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| Note for those who buy used equipment... Not doing warranty repairs for resale products is not unusual. I can appreciate that. However, not doing customer paid repairs does not have a lot of justifiable logic behind it. It means that the company does not earn money and it incurs a loss o... | |
| House surge suppressor installed at the meter I've been researching this myself as I'm thinking of installing one. There are many brands available. Companies that make electrical panels often make these, eg. Cutler-Hammer, Siemens, Federal Pioneer, Square D, etc. One place you can find them i... | |
| How to hook up home theater....... I'll have to keep my curtains closed so people stop filming me through the window. | |
| Need Help: Integrated 'Tube' Amplifier for Arros The Chinese can build nuclear weapons and put humans in space. I'm sure they know how to build an amp.There are some Chinese amps with parts made in the U.S.A. Are these excluded from your list?There are North American and European amps with parts... | |
| Preamp or A/V receiver??? If you want to know whether that particular Adcom is better or worse than that particular Onkyo, then you can make that determination as you have both units. It really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.However, if you want to know as a genera... | |
| Will a Linn Majik drive Proac Tablette 2000 Signat Yes, it will drive the Tablettes. Proac recommend a minimum of 20 watts for these speakers, and their sensitivity is respectable, so the 33 watts of the Majik is fine. More power would certainly be better though and I suspect they may sound a bit ... | |
| LCD TV - Are they reliable ? Check Consumer Reports. They usually have a major issue on electronics at least once a year. I would trust them on issues related to service and reliability for mass market consumer products.The last time I checked, LCD projectors and treadmills w... | |
| Those simpler times..... Reading your post was like reading my own thoughts. My freshman year was the same as yours and I too had a simple system, minus the 8-track. What were you thinking? :) The music was paramount. The equipment didn't seem to matter. And I think that'... | |
| glossary of audio file terms for newbies Stereophile published an extensive audio glossary about fifteeen years ago. It's been republished on their website.http://www.stereophile.com/reference/50/index.html | |
| Why No New SACD Along With New Vinyl Is there such a thing as a stand alone SACD player? I would think it would be more accurate to say that there are 13 million CD players that can also play SACDs. And how may CD players are owned that do not play SACDs? SACD is dead or will die ver... | |
| A Few Audio Truths I've Learned? That's a pretty good list. I don't know what I can add. How about this?Room acoustics and room treatments can have a greater effect on sound than any equipment change. | |
| Why No New SACD Along With New Vinyl I can't comment on whether the cost is marginal or not on the production side. However, it would be difficult to get stores to allot shelf space and incur extra inventory costs. Stores don't like to carry double inventory. This was also a problem ... | |
| Just how big is that driver? There is a high degree of variability in how specs are measured as well, which is why audiophile types generally prefer their ears over measured specs. Otherwise, everything that measures the same should behave the same and sound the same.Toleranc... | |
| Stuck on cabinet color Okay, so should your Mpingo discs match your speaker, or contrast? Do they still make those things? | |
| Stuck on cabinet color If you can't decide, maple is an excellent choice. Because the light colour is neutral, it goes with everything colourwise. Stylewise, it looks better with modern or transitional furnishings. It can look out of place with antique style furnishings... |