mezmo
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| Simple, one-box solutions for HT-- Recomendations? Hey, if you can get me the Linn plus 5 speakers for $500, I'll take it in a second... On second thought, you could even leave out the speakers. Honestly, I think I'm going to go with the Sony unless I see a great deal on a reciever / speakers comb... | |
| Simple, one-box solutions for HT-- Recomendations? Yes, I did just realize that I asked this crowd for an opinion regarding a Bose-esque (ok, sub-Bose-esque, even) HT system. I'm going to get killed here. Be nice.... | |
| Simple, one-box solutions for HT-- Recomendations? Just for the sake of completion, the one that had caught my eye was the Sony DAV-S500. They call it one of their "dream systems." Ha. Makes me chuckle. Thanks again. | |
| Words From the Wise Kelley, though not a religion, I agree, I would argue that your 5 points points are arguably no less compelling than Moses coming down off of the mount with those two tablets...:) | |
| CATV Groundloop, toBeat a Dead Horse and the Shack Thanks all. Plenty of useful ideas. | |
| I don't remember much, but I remember...... At the risk of dating myself, and with the caveat that I came late to the game of purchasing music, I got started with tapes and the first two were Synchronicity by the Police and Van Halen's 1984. Nice. Didn't get a CD player until 1993. Even mor... | |
| Help, Phantom Distortions and Stumped Again Beats me.... It did clear up though, the Bryston is scheduled for its checkup, and I guess that's that. It still strikes me as weird. | |
| Help, Phantom Distortions and Stumped Again PS -- posted a similar inquiry to the good folk at Bryston. We'll see if they have any insight on this one and compare notes. | |
| Sipkes or isolation devices better under speakers? At the risk of stating (and possibly overstating) the obvious, it likely depends entirely on what you're spiking them to. Spike a speaker into a concrete floor and you are really grounding the thing into something solid -- which can only help stab... | |
| What have you been listening to these five weeks? I've been strangely obsessed with the Magnetic Fields and their 3-disk "69 Love Songs" set. It's wacky and strange stuff, to be sure, but it is also almost hauntingly intelligent when taken as a whole. If I weren't concerned about sounding like an... | |
| Best speaker with tubes? Regarding the Cary and Medowlark combo I heard (heard it only once in a showroom) they were playing the Herons with some Cary monoblocks (sorry, don't recall what) and the CJ Art preamp. It was, and remains, out of my league, so I didn't bother to... | |
| Kimber Monocle XL I'm using the Monocle XL with Thiel and Bryston and love them a lot. That said, I haven't had the chance to compare them with the 8TC so I really can't say whether they are a significant step up (other than in price, alas). I'm also using the Home... | |
| Best speaker with tubes? I've also found Meadowlark and Cary to be a really fine combo, but would have trouble recomending them over some of the suggestions above, such as Kharma. I note you mentioned Thiel and, though I like Thiel enough to own some, it would likely take... | |
| Homemade floor protectors -- advice needed Best use of those AOL CDs I've heard yet. Bravo. I've been using pennies and, believe it or not, one the spikes went straight through one after about a year. Think it would be cost-effective to upgrade to nickles? | |
| Floor Resonance and Full Range Speaker Stands I'm also in NYC and, in the process of moving, looking to bother the new neighbors as little as possible (just think, could be coming to a building near you...). For the past two years, I've had no downstairs neighbors, thrown the Thiels on spikes... |