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| Best Bookshelf Speakers If you are using a receiver don't waste money on expensive speakers. PSB Alphas are OK, but even better are the newPSB Image 2B bookshelf with larger woofer giving more bass.Retail new is $399 but you can buy many places at big discount on interne... | |
| How many different ways to bi-wire? Just to add to AG, #1)is called an internal bi-wire, usessingle cable each speaker that has 2 connectors on the amp end and 4 connectors on speaker end. This is a compromise solution to save money. #2) uses two seperate runs of speaker cable for e... | |
| Ringing heatsinks I think I read somewhere that one of the tweaks employed inthe Belles "hot rod" version amp was dampning material for heat sinks. Perhaps a Belles amp owner would comment on this. | |
| Optical cable vs. Digital interconnect the name says it all: "toss"link | |
| Smooth, Warm Digital Cable? Esylsten, I had been considering trying a MM Fidelus even though it is a silver cable and I generally prefer copperbecause of the richness and warmth. Can you give any more description of your experience with Fidelus? Cable Co does carry this cabl... | |
| Talon Khorus owners, please read Dolphin, any way you can use these Sistrum bases with smaller floor standing speakers? The platform appears to need a speaker base of at least @19 x 16 to work under it, unless they are adjustable in some way. Is the platform that much better than... | |
| Wes Phillips Reviews Perpetual Tech P3A Sol, the reviewer from Stereophile had a Cary tube system,so I am not surprised he liked the MSB full nelson, which has a leaner sound. If you go to Perpetual site they sell the P3A DAC direct with the Monolithic P3 power supply, with full return ... | |
| Wes Phillips Reviews Perpetual Tech P3A Frank Alles just did review of compltete P1A/P3A/Monolithic set-up at www.stereotimes.com 1/16/01 and came to the same conclusion as Wes Phillips. | |
| Wes Phillips Reviews Perpetual Tech P3A Sol, you had asked me couple months ago about Bel Canto DAC1I now have a new unit from 1/2001 with new upgraded power supply and improved board. My older unit never did work right in my system, DAC would loose digital signal and reset, compatabili... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC-1 A very good CDP according to all reviews, however for $4000new I would try one of the many excellent $1-2000 outboard DACs first with your existing player used as a transport.Offers a flexible appraoch to future upgrades as well. | |
| Speaker Cable Length As has been discussed in many threads, if you have audio rack on side wall use long ICs to amp between speakers, and short speaker cables, cheaper total cost and better sound. I would not go shorter than 6ft on speaker cables for the simple reason... | |
| demagnitizing CD s? brauser, what are the improvements you are hearing, which as you say makes Bedini II a "no brainer" tweak? Are you using duplicate CDs to carefully compare treated vs untreated CDs? And if you aren't what do you base your observations on? | |
| demagnitizing CD s? I own both radio shack demag unit and bedini II, and the bedini II is better IMO. However I rarely use either unitnow as I have become less convinced over time that they makea noticable improvement. Just follow instructions with RSunit as Albert a... | |
| Late 60s Stones Unfortunately all Abkco Cds I have heard of early Stones are bad, especially Hot Rocks. I didn't realize these were mono masters "rechanneled" to stereo. I belive Virgin catalog starts at Exile on main Stto present and these albums are much better... | |
| Vibrapods and Speakers RC, I believe Anna Logg was also mentioned in the Sounstage article by Greg Weaver couple years ago, they both had Von Schweikert speakers and she told Greg to use the vibrapods on the speakers instead of the Black Diamond Racing cones that came s... |