lucynbarney
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| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? I may be naive and this may garner some 'flames' but ... I've got to believe that the main impact of upgrading a PC is not to do with the cable but more the CONNECTION. Hello ? There are two of them. One to wall recepticle, and one to the equipmen... | |
| What's most important to WAF-size, shape, finish? Tsugury, I kind of did what you suggested by accident. I showed my wife the Nautilus 802s and she said ()^$*(+) so we got 803s. I showed her the HTM1 and she said ()^$*(+) so we got the HTM2. You get the idea ? She didn't seem to care about cost. ... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Systems reproduce upstream content using upstream power sources (except some battery powered phono pre-amps). In that regard we spend ridiculous amounts of money. But our systems are (hopefully) designed to do the best job possible with the presen... | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio I'm a consultant. The more I charge the more work I get. The reason I charge more is that I need (want actually) to work less. Is it supply/demand, cost basis, or something else that causes this pricing anamoly ? I'll give you a clue - it's not re... | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio The price basis of high-end audio is not necessarily related to the cost basis. Not do I think it is a supply/demand equation. I think it is a maximizing profit equation. For some lucky few at the pinnacle of high-end audio the aquisition of stuff... | |
| What after the old CD player? CDP, SACD or DVD-a? An analogy ?Vinyl transitioned from 78s to 33s. Perhaps that's all that's going on with CDs. Transitioning from low density, 2 channel, red book to multi-channel higher density something. So if we look back we find that the players quickly respond... | |
| B&W 803 vs. 804 I did. Trouble was that the speakers were almost new. Nautilus speakers need to 'run in'. I heard deeper, fuller base on the 803s. Anyway I figured that you get what you pay for with B&W so I ante'd up for the 803s. I would have gone for the 8... | |
| What after the old CD player? CDP, SACD or DVD-a? Well mono vinyl lasted perhaps 40 years (1920's to 1960's), stereo vinyl 30 years (1960's to 1990's, say), stereo CDs 20 years (late 80's - now), multi-channel audio CDs ? years. But isn't there a trend here (somewhat forced by me and ignoring ree... | |
| Biamping B&W Nautilus 803's http://www.bwspeakers.com/service/getthemost/ has a section on bi-amping and http://www.bwspeakers.com/service/faq discusses changing the internal crossovers (i.e. disabling them) as well as introducing active crossovers. Note that they almost dic... | |
| how many have a WAF? Are you sure you're not me ? You're wrong about how long we've been married and I'm a touch older than 41, but not much. I've never been good with dates, don't know how long we've been married (>10 years though) and can only work out how old I ... | |
| "DIY" Salamander Synergy 40/Twin 40 Audio Rack.... I coughed up the money. Got two 30's and a 20 with various side panels and 2 drawers. Black metal, cherry wood. My observation is that Salamander provide too many racks, especially if you put in drawers.Now to DIY (Do It Yourself). My guess is tha... | |
| how many have a WAF? We're in our mid-40's, semi-retired, with 2 dogs. Happy. Wouldn't have it any other way (but I was a very active, read successful, bachelor in my time).On the hi-fi front my only limitations were that the money had to come out of a separate person... | |
| Which SPEAKER for the 21ST century? Speakers were developed in the 20th century. All the technologies. Looking ahead more than a few months to the next greatest (and most expensive) speaker kind of minimizes how long a century is and how much development can happen in such a time pe... | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? From my perspective (I own N803s) B&W is an established speaker manufacturer. Their business is speakers. Their focus is speakers. They have knowledgeable staff that DESIGN speakers. They release the results of their design into high-end model... |