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| tube traps didn't help Don't overlook the value of book cases and books on the sidewalls - looks natural, as opposed to audiophile stuff, costs a lot less, and can be very good at diffusion if placed so that they minimize the side wall reflections from the speakers. Dit... | |
| Songs of the sea and shanties Well these were recorded a long time ago but the sonics are just fine- "Sea Shanties" by the Robert Shaw Chorale in Living Stereo by RCA. On CD and LP(if you can find it). | |
| Oracle Alexandria Question Excellent turntable and a very good arm. The only problem is the arm has a mechanical auto cue devise which lifts the arm at the end of the record. This can engage prematurely and can be a pain in the ass. If this unit doesn't have that problem I'... | |
| RU recording LPs on Reel to Reel ? Before CD's I use to tape my LP's using a 10 1/2" R to R so I could have background and casual listening music without wearing out valuable LP's. Now I have CD's for that purpose I no longer use tapes at all, and when I listen to LP's its a specia... | |
| Looking for thunderstorm audio CD... Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite on Telarc has a real thunderstorm recorded on it in a separate track that will stress your system some. The Grofe ain't bad either. | |
| What's the best preamp for under 1000 If you want passive the Placette is the way to go. However for a simple (no remote) pre amp with high quality sound look at the EAR 834L - its a tube preamp w/out phono - it uses three tubes and the tubes last a long time. Harry Pearson of TAS gav... | |
| PS Audio, Musical fidelity, Audio Research, Quad? What do you want to improve - sound wise. I'm running the large Paragon's with tubes - couldn't ask for more. | |
| What is better? longer interconnects or spkr cable Which ever is cheaper - they both have tradeoff's. 15' of speaker cable is really not a long run and would probably be my first choice - but by using balanced interconnects you do avoid one of the problems with long runs of IC, that is noise and y... | |
| Feel vs. Think - take an objective look... If you say you think something then someone may be expected to ask you to explain your rational and you will have to satisfy them to gain credibility - "think" implies that you have been considering something tangible. When you say you feel someth... | |
| Starting a new system... This has got to be the most inspired search. Most people identify the main components and then match the interconnects, cables and cords accordingly. I have no suggestions but I will watch the recommendations that come in with great interest. | |
| Embarrassing Tube Story And now that you've put the NOS back into your pre amp which do you like better? :-) | |
| Why do people selling on E Bay "USE" Audiogon? There are fleas on both of these dogs. I think that you have a better chance of getting good used audio stuff on audiogon as there are a lot more sales by private parties who are actually using the equipment. E-Bay has far more attic raiders who d... | |
| Static/Hum from pre-amp Sounds like a noisy tube in the right channel. If it becomes bothersome to you sonically, replace it. | |
| My weakest link?? Joeldoss, The grass isn't always greener, sometimes its just fake grass. I couldn't recommend a subwoofer in your room - it would produce the same (or very similar) problems that full range speakers would in the bass. I hope you didn't interpert m... | |
| Question about seperate tuners A tuner is much like a preamp in that it either allows you to hear, or gets in the way of your hearing, the signal from the radio station and the music it is broadcasting. The hardware and software used by the radio station would be the only limit... |