mcbuddah
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| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? When one's system reaches a certain level of transparency, running your speakers bi-wired is worthwhile. This means not only are your components compatible with each other, EMI/RF is not a major problem, system cabling is off the floor and neither... | |
| Kaplan GS vs. Kubala Sosna Emtiions Speaker Cables I cannot help with the KS comparison but I just replaced a very nice sounding RSA poeimaii cables with a new set of GS Mk III speaker cables. The RSA cables retailed new about 5 years ago for $500 more than the GS Mk III. It is a bi-wire pair of s... | |
| What are some good tubes to use in a Thor phono Thanks for the suggestions - especially for dealers who can be trusted. Based on the current price for the Sovtek tubes, about $12 each with maybe a $5/ tube charge to build a quad, I would imagine that there are a lot of them. The concern I have ... | |
| For VPI Unipivot Owners, do you use antiskating? Riffer: Telarc Omnidiscs seem to be as rare as hen's teeth these days. It looks like an outstanding tool for many cartridge setup needs. Do you know a current source? | |
| Ring Clamps. What do you think? Using a ring clamp is like any other skill, you get better with practice. I was terrified when I first started using the VPI ring clamp, but now it's like second nature, like driving a car. In truth, there is very little danger to the stylus when ... | |
| favorite phono cartridge +1 Sdcampbell on the Statement 1. I never would have imagined how beautiful this cartridge sounds. I got mine 2 years ago as a throw-in on a Scoutmaster I bought here on Agon. It was attached to the arm and the seller did not want to take it off t... | |
| Speaker positioning toe and tilt We should have a manual for that! Most of us here are, or have been, totally baffled about speaker positioning. I think a lot of the confusion comes from the audio industry's penchant for fuzzy language and failure to agree on common definitions a... | |
| Purchasing I had just one transaction with a Canadian. I responded to a WTB ad for a Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth. I had one that I had not needed since moving from the country to a Metro area. We decided to trade the Sleuth even up for some miscellaneous st... | |
| Audio - Post Divorce I got divorced in the early 70's after 10 years and was devastated especially losing the kids. I couldn't afford a lawyer so negotiated my own property settlement wherein I got the stereo and records and she got everything else. The music got me t... | |
| Power conditioners: Shunyata and PS Audio Brauser, How long ago did you purchase your Mapleshade power strip? Their website doesn't currently show any of their AC cables or accessories. | |
| Genesis V speakers: how to power these things? I would not let anyone work on these treasures until contacting Genesis. I recently have acquired a set of used 6.1s and did a lot of research before selecting them and even more research since in order to first determine if the right channel bass... | |
| Traveling never going to happen??? need advice It's really just a math problem, right? At 3k round-trip miles getting 23 mpg and gas at 2.30/ gallon + a night at motel 6 and fifty bucks worth of McDonald's you're at $400 for the trip. After that, you need to figure out how good a deal you offe... | |
| Gnesis V Owner Manual - Help I recently got a pair of Genesis 6.1s used, and am spending a lot of time getting to know the speakers' controls and trying to maximize the sound. I found the manual on-line for mine has a lot of details and instructions for setting them up by ear... | |
| Does the MAPLESHADE STATIC DRAINING BRUSH work? I have been using a Mapleshade brush for about a year. It has some good points and some bad. It is currently on my workbench while I try to get access to the remains of the ground wire still embedded in the handle. As many times as I have stepped ... | |
| Single ended RCA preamp short list Thor Audio |