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| Spades or bananas connectors? I always thought this was an interesting question to be overheard by a non-audiophile . . . "Spades or bananas?"Imagine the reaction . . . "What tha . . .?" | |
| Love my ipod, Hate my ear buds.... The Etymotics and the Shures are certainly going to be the best, but they are pricey.I have the Sennheiser MX75 Sport phones, which have a unique "twist to fit" design so they remain tightly fitted in your ears and have very good sound. List is $5... | |
| Lost in the loudspeaker wilderness... Room is not that small to accommodate floorstanders, which is what you'll need to get the sound you seem to want.There's a pair of Snell C/V's on sale on audiogon now for $1300, including shipping, that should do the trick.These will sound good on... | |
| Best Glue for LP cover seams? Try carpenter's glue. You can get it at any hardware store. | |
| Best budget phono preamp for Unison Unico? Why don't you see if you can have the optional phono stage installed in the Unico? I think you could have bought one with the phono stage for an additional cost of what you're going to spend on an outboard phono stage.In lieu of that, you ought to... | |
| Rock Siblings..... Um . . . are we talking "siblings?" | |
| Help needed regarding purchase of Amp Stands. I have had great success with Sound Anchors amp stands on my VTL tube monoblocks, as well as a Levinson 333 solid state stereo amp.The improvement in sonics was nothing short of astonishing with the tube amps. I just received the stands about a mo... | |
| Why do we enjoy listening to music ? THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, by Daniel J. Levitinhttp://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/09/05/levitin/ | |
| Wilson MAXX 2 vs Watt Puppy 8 I agree with the previous comments. I auditioned both and found the MAXX-2 to represent more of what I hear at a live concert. The WP8 play very nicely at lower volume and in a smaller room, but if you turn the sound up too much, or try to fill a ... | |
| Karen Dalton? Why loathe music on NPR? They have some great stuff. Check out their music site:http://www.npr.org/music/index.html?ps=lt | |
| Any fans of Jordi Savall? What is there on vinyl? A bit pricey, but it's there:http://www1.gemm.com/item/SAVALL-c-JORDI/CAPTAINE--TOBIAS--HUME---d---MUSICAL--HUMORS---d---ASTREE/GML853421605/Lot's of stuff on GEMM. You can set your filter to show just LP's. | |
| audio tubes for Audible Illusions Modulus 3a Not a problem, so long as the channels match on each stage. | |
| analog vs. digital better ? or just different Gentleman, draw your swords! | |
| VTL 5.5: which cartridges? I have the 5.5 and the LP12/Lingo/Ekos and have been using Dynavector cartridges. I started with a high-output 10x4 and enjoyed it so much I moved up to the low-ouput XX-2. Last December, I took the table to an audio store to take advantage of a f... | |
| Two Rel Stentors / one Rel Studio... question If you're using the sub(s) for 2-channel, you should opt for two subs. If for home theater, one is fine. |