave it really needs to be provided a grounding pathway.... which may explain why my turntable sound improved so much when I placed my coned and footer'd turntable on top of a... |