n80
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| Are these hooked up right? I hooked the B&W towers up to the Proceed HPA2, Transparent Super-bi-wire cable, AR LS16 pre, all in the right position, etc and they did sound a lot better and would definitely stand on their own without a center speaker and maybe even withou... | |
| CD player just tanked. Unfortunately this one has been moved, probably roughly, several times and then stored in a damp basement for several years.I may look into repairs if I can find somewhere to get an estimate. It seems like back in the early days of CD players I re... | |
| Are these hooked up right? That makes sense, of course, and I thought of that but have been too lazy. The B&W towers are fairly heavy and awkward to carry but the Aerial Acoustic 7Bs that I would have to move to make room for them are very heavy and extremely awkward to... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? Thanks jkingtut, we've been thinking about going back in the fall and that would be a great reason to do it. We drove through Helena several times on our previous trips. The last time we were there the river had flooded levee to levee and parts of... | |
| Are these hooked up right? Thanks Tom. They are connected properly to the amp and the pre-amp to amp connections are right according to the manual. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? AJ, thanks for clarifying. I had not followed the link you posted. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? I had never heard the term mondegreen. Comes from a Scottish ballad:Ye heilands and ye lowlands, O whaur hae ye been? They hae slain the Earl o' Murray, And laid him on the green; with "him on the green" being misheard as mondegreen. | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? Agree with you about Sting's use of his bass. I may be wrong about this but I never thought Sting was a standout bass player. He is certainly a world class singer and writer but I always felt his bass playing was good but not amazing. Certainly So... | |
| Newbie with Tidal question. hfaddict, I agree. I'm new to this but from what I understand my system (inherited) is pretty high end and even being new I can hear pretty easily that iTunes and stuff run through the computer is not as good as CDs and vinyl. The potential for Ti... | |
| How to get good sound out of this for music only? Thanks bondmanp. I will work on that tweeter and see what I can do. The dome has a metallic appearance and seems sort of stiff so not sure if tape will do it but I'm going to try.I think some use should definitely help with the speakers.Cables are... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? jafant, will do! Slightly off topic but not really. As I've been learning about hifi sound and going through all my CDs there are a few that seem like standouts in terms of SQ and one of them that has kind of become my test CD and which I keep co... | |
| CD player just tanked. Thanks MrD. I think I will leave my explorations at that and keep this Arcam with the Rotel/B&W system. Sad end for it but better than the garbage can.I also noticed that the HDCD indicator light came on several times while playing a non HDCD ... | |
| CD player just tanked. mrdecibel, running an RCA from the CD player's coaxial out to the Rotel pre-amp's coaxial in works. I can't comment on the SQ since I'm still feeling out this Rotel/B&W system (which is clearly not in the league with my other stuff which is wh... | |
| CD player just tanked. I'm pretty sure it sounded better than the Sony. That was my immediate and initial impression. The more I listen to the Sony the less I notice but I am convinced as in many sensory things, we get used to what we're being exposed to. So I think my ... | |
| How to get good sound out of this for music only? The source component was not ideal: Tidal hifi but through laptop headphone jack.I'll test with CD player tonight. |