nick778
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| A new CDP after my Rega Apollo or a new DAC? I'd suggest a Cary 303/300 used CD player that has a SS and tube output section. You can fine tune the sound by tube rolling the tube section very easily.It is a very musical player with good bass and detail but not any harshness at all. They can ... | |
| In wall surrounds. When I moved into my new house, it had speakers in the ceiling for rear backs. They were some cheap speakers. I saw some B&W CCM-65 speakers (with adjustable pointing tweeter) for sale on AG for $250 new (they retail for $800/pr) and bought th... | |
| Does anyone or does everyone pay retail price? Agree with Stanwal. The margins in the industry when mid to high end audio was in demand when people had lots of disposable moeny to spend kept them going. However, even then, most retailers were moving to 'custom installations' where they can cha... | |
| B&W 703 front and HTM7center low end speakers ?? I wouldn't so much concentrate on if it is the low end or high end of the B&W as much as do you like the speakers and the sound in your listening room?The HTM7 is a nice center and the 703 is in their mid-range but uses their metal dome tweete... | |
| what are the recomended freq/slope for xover? The WP8's go down to 21Hz...not sure of the 7s but the normal THX crossover recommendation of 80 Hz is probably too high a cossover for your speakers. There are other things to consider like the low pass crossver of your surrounds and your room dy... | |
| Subwoofer Crossover Setting/Directional Bass Freq. My Veledyne DD-15 makes it very easy to equalize for the room and for a smooth integrated frequency curve with its software that you can see on the TV and then adjust.I mainly listen to 2 channel but also some HT and my processor has both music an... | |
| Fed Ex Ground Shipping Woes Both UPS and FedEx use a system of chargebacks to the origin or destination station for these claims. UPS also uses an outside contractor named Crawford to manage the claims process and they are notoriously difficult and make decisions for UPS.Giv... | |
| Do you leave CD players with tube outputs on? You have it correct. I would suggest leave it on during a day you are going to or are listening to music and turn it off at night to preserve tube life. If the electronic caps and such are already broken-in in the player then I don't see them requ... | |
| small footprint balanced pre-amp Perhaps the Cary SLP-05. There is one used on AG now. | |
| Integra 9.8 troubles You may want to look at the AVS Forum. They have a long thread on the Integra 9.8 (and 9.9) and the issues with the unit and software updates that have come out to address some of these problems.I don't know if the information will pertain to your... | |
| If you were a tube preamplifier manufacturer Most new preamps seem to use tubes made by Chinese (McIntosh) or Russian manufacturers. Seems a shame really as the quality of sound obviously isn't up there with older vintage tubes.....which is why their prices are high and these vintage tube pl... | |
| I am sick of cables I think ICs and speaker cables should match or not be the weak link in a particular system. If you're spending $30K on a audio system, I don't think 'cheaper' cables will bring out the true potential of the system. If you have a $5K system and spe... | |
| Power Amps with High Current or High Damping Can you tell us the speakers you are refering to? | |
| subwoofer cables I use a Audioquest Sub-3 XLR-XLR to connect my subwoofer channel on my Cary Cinema 11a to my DD-15. Works well. | |
| what happened to Cary 500MB? They are discontinued but Cary hasn't updated their website. |