pabelson
Responses from pabelson
| When is unequal, equal? Porziob is correct. Whether you shorten one of them or not is a matter of convenience and visual aesthetics. | |
| spade connector around post or 1 prong thru hole? If a spade (or other connector) doen't fit right, the best thing to do is to snip it off, strip the wire, and make a bare connection. Nothing is worse than a bad connection. | |
| putting speaker vertical or horizontal? Never put speakers horizontal, unless they're designed to be put horizontal.And don't buy speakers that are designed to be horizontal, either. | |
| Blu Ray over/under $ Does anybody really need all of LOTR on a single disk? | |
| Beginning Audio System Here's what I'd recommend to an American newbie with a Receiver: Pioneer VSX515-K ($170 at J&R)DVD Player: Panasonic DVD-S29 ($65 at J&R)Main Speakers: Paradigm Titans ($229/pr list)Subwoofer: Paradigm PDR-10 ($379 list)That's a nice sound... | |
| Beginning Audio System How'd THAT get past the moderators???? | |
| Essential Blues/ jazz Hmmm, 40s through 70s. That'd be late swing through fusion. Good you've narrowed that down! :-)Seriously, enjoy the ride. | |
| Essential Blues/ jazz http://www.wbgo.org/library/blues88.asphttp://www.wbgo.org/library/jazz88.asp | |
| Blu Ray over/under $ I think these new formats ar being introduced too soon. Most people still haven't experienced true HDTV. Once they do, I think you'll be able to sell them on a new DVD player that's "as good as HDTV." Assuming it doesn't cost more than $200, of co... | |
| Beginning Audio System On your budget, you aren't loking for an "amp"; you are looking for a multichannel receiver. (It includes an amp, and a preamp, and a tuner, all in one package.) Companies like Pioneer and Yamaha make good low-end receivers.My general advice, for ... | |
| Rotel RA-02 or Audio Refinement Complete ? Age isn't an issue. The usual marketing hype aside, nobody's done anything truly "new" in solid state amplifier design in a long, long time.But my earlier advice stands. The Rotel, plus $150 in new CDs, will give you more enjoyment in the long run. | |
| Rotel RA-02 or Audio Refinement Complete ? I can vouch for the Rotel. It's only rated at 40w into 8 ohms, but one review measured 90w at clipping, so it's got quite a bit of headroom. I don't know the other one, but I see nothing in its specs that would particularly recommend it over the R... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? Your evidence and appeals to "what scientists already knew" authority are not the way to make your conclusions broadly accepted.Rest assured, I have no illusions about the possibility of convincing someone who, despite a complete lack of knowledge... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? I merely would state that I and many others reject that DBT validly assesses sonic difference among cables, etc. Where is your demonstration of face validity or any demonstration of validity?Where to begin? First, we can physically measure the sma... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? Who's misrepresenting what, TBG? I never said cables can't sound different. I cited an article earlier that did 6 cable comparisons, and 5 of them turned out positive. I've corrected your misstatements about this previously. Please don't repeat th... |