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| Shipping to Italy If they are under 70lbs each, packed, believe it or not, USPS Parcel Post is reliable and affordable. I have shipped to Germany, Australia, and Italy without issue and at a fraction of the cost. | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! Having just finished building a new house, I've had well over 100 shipments in the last year from every carrier imaginable, from a few ounces to hundreds of pounds. My experience is that the 'last mile' carrier is the biggest variable. You may spe... | |
| REL vs JL AUDIO I alternate between KEF LS-50s and Magnepan .7s for my primary speakers. Most subs I've tried make low tones but they sound wooly, slow, and flabby compared to the primaries. The REL T/7x in my listening room is an incredibly good match for both s... | |
| Most Architectural Turntable/Best Looking? A lot of this discussion is missing one key consideration - the context of their environment. A VYGER or La Luce might look great in certain places, but totally out of place in others. For me, after much thought and perseveration, a VPI Prime prov... | |
| Helping a friend build a new system Small space, small speakers. KEF LS50. Amp? Macintosh MA 252. That leaves $2k for source and cables. I use Pangaea stands with my LS-50s. Very happy. Marantz CD6007 is is great CD player. And he can add a Rega 3 or a Project if he wants vinyl. | |
| I'm looking for a pair of interconnects that won't shatter the bank.... There are some amazingly good cables available on Amazon for a fraction of the advertised brands. Like 10% of their cost. Next rung up I'd have to go with Pangaea. I got a a set of their TT cables and am very pleased for under $100. Beyond that,... | |
| Which dimmer switch for LED bulbs? First, dimmable LEDs don't dim as far down as incandescents. In some cases you may have to stick with incandescents to get the degree of dimming you want.Some dimmers (Leviton, are you listening?) interact with microwave ovens and will oscillate ... | |
| Klipsch La Scala Dilemma I agree that a 12X13 room is way too small for K-Horns, La Scala, or Cornwalls, for that matter, and marginal even for the Heresy. if for no other reason than its simply not long enough to allow generation of LF wavelengths (40 Hz has a wavelength... | |
| 30 year old player, worth an upgrade? As a very happy owner of a Marantz CD6007, if the CD6006 is even close, it's a pretty great value. Marantz continues to impress as one of the few brands bringing higher end build quality and electronic designs in at reasonable prices. | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget Everyone owes it to themselves to own a set of Magnepans at least once. I would also consider the KEF LS-50 and a small, fast subwoofer, especially if your room isn't too large.Martin-Logan, Golden Ear, Monitor Audio, Focal, all make extraordinari... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers Watts are watts as long as the load is a simple resistor. As soon as you're driving a complex impedance with resistance, inductance, and capacitance it might be better to say that current is current. And many (most) solid state amps use current li... | |
| WHAT IS THE MOST TOUCHY SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? Pretty much anything on Aaron Neville's "Warm Your Heart" | |
| eBay / PayPal: Beware - enough is never enough. I've been fighting with PayPal for over 5 months on a refund issued after the buyer received the goods. I even have a letter from eBay stating the refund was not initiated on their end, as PayPal claimed. Meanwhile the buyer has the merchandise an... | |
| Need recommendations for 20' speaker cable GearIT also has 12 and 10 AWG versions of these cables, plus bulk and various connectors if you want to roll your own. Then take the $900 you just saved and invest in acoustical treatment for your room that will really make an audible improvement.... | |
| Biggest audio hoaxes All those scams pale in comparison with by far with the two greatest perpetrated by Bose. #1 is the Bose 901 direct/ reflecting bogosity, all versions.#2 are Bose noise canceling headphones. In this case it's not that the technolgy doesn't work, i... |