mofimadness
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| N.E.W power amps I was a N.E.W. dealer back in the day and remember having to fix a few of the battery boxes. If you open up the big black battery box, you will see several smaller batteries in there. I'm pretty sure that they were just regular motorcycle batterie... | |
| Need Advice: Setting up a basic analog system I really like the Audio Technica AT150MLX. I have one on my Oracle and it's wonderful. The Denon DL-160, (high output MC) is really nice for the price. | |
| Need Advice: Setting up a basic analog system The Levinson LNP-2 preamp should have a KILLER phono stage already installed? I'm pretty sure that this preamp was a Mark Levinson/John Curl designed piece. If working properly, you won't find a much better phono stage.The LNP-2 preamp was one of ... | |
| Best speaker cable for Maggies??? Shotgunned means you run (1) "stick" of wire, (usually one stick is both positive and negative) tied together, so you have one piece, (stick) of wire per positive and negative run. 4 total pieces of wire for a pair of speakers. | |
| anyone using piega speakers? I've listened to several pair of the Piega speakers in several different venues with different electronics each time. I came away all the times with one word...BRIGHT! Hope you like them... | |
| Best speaker cable for Maggies??? Mapleshade Golden Helix. Stupid good for the price. Try running (2) pair shotgunned. | |
| Audio Research LS 26 or Cary SLP 05? Audio Research LS26. | |
| HDMI confusion: Monoprice vs. Blue Jeans I A/B'ed an $8.00 HDMI cable from Firefold versus a $150 top-of-the-line Monster Cable and actually preferred the Firefold. | |
| Right/Left channel balance issues? Pre-amp Have you tried a new, (different) tube? If the preamp uses just (1) tube, it may have mismatched sections within the tube. | |
| Where are you buying new vinyl? Drjoe,I have had terrific luck with Elusive Disc. His listed prices are usually 10% lower than most and the service has been excellent! He had a 20% off sale back a couple of months ago, I spent several hundred dollars on that one.. | |
| Replacement CD on a tight budget? You might be able to find a Denon DCD-1520 or DCD-1560 for that budget. Maybe also a NAD BEE series for a little more. | |
| ARC Ref 3 and ARC Ref 110 tubes Plug the right channel cable output from the preamp into the left channel input of the amp and vice versa. This is just switching the channels. If the left channel output from the preamp is faulty, the noise will shift to the right speaker. If the... | |
| Best, or ideal record clamp I third the TT Weights clamp on NON-threaded spindles. The best clamp that I have tried on a 1/4 x 20 threaded spindle is the Teres Audio. I have (2) of the TT's on other tables and they really are NICE. Larry is wonderful to work with. You should... | |
| ARC Ref 3 and ARC Ref 110 tubes You can narrow down the choices to either the preamp or amp. Switch interconnect channels from the preamp to the amp. If the crackle stays in the left channel, it's the amp. If it changes to the right channel, it's the preamp. Then go from there. ... | |
| Haitian Divorce lyrics Here's the facts from the lips of Fagen himself. The following article appeared in the December 25, 1976 issue of Sounds:"Well, the first few verses are plain enough. Babs and Clean Willy get married, right? But things don't work out somehow, and ... |