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| Floor standing or stand mounted bookshelves? Well set up, two monitors and a sub can give you better quality than a pair of towers. But it depends on the speakers, your room, and how much flexibility your signif. other will grant you regarding furniture layout.Bottom line: The only way to kn... | |
| Newbie looking for cheap dependable table If you want vinyl the easy way, rule number one is, don't buy used. Yes, I know that's sacrilege around these parts, but let's get real. You can buy a new turntable with a decent cartridge already installed, and probably the only things you'll hav... | |
| Digitally recorded lps? Yes, these would be DDA or DAA recordings. Not everything sounded great in the early days of digital, as recordists were still learning how to handle the new technology. But the best of them should tell you something about the alleged defects of d... | |
| How to convert lps to CD? You can do it with a dedicated CD recorder, or use a computer. Here's a great page of advice on the latter:http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm | |
| Mac to... AE or Optical DAC or USB DAC? Also... Wireless doesn't affect sound quality IF you have a decent DAC that properly reclocks. (These days, most of them do, and you're more likely to find a bad one at the top end of the price chain.) AE straight into your amp is not a good idea if this ... | |
| Transparent Speaker cable and interconnects Why would you assume they've gotten their act together? And how do you know that other high-end cable makers don't have similarly empty network boxes? (This isn't the first case I've heard of.) For that matter, why would anyone buy a cable with su... | |
| Who is a big high end cable manufacturer The real deal? What kind of research staff do you need to put a network box on the end of a cable with nothing in it?http://cable.tcnerd.com/whymit.asp | |
| What to get freinds into on the cheap? The audiophile market drops 50% in 2 years so maybe the message is getting through.Just out of curiosity, where'd you get that figure? (I'm not disagreeing with you, by the way.) | |
| Newbie Needs Help Two words: Room Treatment. | |
| Ruining music with a cheap sub There are huge differences between bad/cheap subs and good/expensive subs. It's called distortion. And no, low bass is not *just* felt. Besides, a sub that's reproducing the bottom octave is rolling off in the second (and maybe into the third) oct... | |
| What to get freinds into on the cheap? First of all, set a realistic goal. You aren't going to turn your friends into audiophiles. (One or two might one day turn themselves into audiophiles, but encouragement/pressure from you will not do the trick.) Your goal should be to get them to ... | |
| starting from just about scratch w/ $600 to spend In your price range, an extra $100 can buy you a lot more cartridge, but only a little more preamp. So don't sweat the preamp. (You can always upgrade it later.) In your shoes, I'd spend $100 on a preamp, and get the best table w/cartridge I could... | |
| Question about NAD 320BEE It's a bit of a kludge, but you could use the tape out, or split the pre-out. (I presume NAD integrateds still have external couplers). But then you'll need another power amp, Can she really buy the 320BEE plus a second power amp for less than $35... | |
| Question about NAD 320BEE If budget is a concern, look at conventional stereo receivers from Denon or Yamaha, which can accommodate two sets of speakers. For your purposes, these units can hold their own with the NAD. | |
| Questions about SACD vs.analog for classical music The first group to really embrace CD in a big way was classical music lovers. Ever wonder why? |