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Sep 11, 2001	B W vs. Paradigm Whether you buy the B&Ws or the Paradigms, you are in for a treat. I have a seven year old set of B&W DM 630s that I use for two channel listening, and like the comments above, they are detailed and present a great sound stage. Vocals are ...
Jul 17, 2001	Pet Stories I had just received a shipment of VTL monoblocs that I purchased through this site when I noticed a funny smell in the living room where I keep my equipment. I had the tops off the VTLs and was checking the bias of the tubes, but everytime I bent ...
Jul 12, 2001	A minor rant Reading audio magazines is like reading Playboy, Motor Trend, or The Wine Spectator. The whole point of the magazines is to keep people dreaming of that one complete system they could die for. You know, the one with the big tubes. Most of the maga...
Jul 12, 2001	A minor rant Reading audio magazines is like reading Playboy, Motor Trend, or The Wine Spectator. The whole point of the magazines is to keep people dreaming of that one complete system they could die for. You know, the one with the big tubes. Most of the maga...
Jul 02, 2001	Disappointed in SACD player Different town, same response.I went into a local audio store with a friend who was buying some speakers. While he was making his puchase I wandered into a room and found a Sony SACD. It had the Miles Davis "Blue" SACD in it so I gave it a spin. I...
Jun 30, 2001	Best Value Speakers?? For straight forward, bargain speakers that you can buy in almost any place in the states for a reasonable price I like NHTs and Paradigms. I have had both the Paradigm Atoms and Mini Monitors which are both very inexpensive and I believe that the...
Jun 30, 2001	Should Manufacturers Post Prices In Ads For those of us who were not born with the silver spoon in our mouth, have yet to win the lottery, and are not buying something just because of its name, it is nice to have some idea of the cost of a component before we look or listen. In my limit...
Jun 15, 2001	Ah Njoe Tjoeb CD player I bought this CD player like you hoping to hook it directly to my VTL MB 250s (input sensitivity at full volume is 1.6 volts and input impedence is 137Kohms). It doesn't work with these amplifiers at whatever voltage output I change it to. It may ...