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| REM remastered? Nomad, Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs did a lot of REM reissues directly from the original master. These would be the best recordings you will find. MFSL went out of business in 99 but REM always comes up on ebay for a premium. Do a search under "REM ... | |
| Hardwood audio rack Maple is the best hardwood for audio racks. It is VERY dense and non-resonant. Rock maple is better, but very hard to work. Zothecus makes their rack frames out of maple so you might want to take a look at their stuff for ideas. | |
| BAT VK 500? Eddy, I think you can't go wrong with the BAT VK-500. I had a VK500 driving a pair of Dyanudio Confidence 5s. It made those speakers sing and had plenty of bass. That is saying a lot considering how power hungry the Dynaudios are. I was using it w... | |
| Please Help: High-End car audio A few years ago (1996), I had a great car stereo that came close to achieving an audiophile's ideals. It had an alpine head unit and digital time alignment processor feeding. I had 10 Dynaudio speakers in the car and had custom pods built for idea... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? I have to disagree on your last statement. Almost nobody that listens to my system has ANY clue as to how much time and money it took to get it to sound as good as it does (IMHO). Although they almost all ask how much it costs, very few ask me whe... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Those of us interested in high-end do say "Whoa!!!! Cool!" on a regular basis. However, for the most part, the things that make us say this are not appreciated by the common audio consumer, e.g. soundstaging, accuracy, "you are there" reproduction... | |
| SACD Going Mainstream? But aren't the current SACD players two channel? | |
| SACD Going Mainstream? Why would non-audiophile consumers be at all interested in an SACD player? | |
| Speaker Cables - 15 Ft. or "No Wife" Argent and Dekay: Separated at birth, reunited through the mystical powers of the A-gon server | |
| Phase Inversion on CJ equipment It will do no harm to any of your components to invert the phase. The only difference is that the speaker cone will move in the opposite direction as it would with the phase non-inverted (i.e. out instead of in). However, in your question, you sta... | |
| How much time do u spend listening. We used to listen 3-4 hours per evening (Dinner through bedtime), but now that we have a new baby, I only get in about 1/2 hour/day if I am lucky. I hope this passes along with diapers and teething rings. | |
| What Comes After Dynaudio Contour 3.3? I can heartily recommend the Dynaudio Confidence 5. Much more accurate bass than the 3.3s and oh, what a midrange. | |
| Best Carpet Padding Uh, I don't have a "top" or "bottom" output on my preamp. Also, my system is two channels? Where is your vertical and front-to-back info coming from? Left and right speakers ONLY that create the ILLUSION of depth and height. Just in case you didn'... | |
| Phono preamps 1-2K range I love the sound of my BAT VK-P5. I had a $5000 Aesthetix Io and could not justify the additional $$$ and maintenance $$$ for a VERY small improvement in soundstage. The P5 retails at $2k and can be found used for $1200 or so. | |
| Powersnakes power cords I am using 2 Black Mambas (on transport and DAC) and three PS Audio Lab Cables plugged into a Hydra. I find the background to be much quieter than w/o the Hydra. Also tried the Hydra with the stock PCs and found a definite improvement with the hig... |