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| Velodyne Sub Trouble Are you sure the music you're playing has low bass content? Try a stereophile-type test disk with low frequency sweep pattern -or pipe organ music. | |
| John Lennon We don't worship John; we love him. | |
| John Lennon Well, I know one guy who is a mother... | |
| Amp (<10k$) for Thiel CS7.2s I heard the Big Thiels sound wonderful with a dcs 24/192 front end driven by Goldmund amps (at Audio Consultants in Evanston, IL). | |
| Balance ?? ...In layman's terms? | |
| Balance ?? O.K., your audio signal is nothing but a wave (Dude!) with a positive cycle and a negative cycle... with me so far? Anyway, imajine spliting off the positive part and sending it to amplifier "A" and likewise sending the negative part to amp "B" (t... | |
| BEST HEAVY METAL BAND Metal VS Hard Rock? They are differentiated by talent and IQ. Metal is characterized by simplicity (classic "3 chords") and shoots straight for your "Monkey Bone" (quoting Mr. Greenberg). Good as it is, this is why I call Black Sabath a "Heavy Met... | |
| where to find sacd's?? Did a little shopping today for DSDs at Music Direct in Chicago (312) 433-0200. Found racks full of goodies... Purchased SRV "Couldn't Stand the Weather" and Mc Tyner & Friends. Using the new 9000ES (since Wednesday). Still adjusting to the ne... | |
| Anyone ever opened MIT cables? This topic reminds me when Stereophile reviewed some not-top-of-the-line Transparent cables with "boxes". The reviewer also speculated about what was in-the-box. I remember remarking to myself "What a bunch of bush league pikers!" I mean, these gu... | |
| Best Speaker Hi Chuck, The listening room for Madisound dealer demo was about 40'X 25' with 18 foot ceilings. I was standing close to the back of the room and the Solist filled every last inch of the room was stupendous, unstrained sound (the amp, I recall, wa... | |
| Best Speaker Hi Chuck, Take my advice and go to www.madisound.com and look at a speaker called the "Solist". I've attended a manufacturer's demo at my audio club and was "blown away" at how good this reasonably priced speaker is. It is a D'Appolito config and ... | |
| Why balanced outputs? Balanced mode is used when there is a lot of radio frequency interference in your area and when you are using very long (greater than 20 feet) interconects to an amplifier. Balanced components are almost exclusivley used by professionals working w... | |
| Felt mat or AR Turntable Don't know if they're made anymore but for years I used an Audioquest sorbothane mat on my Linn. Worked real good... | |
| Anyone heard SONY DVD-S9000ES w/sacd I have one on order from United Audio in Chicago (it's ready to pick up). I've seen a variant, DVPS9000ES/N on Sony's website. It's a 9000ES with an A/V preamp built in. I saw it only once. It's been removed for some reason (it may only be for sal... | |
| granite base for speakers Mike, Do WHATEVER is necessary to get the sound you want. I had some Hales Revelation II's (with concrete baffle -wish I had them back) that didn't come to life until I put them on bases composed of (from ground up): 12" X 12" X 1" patio slab, two... |