maineiac
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| Tips for warming up Rotel + B&W system? So there you have it - it's probably your room, interconnects, amp, source, and speakers. If you replace those, you are on your way to audio heaven. Of course, that's what most of us are doing, it is just a matter of optizing order and priority ar... | |
| Wood blocks underneath components?? snake oil? I put a 2 inch maple block with black diamond racing cones under my CDP and it makes a big positive difference. I took it out the other day when I was working on some stuff and I was suprised at the difference. I will admit, I haven't tried with j... | |
| Tips for warming up Rotel + B&W system? In case you missed it, check out this thread.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1119850155&read&3&4& | |
| please help with new purchase It seems more logical to buy the best you can get for your entire budget because of the very low chance that you won't like vinyl. Also, if you didn't like it, you would be nagged by the possibility that you might have liked it had you got a bette... | |
| Audio Debt? Yes Cdc, definetely don't buy audio gear while drinking. | |
| Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea Hey Mt10425, that is a coincidence, I just received the headhunters LP yesterday and I don't know if it is the pressing I got or what but it doesn't seem so great. | |
| Queen on American Idol Katherine was AWESOME this week. | |
| MUSICAL FIDELITY A5 CD PLAYER PROBLEM Yes. If it is a SACD with a redbook layer, the A5 will work as expected and play the CD. | |
| Huge sound stage The Musical Fidelity A5 is great at the big 3 dimensional soundstage. I know this was an area of considerable improvement when I added it to my system over a stock Denon 2900. Of course, this element was improved upon with the addition of a tube i... | |
| Queen on American Idol It should be a very interesting show. I think it will come down to Kellie, Katherine, and Chris. However, Katherine doesn't do mainstream and might not be getting the votes her voice and capability deserve to make it to the end. | |
| Do any of you fear dismantling your setups? I fear folks missing the point of posts and providing useless answers. That is not so fun. Foster, if you wish to get the same exact performance, all must be put exactly as it was. Even slight differences can have a noticeable impact. Try to be pr... | |
| Blown tube I just had two go out in a lot less time. | |
| Best Temporary Record Cleaning Options Thanks Dan. Although I want to be up and going with my new TT, it has actually worked out well to have the time to research and order all of the other stuff that goes along with this venture. I'll go ahead and look to pick up the other RRL and an ... | |
| Best Temporary Record Cleaning Options My TT is still at least a week away but I've collected the following tools: KAB-EV1, RRL vinyl wash, Shure stylus force gauge, Hunt EDA cleaning brush, and LYRA stlylus cleaner, and 100 used LPs. That should keep me busy for a while. | |
| What happen with tannoy speakers in USA ? I know a couple of Tannoy dealers and they never carry anything above the TD12. It seemed to me that Tannoy was or is chasing the HT market in the US and never really did a good job of marketing like their buddies at B&W. |