johnnyb53
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| A good ipod dock for an ipod classic. If you have an iPod, then I assume you have an iTunes collection on a PC or Mac. If you also have wi-fi in your home or an ethernet outlet convenient to the audio system, you could instead get a Logitech Squeezebox Touch and bypass the iPod altoge... | |
| New Zu Mission cable 12-20-10: Jedinite24With Zu's current deals on the Mission cable line I'm beginning to wonder if I got a deal at all. I participated in the early promotion back in September and yes I have been enjoying the Mission SCs I purchased. I really felt t... | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range Consider the new Vandersteen Model 7, the Magnepan 20.1 supplemented by one or two JL subwoofers according to your room and budget. Finally, before you spend that kind of coin, give a listen to the B&W 802D, relatively cheap at $15K a pair, bu... | |
| Jazz must have pressings??? Anything you can find by the L.A. Four on Concord is golden. The Concord LPs of the '70s and '80s have stunning clarity and dynamics, and the LA Four was a jazz supergroup composed of Ray Brown, Bud Shank (flute, sax), Laurinda Almeida (classical ... | |
| Binding Straps vs Jumpers 12-16-10: TmsoroskJohnnyb53 ... your comment ( SERIOUSLY fast ) brings up a question , I always believed , electricity traveled at the same speed regardless of size or type of conducter , correct me if i'm wrong . We're not talking about electrici... | |
| Binding Straps vs Jumpers If you want some SERIOUSLY fast, transparent jumpers at a near giveaway price, the answer is the Mapleshade copper ribbons at $25 or $35 a pair. I had been biwiring my Mirage OMD-15s for two years when I decided to get a single run of Zu Libtecs l... | |
| Wow and flutter Rega P7 and P9, anyone measure? A more optimistic spec would be that if the motor speed mean is 3150 Hz, then its variance is +/- 5 Hz, or +/- 0.16%I personally feel that you don't need much speed deviation to hear it on solo piano or vibraphone (I listen to a fair amount of jaz... | |
| New Zu Mission cable 12-01-10: ArtmaltmanWhy are all the comparisons in this thread only within the same brand? Have none of you ever tried any other brand? How does Mission compare to other brands of cables that many of us have tried?Thanks,ArtSince the thread was ab... | |
| You can only keep one pair of speakers on the list This is easy. You like them all for one thing or another, but you really like the Mirages. I say SELL ALL 4 PAIRS and get a pair of Mirage's recently discontinued flagship, the OMD-28s in rosewood. Originally $7500/pair on closeout for $2600. Line... | |
| Nordost Red Down or Zu Wax I took them apart to see what they were made of and there are nothing more than 4 common electrical wires of different gauges for plus and minus, braided.You mean, like various star-quad configurations such as AudioQuest Type 4, GO-4, CV-4, and KE... | |
| New Zu Mission cable For my Wylde ICs and Libtec speaker cables, break-in was more like 300 hours, and adding the BoK power cable to the preamp helped the tonal balance and ended the break-in period. | |
| Nordost Red Down or Zu Wax I have Zu Libtec, which I also got from an eBay auction via Zu's promotional arm.I never cut my cables open, but I like what they do. They are a very balanced design with excellent bass clarity and extension (I was thinking of getting a subwoofer ... | |
| New Zu Mission cable 11-19-10: SalmonscIt seems, looking at their new website, that the Mission is the only cable line Zu are now making - as everything else (Libtech etc.) has vanished. Does anyone know anything about this? Evidently Zu changed their business model. ... | |
| Direct Drive TT...vintage era....sleepers.... Back in 1976 I bought a Hitachi P38, and it had great synergy with the top end Grado cartridge of the day (Z1+ or something like that), which today would be represented by the Grado Gold. This modest Hitachi had (with the Grado) amazing imaging an... | |
| Downgrading from Rega P5, what next? I don't get the sense of your original post at all. Why would you get rid of a nice Rega P5 just because you're going to have kids? And what is a cheaper turntable supposed to solve? If you sell the P5 you take a big hit on depreciation, and entry... |