mitch2
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| sand versus shot in speaker stands As a safer alternative, maybe look at steel or brass shot. Go to the Starsound website and look at their microbearing steel that you can purchase, or maybe go to a blasting supply for steel shot of various sizes. However, I believe the brass shot ... | |
| Joule Electra LA150 MkII or Lamm LL2 Deluxe? Cruz123,From the website, The LL2.1 features the following upgrades and modifications as compared to the LL2:-addition of a built-in remote on/off for LAMM amplifiers -introduction of the attenuation for gain reduction by 15 dB -some new parts -ne... | |
| Purist Audio vs. Harmonic Technology Thanks for the answers.Carol2216, your "thank you" was very kind, considering none of the responders actually answered your question. I stumbled across this thread while looking for comparisons between HT Magic Link II and Purist Venustas. Glory's... | |
| Lector 7T MK3, is it really that great? Aceboympk, you seem to have some knowledge regarding Lector. I have owned three CDP 7T's, two of the current MkIII's and a MkII. I also used to own a Zoe MkII. I have not had any problems with any of them, and still currently own and use the MkIII... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Good point Raquel. While I sometimes keep my preamp and CD player powered up for days at a time, my hybrid amps get powered down at night or whenever I do not expect to be listening for most of the day. I would expect it to be a good idea to power... | |
| Homegrown Audio HGA Ps68, I have 5 ft runs of HT Pro 9+ and HT Pro 9 Reference (2008). I have not been able to find out what was changed with the newest HT Pro 9 Reference SE (2009) - except of course that the name is too long :?)I have tried using a double run with ... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? I have gone back and forth between tube and SS preamps, and cd players, even trying those known for "the closest to tube-like sound," such as Tom Evans Vibe/Pulse.I now have tubes in each of my components, cd, preamp, and amps. Three things clinch... | |
| Homegrown Audio HGA I am struggling a bit in evaluating and comparing the HGA speaker cables. I have a double run of SA-16 per side, which is the same as a double run of X-32. The X-32 stands for 32 wires per pair of speaker cables, or 16 per side, and is the same as... | |
| I'm beginning to wonder... Hey Roxy 54, While I'm at it, one more gripe. Posts that read like this:"Opinions wanted on using X231/J with 455XP".How can I have an opinion when I don't even know what these two components are?Consider, maybe it's part of the vetting process, i... | |
| what are your five essential songs No particular order:- Brown-Eyed Women - Grateful Dead- Baby Please Don't Go - Van Morrison and Them (Big Joe Williams cover with little known session guitarist named Jimmy Page!)- The Look of Love - Shelby Lynne (Burt Bacharach/Hal David cover or... | |
| what is the theory behind maple stands and racks? Most pool cues are made of maple (at least the shaft portion), probably because the highish specific gravity leads to improved stiffness and a lower susceptibility to moisture related changes. Many audio equipment platforms, etc. are made of maple... | |
| Solder Pot Advice Solder pots work well to tin the ends of Cardas and other enameled wires, but as implied above, for small projects, other methods may be just as good, such as a wire brush or sanding wheel on the end of a dremel. | |
| top ten things you learned about HiFi on Agon 1. Audio is a fun hobby; just don't take it too seriously,2. music trumps equipment,3. hype should be treated with a proportional amount of caution,4. many excellent products never make the Stereophile Recommended Products list,5. for best results... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier It does seem strange that they continue to advertise their products on this site, but would not respond to several e-mails from one of their good customers and proponents. I too have been curiously keeping an eye out for information on the new "fl... | |
| Silverline Sonata III & McIntosh MC275? FWIW, doing a search of "MC275" and "MC-275" in the Audiogon Virtual Systems returns a total of 32 systems using this amp. Perhaps this is a good place to research speakers.Excellent advice Tvad, and an interesting thread. I am also looking for so... |