mwilson
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| B & K reference 50 Not the '50 you're asking about, but I did a direct A/B in my main system between the Ref. 30 and Acurus ACT-3 (now available used below $500 as opposed to $1100 or so for the 30.) In 2-channel mode, the Acurus blew the Ref. 30 out of the water an... | |
| A Packing and Shipping Manifesto Great post! Another piece of advice to consider - if you're going to send something that's expensive, and you do a good job packing it, it can't hurt to keep a digital camera alongside while packing it. Take a picture at each step, showing the man... | |
| mapleshade Listener, the safety standard that they violate is the lack of a durable insulating jacket over their power leads. Their power products have leads that are nothing more than thinly enameled conductors twisted around one another inside a plastic fi... | |
| mapleshade Wire + saran wrap. Better have a generous insurance policy, especially if you try their power products. Note: I have not auditioned their products - the inattention to safety or anything approaching durability in their engineering (cables and powe... | |
| Teres is Done Okay, I'll get it out of the way... Who's John Dean?Tremendous job, Joe. Very impressive work. | |
| WBT Spades -- Crimping needed?? While you might be able to get by without the tool, what Tvad suggests could strip your screws/screwholes if you're using smaller wire and end up extending the set screw toward the end of its adjustable length. The screws and the body of the conne... | |
| WBT Spades -- Crimping needed?? Hepl - very good explanation. One thing I can add is that you can buy different size screws. Parts Express sells at least one upsized WBT screw (7mm?) for working with smaller cables. Rich Moore can also get you other sizes - and I agree, he's a v... | |
| NEED HELP EE-I boutht the Kimbers on a whim after giving my brother an intro HT system out of some of the things I had, and needed some low-priced ICs. I tried them with the sub first, and it was really love at first sight. One of those "omigosh" moments. I... | |
| NEED HELP If you have a wooden floor on joists (don't most of us?)... a downfiring sub will excite your floor. May or may not be what you're looking for, but in my case (wood floor, downfiring Klipsch KSW12), I found my sub response muddy and slow... and th... | |
| Best progressive acts these days? Cool - I'll have to add 21st to my list of bands to check out. The DarXtar recording quality is usually horrible, no surprise there! Thanks for mentioning their website. For a couple years, all there was on the web about them was links to their ol... | |
| Best progressive acts these days? Impossible to find, that's why I asked ; ) Tombola is much more progressive than their older stuff. If you like Hawkwind, you would absolutely love "Daybreak", their 3rd release. "Sju", their 4th, is in between styles of classic spacerock a la Haw... | |
| Best progressive acts these days? I had "Orchid" by Opeth, but I never connected with it. It seemed like a transitional phase between black metal and something more goth and stylized. That's interesting to hear they've really moved far in the direction they have. That's "progressi... | |
| Best progressive acts these days? Xiekitchen, I've got "Crafty Hands" and like it quite a bit. Interesting to hear they're back together! Stanley Whittaker apeared on Ten Jinn's "As on a Darkling Plain" around '99, which I found to be a bit on the "pomp" side, but I like many trac... | |
| SET Tube Question There isn't a specific need to go low powered just because your speakers have very high efficiency. I run Rogue M120s in push-pull mode at 120 watts with my La Scalas - quite a bit of power. As Plato mentioned, higher-powered amps generally have m... | |
| Best progressive acts these days? I like Minimum Vital from France alot, but they can be a bit pompy. Happy Family (JP) has its moments. On the spacier side: Ozric Tentacles, DarXtar, and the Anubian Lights/Farflung/Pressurehed family.Rwwear: Opeth? If death/prog is your thing, yo... |