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marakanetz

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What is it the wears out on a cartridge?
The diamond tip will probably last for decades and enormous hours but cantilever and suspension will loose flexibility hence substantially degrading performance 
Best female vocals on CD
Anybody mentioned NINA HAGEN, the mother of punk rock? 
choice for a 100 watt tube amp?
What music do you listen the most and what room do you have? 
High End jargon; your take
When it's 'tight' you get more pleasure and stimulation.It also suppose to be 'warm' and 'liquid' 
New to High Definition media.
Folks,Nothing really says about HDCP in my manuals but copy protected sources play great and display in my monitor with great quality (only became best after a couple of weeks of watching)I've got LG LDA-511 upconverting DVD player for $50 and it ... 
New to High Definition media.
Thanks for responses folks,How do check for HDCP? All the manual sais that I can connect digital box to DVI-DTV input for viewing digital programs. As to DVD one disk would work perfect and another would show shaking picture and distorted view wit... 
Need to replace my Totem Acoustic Arros
I'd recommend Vandersteen 3A signature, but they need more power to sound right for the large orchestras. You can also bi-amplify them or use tube preamplifier. They're much better off with solid state amplification preferably over 150Watts. It wo... 
How to test if conductor is copper or silver based
One of my friends is working at the pawn shop and he had a customer who brought him a gold slab to sell. A monetary standard gold slab should weigh about 50 kilos and eventually it did, but he decided to drill a hole... After just less than millim... 
which tubes for which genre ?
Waste of money pal especially for rock...And What's the point havin' amp only for voice or small acoustic bands???Anyways, one of my favorite tubes are AudioResearch VT100 and I like it with any type of music. It can rock, sing and jazz, just give... 
Tube Amp Recommendation for a solid state guy
I've had a great experience with bi-amplification using tube and SS amps. For the amplifier with larger power you will need an extra volume control to adjust balance by ear. Although you might have to adjust it every time you'd like to change to a... 
Seeking Warm Towers - under $1500.
Try this one:-)http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product_Id=4124361&JRSource=googlebase.datafeed.HNW+HZ3750GP 
Goodbye CD's
why not?used market exchange will probably bloom...i've still got lots to listen to on cds and need more headroom v.s. new market. 
Humming?
change stock cartridge for high output mc cartridge such as goldring eroica. 
Digitally Mastered Lp's?
ECM label has all its analogue records digitally mastered although they sound just right as they're suppose to sound. 
Ugliest Speakers???
vandy 5 series, beuhorns, lowthers...there are whole arsenal of ones uglier than loiminchay imho.