mapman
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| The best speaker you ever heard? Part 1 and 2 seem like a fair review/assessment.The thing is years ago 901s at their going price were the cat's meow.Nowadays, $1400 is nothing on the grand scale of things. IF these fit your bill, perhaps not a bad value there.Screwing the Jetson... | |
| Should I buy a new amplifier; and if so, what? Bel Canto recently replaced a bad input board on a $3000 amp for well under $200. I would recommend them based good service alone but the product sounds top notch as well. | |
| Need help on an all rounder speaker under $5000 OHM Walsh Speakers | |
| Great Record Cleaning Fluid Squeeze Bottle I use a common spray bottle with a low concentration of shaklee basic h in distilled water. Works great and basic h is a fabulous general purpose cleaner. | |
| If you had $2000 to upgrade this system... "BTW - are you by any chance a cartographer? "I've studied and taught some digital cartography classes back in grad school and also have a lot of experience with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing.I work as a software/systems engine... | |
| New way of dealing with Low Ballers? "Here's a radical concept - ignore them."OR deal with it however you chose. Just keep it to yourself and the low baller please. | |
| How many LP's do you own? How long did it take? I bought my first album (a Johnny Cash Sun Records best of collection) off a TV ad circa 1968 or so. BEfore that, my sister's had some around the house that I spun more than they.TOday I have 5 bookshelves worth (not sure how many that is), more t... | |
| Windows Media Player I have digital recordings I made out of a headphone jack on an old HP laptop years ago when I first started to dabble with computer audio that still sound pretty good, so I know it is possible to get a Windows computer to produce good sound, but i... | |
| In defense of quantum products. I searched and read a few thing on the Nordost and Synergistic sites as some homework in response to this thread.The word quantum comes up many times when you run a search on the word, but I did not see a concise explanation of exactly what it mea... | |
| If you had $2000 to upgrade this system... Other than maybe a sub, assuming you have source material to justify for both, to make the best progress, always focus on getting the lesser source to match or exceed the other in general. Sounds like digital is the lesser currently.One can get bo... | |
| Is it safe Don't do it unless the vendor's tech expert assures it is OK. | |
| If you had $2000 to upgrade this system... Maybe add a powered sub to fill in the low end and flush out much of what you seek further. How is your digital compared to vinyl.? | |
| DNM Stereo speaker cables-experiences? "My Monocles sound like they turn the color up to 'vivid' rather than 'natural', and their bass certainly goes deeper."I recently noticed an increase in "vividness" using the DNM ICs when I replaced the tubes in my ARC pre-amp with new highly tout... | |
| In defense of quantum products. Sabai,I never said products advertised as "quantum" cannot work to improve or even just make a difference in sound quality. In fact, I suspect many can and do. I know for a fact that Nordost products are capable of sounding fabulous. I have read s... | |
| Is anyone thinking about building Walsh drivers? Eldartford,I'd say you are correct in terms of how a properly designed Walsh driver operates.My understanding though is that Lincoln Walsh invented the principle, but never implemented a specific commercial design himself, though he was involved e... |