kitch29

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Best Gunshots
Redkiwi: there would be if I had any 
Shelf Material
Redkiwi: I.m shocked, shocked and dismayed that you would flaunt the advice of E.I. duPont deNemours in your cavalier treatment of their material. It should come as no surprise to you that I have already given your name to them. Please, no protest... 
Shelf Material
Corian is available, mainly by catalogue and online in what dupont calls "hobbyist sizes". Dupont actually licenses fabricators, going to their shops and determining if they have the expertise to fabricate and install. It is sold through home cent... 
Shelf Material
I don't know much about youngs nautilus or caterham's, but i do know kevin from muse is pretty smart and his post reminds me of what we joiner's, (that's cabinetmakers to you) call the torsion box. To create a dead flat work surface, you take 2 la... 
Biggest hype-worst tweak
Enid Lumley isn't dead, she just went home. 
integrated tube amp for $1000.00 clams
well,as everybody knows, a clam is a bi-valve, and 2 thousand valves, well, even the chinese prison labor inc. can't do that; suggest you look for a good used tretubi like a basso or pinarello, you just can't beat the sound of cromalloy that's bee... 
Opinions on Bedini amps
I owned the 25/25 about 15 years ago, much like abstract7 writes but the amazing thing is how well it drove acoustat 1+1's that ordinarily craved power, my dealer couldn't beleive it. had the opportunity to try another Bedini amp, i don't remember... 
Long Live 2 Channel audio......???
why does imaging and soundstage improve when you close your eyes? could it be that speakers and audio racks don't give you the visual clues that are as much a part of live music as the audio? sure the engineers measure reflected sound, but unless ... 
Receiver-- good stereo sound quality
If your tv doesn't have a component input,and you have fairly efficient speakers, the Outlaw Audio 1050. Excellent imaging and very accurate and detailed mids and highs. Got mine in June, very satisfied. Only sold thru their website. 
cable advice for subwoofer
What about using a "y" adapter for a sub that only has left and right inputs? I was told by dealer just to connect to left, any reason to use both inputs? 
Best beadroom speaker under $350 (NHT?)
I listened to everything under $500: mission, atlantic,b&w,energy, definitive,etc., etc., and went with nht super zero's on sound organisation stands for openess and musicality. Added the new supersub crossed at 100Hz and the combination has a... 
Best Home Theater Speaker Cable
i'm using acoustic research, don't know the model, each cable is actually a pair of what looks like 12 ga., you simply twist the ends together and no worries about impedance drop on those long runs behind the couch; $40/100 feet at audioadvisor 
Budget CD Player
ditto on the parasound, best phillips mod out there