ncarv
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| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi With all the equipment I have purchased, the biggest bang for the buck was acoustic treatment. In order of priority for good sound, I would treat the room first, deal with speakers second. Unfortunately, most acoustic treatment, and really effecti... | |
| Why use CD Transport instead of computer source Are you guys comparing a transport to files on your hard drive, OR to music sent to the Squeezebox from the internet, from Rhapsody or some other source? | |
| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection I don't buy for collectibility, only enjoyability and playability.I do, however, still have my original copy of "The Velvet Underground" (banana) album and a 45 rpm Velvet single promotional record. The Velvets only made four 45's. | |
| Best LP cleaner fluid for fingerprints Your best bet is the Disc Doctor fluid and brushes. More work, better results for all records. I have a VPI 17, which I mostly use, but, for those more difficult to clean records, it's the Doctor. | |
| Radiohead: In Rainbows -- Vinyl or CD? Does CD ever sound better than vinyl? | |
| Manley vs VTL?? Qdrone . . . the other way around . . . David is the father, Luke the son. | |
| Dedicated Audio Room Lighting Ideas? I used the Lutron GRAFIK Eye. | |
| What do you do when you listen to music? Ditto Wwshull. | |
| Room Treatments - Where to learn more? Tobias suggestions are right on and two of four suggestions I would make.At The Home Entertainment Show in NYC this year, I noticed that the rooms treated with Real Traps sounded noticeable better than other rooms. I spoke with Ethan Winer, the pr... | |
| Vinyl Catalog Try this:http://www.wensoftware.com/MusicLibrary/ | |
| Moving from US to Singapore - help Check this out:http://members.tripod.com/~tsc/ | |
| Lucky Dube That was about 2 months ago. Saw him several years ago in a small venue. Very lively show! | |
| Dedicated Audio Room Lighting Ideas? Consider a Lutron controller:http://www.lutron.com/Many different settings, different lighting patterns, variable dimming, and remote control.I love my Lutron . . . I can control the light intensity from my listening position, as well as which lig... | |
| Ike Turner RIP I saw the Ike & Tina Revue in the late 60's and it was truly an amazing show. It is unforgivable what Ike did to Tina, but that doesn't discount the great talent and innovation. There are plenty of other SOB's who were or are great talents. Fr... | |
| Stereophile or Absolute Sound I used to prefer Stereophile, but now I prefer Abosolute Sound. Their reviews are shorter and more to the point and they have FAR more music reviews.I still subscribe to both as Stereophile is so cheap ($10/yr) and I like reading Fremer & Dudl... |