mfkeleher
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| UPS is in bed with the devil, Fatjer - UPS may allow you to buy the right insurance, but when they trash your goods it is doubtful that they will admit their responsibility and pay off. And if you buy your insurance at a UPS store, you aren't even the one insured, the store is... | |
| Best stand mounted monitors If you have the opportunity to hear Silverline SR 17's do it. They offer the imaging that you buy monitors for and are satisfying at every volume level, something that not all monitors do well Mine are mated with a REL but except for orchestal mus... | |
| Best Integrated. Krell, Bryston, Creek, others? I've had the Krell 300i and the Creek 5350 and I can safely say, it depends on the speakers. I absolutely love both of them. With Sonus Faber Electa Amator 1 and Concerto's Krell was best, with Sonus Faber Signums and Silverline SR 17's the Creek ... | |
| Preferred Method of Sub Hookup Does the manufacturer recommend? I know that with my REL sub, the high level is the preferred way. I have had other subs which specified use of one specific channel for input from a single output, if you need to go that way. | |
| Universal Remote suggestions I've been using a Universal Remote Control, Inc. Programmed and Learning controller from Audio Advisor for over 3 years. It has a wide selection of preprogrammed settings, and can learn anything else including a few multi command keys. Excellent b... | |
| Favourite Guitar CDs Christopher Parkening carries on in the Segovia style. I particularly like "simple gifts". Also Julien Bream is another worth a listen in that direction. | |
| UPS delivered new "used" vinyl They don't use cannon balls, they just use shredded newspaper to scare the audience. UPS uses cannon balls, it's the only explanation for their destructive proclivities. | |
| Sonus Faber - Final and difficult choice I have owned EA I, Minuetto, Concerto Home, and Signum. All mated really well with my REL subwoofer, a modest Q100E (my listening room is particularly bass friendly). With the last two, I found stand height to be critical for getting the bass dial... | |
| Which speakers excel at low volume? I agree with both Karls and Darrylhifi. There are tradeoffs for reduced volume, but I've been happy with Silverline SR12's and SR17's at low volume. The benefit of the 17's is that you can crank 'em too. You can get satisfying bass out of the 17's... | |
| What are your service department experiences? I too have had excellent service from the Krell folks, as has a friend of mine. There are so few companies which perform at such a high level, and are so easy to deal with, that Krell should be very proud. In both cases the service came as a resul... | |
| Classic Rock Fans? Very much so. One of my favorite experiences is to hear a song I have liked for 30 or more years, for the first time on a good system and find out it was even better than I knew. The recording was so far ahead of the playback then. At least the pl... | |
| speaker stand filler follow up Is 4" the interior dimension? Whatever the answer, you're going to be surprised by how much lead shot you'll need. That's why you end up mixing it with sand. To give you an idea, I bought a 25lb bag and it was less volume than a softball. So decid... | |
| Blu -Tack Under Bookshelf Speakers? It all depends; are you having trouble with your speakers sliding off the stands?You've hit upon the decoupling/coupling discussion thats been taking place here. Some of us think that coupling isn't the best way to go, but if you want to try it ou... | |
| To couple or decouple? That is the question. The argument seems to be couple because it's easy, as opposed to very hard to decople. The truth lies within your own perception. I have heard the difference between coupled components including speakers and decoupled on two planes, and I prefer t... | |
| Medieval-style music Another to consider, also on Dorian, is "Echoes of Spain" a disc of medieval Spanish and Portuguese by Sonus |