lornecherry
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| Do they have passive 6 or 5 channel pre-amps Here's the scoop: Placette (Gary Hamel, builder of one of the best passives)has said to a number of his customers that building a 6 channel pre (probably has to be active) would be too, too expensive. I wish he would - I have the Placette active l... | |
| What is causing my speaker hum? damm Kublah ... that was actually quite funny. Seriously, I suspect cable TV, ground loop, or power cords too close to interconnects or speaker wire. You might also have one bad interconnect (that cross talk you complianed about). And it may not b... | |
| Avoid UPS Shipping To/From Canada Here's some real data/experience from our shipping department that will help clarify these brokerage charges.On ground shipments across the border you will pay a 'brokerage charge' and a prep fee. On air shipments, FEDEX and other shippers (usuall... | |
| Help Classe CA300 flashing Green Light Hi Angela ... don't be afraid to phone the service dept at Classe -- they are quite good. Remember, Monday is Holidya in Canada, so you probably won't get a reply till Tuesday.--Lorne | |
| Help Classe CA300 flashing Green Light Hi Angela: I just sold my Classe 301 for the very same reason. It's definately the protection circutry kicking in, but if it will not go away, you've (A) either blown a fuse (easy to see when you take the cover off and easy to replace), or (B) fri... | |
| Sony SCD-1 balanced or unbalanced? Jadem6, you are correct, in your case. No doubt if you're using expensive (and very good sounding, I might add) cables, you are also paying attention to clean power, keeping interconnects away from power cords, etc. You will not hear any differnce... | |
| Stated as ... Albertporter: If you hook the output from the 8 track up to an Audio Note Dac 5 or DCS Elgar/Purcell, you can upsample the 8 track to 16 track. Then search eBay for another Fisher integrated receiver so that you can biamp your Soundlab Ultimat... | |
| King of High Current Amps Here's a couple of mid/hi end amps I have owned or auditioned extensively. They are all well reviewed and good value for the money -- especially used. Above this price point I believe you get dimishing performnace and thus have to spend a lot more... | |
| Dump Meridian 508.24 for multichannel DVD-A? I've heard (and liked very much your Meridian 508 and have compared it to my reasonably good DVD-A setup ans class A SACD player. In short, they are three totally different experiences. For that reason, I've orderd a new multichannel SACD player t... | |
| Need help with subwoofer connection I to reccomend the REL, easy to "dail in". I use a Velodyne HGS 18" for movies and thought it would also be good for audio, but the my "little" Rel Stadium is much easier to set up and "faster". The Vandersteen 2W compares favorably with Rel's mid... | |
| Recs on Tube Monos for Maggies under 2,500 Used Aranovs -- 110W/side -- 4 x KT88's. Someone is selling a pair for $2400 (a great price). Still, your Maggies might like even more power and in your price range a solid state amp might be a better choice.--Lorne | |
| Best a/v rack for under 500.? Check out the Atlantis Reference Rack 5, dioscounted to about $450 - $500 by various dealers on audiogon. Easy to assemble, optional cones and spikes, solid as a rock, fillable with "ballast" and lloks quite good. I have two of them and find them ... | |
| Tube amp for a somewhat difficult load I drive my Kef Ref 4's (91 DB but 4 ohms)with Aranov 9100 monoblocks(110W a side via KT88s). I also have a Classe 301 (300W) that I've A/B against the Classe, and the SS does have a "firmer" bottom end, but not by much, and nothing that a good SS ... | |
| Best all Canadian system .... and no one has mentioned Gershman. GAP 520X's running on the big Blue Circle monos, Classe Omegas or the wonderful Sim W5 amp/preamp combo. True Class A stuff. And then there's Bryston and their 20 year warranty -- safest used purchase you ca... | |
| Careers in Hifi .... a Journalism/English degree and/or a strong writing background (talent + experience)are important, if not essential, to land a job with any decent mag. I used to write reviews/editorials for hi tech in Canada and it's a lot harder (more work?... |