mr_slate
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| Help Building an Audio Room That's probably overkill but maybe you can find a few ideas to incorporate in your new space. I highly advise not having a square room because of the room nodes you will build into the room automatically by those dimensions. Do some readi... | |
| Dedicated room suggestions Hi there! Acoustics and "the room" are one of the most important items to address first when putting a new stereo room together. I've used these folks for both products and detailed information. Top shelf products that work and do what you intend... | |
| advice for mono cartridge Hey there!After waiting for 3 months for mine to show up it did about a week ago. Setup/alignment went without a hitch. See my virtual system for pics.Sound is very nice, fully fleshed out with great bass and extended highs. It's a different sonic... | |
| advice for mono cartridge Miyajima Zero B - 0.7 mil stylusSaxman - after several months you've probably gotten a good taste of your Miyajima Zero B with the .7mil stylus. What is your impression?I ask since I'm about to pull the trigger on this exact cartridge...Best rega... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Hi there Supratek owners and interested parties!I received my Cortese LCR gen 3 back in the fall. So far it's still running the stock tubes that Mick installed - probably around 150 hours on it. I thought I'd just let it run a few hundred hours be... | |
| VPI TNT Mk 3 – Looking for a tonearm and cartridge Good question on the room - acoustics play a huge part in the sonic picture. My room is not very big - 16'x14' - so I needed to tame the poor frequency response. I bought several bass traps, they're actually called Realtraps - http://realtraps.com... | |
| VPI TNT Mk 3 – Looking for a tonearm and cartridge Thank you all for your thoughts and suggestions! I'll be doing some of it soon. I did buy the Benz Micro LP-S! Pretty jacked about it. Need to get an arm board made - thinking about wood - maybe African ebony.Thanks again for the ideas! | |
| Linn AV5140 & 5120 advice Thanks for the advice! Based on it I bought them! | |
| Help My wife bought me a sub Guys,Thanks for the wake up call. I guess when I saw no subwoofer listed on the RDA-7 amp only surround speakers I didn’t think I could use the amp. I’ve made up the cables and will try it out. Since the RDA-7 has 150w into 8 ohms and 300w into 4 ... | |
| Help My wife bought me a sub Sufentanil - all the girls are married but I got the pick of the litter! | |
| Help My wife bought me a sub Guys,Thanks for all the thoughtful responses. I knew I was going to get some great help and ideas.Here is one thoughtful response about passive vs. active subs: “There is one big advantage with passive subs, and that is placement. You can move the... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Over the last year as time/$ have permitted I worked on trying to get my system to sound like what I thought it should sound like. I played a horn growing up and used to go see the Minneapolis Symphony perform with my family along with many rock/j... | |
| Is the Berning ZH270 revalatory? I don't post very often since I'm still in "learning mode" compared to many of the folks here and there experience but, I thought I'd toss my $.02 worth. Received my Berning ZH270 last week, which I bought thru Allan. First, let me say that what A... | |
| What tube pre amp for live sound on rock and roll Within that price range you can find CAT preamps that are very nice, extremly well built and will definetly let you rock the house. You'll probably end up spending more money upgrading all the other componets just to match it's excellence. They co... | |
| High Quality FM Tuner - Advice I have 2 Tandberg tuners, a 3011A and Tandbergs flagship 3001A. From a looks standpoint, almost identical. The same engineering team built both tuners in the early 1980's. The engineers were given a mission of building the finest tuner they could ... |