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| the quest for the best--within limits I believe it's just a matter of people not having the buying power they used to have. Not just what they have in the bank but also what they can afford to put on credit. It's the economy.Also, they rely on those who have gone before them and their... | |
| Fantastic German made Music Server for my Car The one in my car is named Hans and all he sings is: In Munchen steht ein Hofbrauhaus, eins, zwei, g'suffa!It wears on me after a while.All the best,Nonoise | |
| Don't read you'll be sorry In all my decades of this I never knew there was a grey market operating out of China. Who would have thought?All the best,Nonoise | |
| Sansui TU-999 tuner repair Rube Goldberg would be proud of the design.All the best,Nonoise | |
| Sansui TU-999 tuner repair Try here http://fmtunerinfo.com/index.html#repairs and be prepared to do a lot of perusing of the site. If anyone knows, someone at this site will.This place http://www.randbelectronicsserco.com/ seems well equiped to handle your tuner as well. Ju... | |
| Disadvantages of OP amps in output stage of CD? The guys at Burson Audio consider op amps the devils work. I wouldn't go that far but here is there take on it; http://www.bursonaudio.com/DIY_HD_Opamp.htm.Hope this doesn't make things messier.All the best,Nonoise | |
| Character of EL-84 amps Srajan at 6moons thinks very highly of EL-84 tubed amps. He feels they are underrated and/or overlooked for the more powerful types. There is the Luxman LN-Q10, which is now made in China for Luxman and is $1K cheaper than its predecessor, the LN-... | |
| New Teac CD/SACD players I saw the release of the new series and if they are anything like the Reference Series PD-H600 then you can think of them as Esoteric lite. In fact, they should be better being a full chassis model and with (hopefully) improvements since the PD-H6... | |
| Best interconnect between pre-amp and CD player?? Sunnyjim,Back when I had Hornshoppe Horns and was speaking to Ed Schilling, he said Mapleshade ICs were easy to make and offered to make me a set of speaker cables like them. Even one of his stock photos on his site showed them being used as his p... | |
| Best interconnect between pre-amp and CD player?? While researching something else I came across thesehttp://www.jwaudio.net/default.htmlThey appear to take the minimalist approach like Mapleshade, Anti-Cables and Morrow and may be a less expensive to boot.All the best,Nonoise | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? Bryon,No, your ears are not crazy. You posted before I did so I thought I'd relieve you of any vestige of doubt as to your sanity, here.All the best,Nonoise | |
| I-Mac for computer audio? Audioengr,Thanks for the info re: late 2009 Mac Mini and that it can use longer lengths of USB. If I can't move to a better place and decide to go forward, that makes it easier.All the best,Nonoise | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? Whart,Exactly. Stridency, no. Decay (back end of wave), yes. The more complete the notes, in a musical piece, the more to appreciate. The only analogous thing I can come up with at the moment is when one is looking at a stream. One can see the who... | |
| How often do you change components? Nice one Audiofeil. | |
| Bowers and Wilkins 805s, use as TV speakers ?????? Bhpedalpusher,Mine is just a simple set up due to room constraints. I have the LCD TV centered between the speakers with my stereo rack off to one side of TV. The speakers are of equal distance from the TV. This set up is along the long wall.My am... |