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| Reel to reel deck -Talk me in or out of buying My buddy just scored a MINT Technics r2r on eBay because his step-dad who is a retired recording engineer said analog tape is the end of the movie.The problem is, the movie ended about 30 years ago -- and tape doesn't age well like vinyl can. Plus... | |
| So You Think You Know Your Mozart? Tire -- please, please! I wasn't implying youngsters shouldn't expect to score well, especially if you enjoy listening to the music. It's just that many of us past the 1/2 century mark have become familiar with it as much through osmosis as from a... | |
| Ceiling acoustics Actually, irregular ceiling heights help to keep standing waves from forming. The beams won't have much effect (unless you hit your head on them) but I'd recommend you center the speakers under the 3 foot wide duct facing the longer side. You also... | |
| So You Think You Know Your Mozart? I thought it was easy too, but then I've been hearing it for 5 decades, or 20% of the time since Mozart was born!It might be harder for younger ears ;~) | |
| Cable Break-in....again? Bob P. -- I ain't sayin' yes an' I ain't sayin' no neither.What I'm saying is: I can't say for sure -- maybe it's all too subtle for my hearing (which ain't what it used to be!)But, "break-in" changes with other devices in the audio chain (especia... | |
| Long RCA ICs - which ones fit this bill? Tony, as you can see, both Jafox and I have done little to conceal our admiration for Purist products. I would suggest you consider (and keep an eye out for used) a pair of their entry level Musaeus ICs (also search 'Museaus,' for those who don't ... | |
| Long RCA ICs - which ones fit this bill? 330 v. Maestro? Maestro has has a bit more of everything that made the 330 so popular, but most noticably in improved image/soundstage. I guess it does a bit better reducing time smear. | |
| Long RCA ICs - which ones fit this bill? Tony, they were connecting an ARC SP-14 pre with a Bryston 10B active x-ovr which was driving (for low end) a Levinson 23.5 and (for high end) a pair of ARC triode monoblocks M300 MKIIs. I was using pairs of 1.5m Magnan Vi ICs between the x-ovr an... | |
| Better Tonearm wire or best, cartridge tonearm too I think the best internal arm wire is the silver van den Hul MC-150S, I believe it is (go to their website and look at the cable info page) I had SME put it in my V tonearm two years ago (it's even better than SME's OEM vdH wire) and it made a hug... | |
| Long RCA ICs - which ones fit this bill? You don't need to go straight coaxial (anymore) to achieve low capacitance which granted, is important.What's also now equally important to achieve is low (no) time smear, and low (no) noise and hum pick up -- both a real problem with long single ... | |
| Speaker suggestions for less than ideal accoustics Timberman, I don't know what your budget allows (ie "Big Boys" speakers) but I understand your frustration over the prospect of spending a lot of money (even if willing and able) only to be underwhelmed with the result.So let me offer what many mi... | |
| shipping speakers The problem with BAX is they will only ship from commercial entities that have an account with them -- it's a terrorism thing. I'm not sure of the details, so check with them,I sent a pair of Kinergetics SW 800 5' tall woofer towers @ 120 lbs ea. ... | |
| Burning CD question Unless there is something wrong with the transport in your car (in which case all CDs you played would/should skip) my guess is the problem lies in your burning way too fast.Most composers and musicians I know won't burn music faster than 4x even ... | |
| Cable for electrical installation And if you're running more than 25 feet from your panel to the outlets for your system, go up one wire size (AWG) than what the code requires for the size (15,20,30A) circuit you're installing. | |
| Cable Break-in....again? Bob, I don't know how you reached that (those) conclusions from what I said, but no I don't think that.As for power cords, and other cables: I surely thought it clear that I take all this "lore" I reported, with a very large grain of salt!No one I... |