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| Looking for more advice on purchasing a new turntable. Include a record cleaner in your budget. Sadly the high end ultrasonic will pretty much eat up your budget. There are much lower cost alternatives, work out in your head the cost vs. effectiveness vs. hassle factor for each and add this to your ... | |
| What is your "holy grail song" that you cannot find? Saw Yo Yo Ma on PBS many years ago. Performance in a castle, I think in Scotland. Sounded amazing on my old tube television at the time. Have a fully decked out theater now and can't find even a hint on the internet that the performance ever to... | |
| Assistance in selecting new speakers… My theater room is 15 X 23 with cathedral ceiling. It has the full Cinematech sound treatment. Speakers are Focal 1000 series architectural, I think you have to get them through an "installer" because of Be tweeter. The space features 4 - JL Au... | |
| One receiver for both ht and 2 channel (diff speakers) My Marantz 8805 has a button, "Pure Direct", which shuts down a bunch of the electronically noisy video functions when playing 2 channel audio. It's a very noticeable difference in sound quality, though I have no comparison with that to a dedicat... | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song Dire Straits - Industrial Disease from the Love Over Gold album Atlanta Rhythm Section - Another Mans Woman from the Red Tape album, especially the bass solo. | |
| What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself? Last Christmas. Pro-ject Signature 10 turntable with matte finish Burl Walnut plinth. Stayed with Pro-ject for the phono amp RS and Sumiko Celebration 40 cartridge because they discount the "accessories" significantly. | |
| Pro/Studio Subwoofers +1 trivema, "i think key is proper system integration so bass doesn’t “boom” but just sounds like low end extension from your main speakers". My system has (4) JL esub 112's, was spec'd and installed by professionals and sounds fantastic. For th... | |
| Best double live vinyl? I'll second Little Feat | |
| What'd You Get For Xmas? Signature 10 turntable, Satin Burl Walnut finish. With Pro-ject phono amp and recommended Sumiko MC cartridge. Wife said if I wanted that I was on my own, thank you dear. Should be here in a month or two. | |
| What song have you played the most? College age, Industrial Disease by Dire Straits. After resurrecting vinyl in my theater room two years ago, Another Mans Woman by Atlanta Rhythm Section. I'm a sucker for the bass solo on the latter piece. | |
| Best combination of HT and sound My 7.4.4 system based around a Marantz 8805. Focal 1000 series IW speakers. The 8805 has a button "Pure Direct"(?) which shuts down all video processors within the unit for the cleanest two channel output. Couldn't believe the difference it mad... | |
| Hearing aids for audiophiles. +1 for Phonak | |
| Any audiophiles into motorcycles 1977 Yamaha XS750 triple, then 20+ years off for kids and marriages.200X Suzuki C90 Boulevard, great cruiser, decent tourer2011 Harley Road King, root beer w/white walls2017 Triumph Trophy SEStarted touring with the Suzuki, Rockies plus Mississipp... | |
| Hearing aids for audiophiles? Similar thread on AVSforum. Consensus there was don't go cheap. I got top of the line Phonak about 6 months ago and have been very pleased. They are not perfect, but generally exceed my expectations. Sound quality and all the subtleties of gre... |