loontoon
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| Magwires Speaker Cable Impressions? A good pure copper, (6-9's, OFC) no insulation, or as close as you can get, (enameled/kapton) magnetic wire is about as good as it gets.What gauge did you use. 12 in my opinion is minimum.Then you left with the conundrum, to twist them together or... | |
| Dartzeel NHB-108 v Coda S5 Nuf said, buy one and get off the upgrade circus.I also like the Pass equipment, but it's a tad cooler in sound. If your a sand amp guy, the Coda is going to be hard to beat. (I have not heard everything) I also hear good stuff about the Levinson'... | |
| Tubes with Magnepan Atma-Sphere It ain't going to be cheap.Leave the Atmos on the top, and add seperate amps for the bottom, the OTL's are not going to be a good match for the bottom end. Get a great SS amp for the bottom, (can be a chore to integrate, or a big Manley/VTL/ARC 30... | |
| PreAmp Math The craftmanship is excellent, often the parts are excellent, and the sound is excellent, and the price of dirt.I purchased a highly customized BEZ pre, oil caps, hand wired stepped volume, point to point wiring, etc. All for less than $400. It ou... | |
| Clever Substitute for "Poor Man's Audio Deske" ? The PC layer protects the inner metalized layer from corrosion and oxidation. Cutting into that layer could allow moisture and other nasties into the metalized layer, which in turn will render you prized CD as a coaster.Audio Deske is likely more ... | |
| How long does a stylus last? The tips are diamond, very very hard,But even they wear in soft vinyl with time.A clean record, and cleaned stylus help preserve the tip.I can get in excess of 10 years out of tips on my deck, but I use a Keith Monks machine.I suspect that the VPI... | |
| Condolences to our Catholic members One church, and not the only church, the beliefs of Christians are the same.More important, he was a man of faith, and human kind, no politics here folks, just faith. Not that the Catholic church is non-political, it's a very political entity. But... | |
| Anyone paired BAT 51se with solid state amp? Might look into the Mac pre's and the Cary SLP98, the 51 has more features though. The SE used might even be a better choice. Just more things to clutter up your mind and confuse you.loon | |
| If you won powerball and could purchase the best Maybe a new pair of 20.1's and a pair of Pass 600 mono's, Cary SLP28, a new tt, and a the top of the line Koetsu, the new Steelhead, and the best Arcam CD unit I can find. I still wouldn't buy expensive cables. Too easy to build.loon | |
| There Ought To Be A Law, Or At Least A Rule If you can't get a response and you can't get your money back, and you have no idea what happened. I like to know these things. AKA the turntable set up guru's company. He doesn't answer e-mails, or phone calls, and has had people's money for 6 pl... | |
| Definitely not the sound of silence : So the policy is legitimate, and the lightning missed his house but hit a tree in the yard and still blew up most of his equipment. i.e. rendered it unplayable.Monster took a while but paid.loon | |
| star grounding question... Kate and Ashley Olsen's mom won't let them go anywhere.Star---grounding, sorry I just couldn't resist.loon | |
| Name some full range speakers. Sorry I couldn't resist. | |
| Best Neil Young Album? Just all of them except "The shocking pink" kinda well un-Neil like. Trans was interesting but no my favorite either.loon | |
| Equipment Set-up Recommendations? Hang it from the ceiling on steel wire. It worked when in college, and we had some serious parties!!! No skipping, takes no rack space and it's easy to vacuum under. :) |