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| CD Player Modifications. Is it worth the ? When you speak about the value of modifying Pioneer DVD's, you need to speak of those models that are worth modifying. I have a Pioneer 503C carousel, which while working quite well overall as a transport, has developed a number of frustrating mec... | |
| Attention Conrad Johnson Premier 11A owners I use ProAc Reponse 2.5's, which I originally auditioned with the Premier 11a, and I'm now driving with Premier 12's. I've had this system for about 2 years and I've been very pleased with the sound. Its extremely musical, produces a huge soundsta... | |
| Looking for an amp for my Proac 1.5's. I'd like to second the CJ 11a recommendation. All of the CJ/ProAc combos I've heard have always made me pause, and never fail to make me smile. There's a nice synergy in the musical sound of both the amp and the speakers that I find extremely appe... | |
| The Best of Naxos' classical catalog I should mention that one of the Naxos recordings - Granados' Twelve Spanish Dances (with Norbert Kraft on guitar) -- is on my short list of recordings I'll take with me to a desert island. A beautiful piece that is both well recorded and wonderfu... | |
| Ear Candy: Most startling recordings. A recording that I keep coming back to is the Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project. A collection of out of hand percussion, along with acoustic and electronic instrumentation that combines jazz, techno, and African rhythms into a wild and thoroughly ... | |
| What the heck is a power cord? Jimmy -- I live in a very old, cheaply built house with wall outlets that can't hold onto a plug to save their lives. I replaced the one that the audio equipment is plugged into with a $7 Leviton outlet from Home Depot and the difference was start... | |
| Someone should kick me in the keester Ezmeralda - The cable I replaced was fairly generic RG-59 coax with relatively inexpensive audio RCA connectors -- likely not a 75 ohm connection. The new cable uses Belden 1506a coax with 75 ohm Canare RCA and BNC connectors. Its hard to say spec... | |
| Caig Products I believe that Parts Express (www.partsexpress.com) also carries Caig and their prices are very good. In any case, a little goes a long way with their products, so price shouldn't be much of a consideration. | |
| Cable, hi-fi neophyte lost in Space I'm using HomeGrown cables as well (2 pairs, along with Nordost and MIT cables) and while I wouldn't characterize the HG SuperSilver as "reference quality", they're excellent cables at very attractive price. The same could be said for the Nordost ... | |
| Moster Cable HTS 5000 Owners I have a 2500 and I keep my amps (tubes) on the timed switched outlets, the preamp (also tubes) on the untimed switched outlet, the digital stuff on the two unswitched digital outlets, and everything else in whatever fits. Most of the solid state ... | |
| Int-Tude Amp for ProAc1sc? The reality is that ProAc speakers in general can easily accomodate a variety of electronics, which probably speaks for their ability to present a fairly consistent load. The CJ/AR/Linn sounds are about as different as you can get, but the ProAcs ... | |
| where do i go from here? Dan - I have only a bit of experience with MIT (I have a pair of T2's connecting my phono preamp and tuner to my preamp), so you might want to consider what Glen says regarding the homogeneity of cabling when using MIT. However, the only time I fo... | |
| Int-Tude Amp for ProAc1sc? I would second the Cary suggestion, or perhaps at a slightly lower price point you might consider a Conrad Johnson CAV50, which should sound wonderful with the ProAc's. I've never heard the Rogue, but everything I've read about it so far it has be... | |
| where do i go from here? You might try changing the speakers first and see you get the result you want. The CJ equipment shouldn't be forward at all (well, a little, but it should be warm enough to compensate nicely) and in just about every system I've heard with your Thi... | |
| Most beautiful violin recording you have heard In addtition to some of the recordings mentioned above, one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have is a budget EMI recording of Vaughan Williams "The Lark Ascending" with David Nolan on the violin. A very moving piece of music, and done wond... |