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| Modest proposal, change the Audiogon rating system Makes a lot of sense to me. One aspect that is also left a bit loossy-goossy is the age of the unit. A used piece I bought recently was rated 9. That was, at best, an exaggeration. The unit I bought turned out to be six years old. Serves me righ... | |
| Help me spend $1,500 on cables Anyone helping anyone else spend $1,500 on cables should be charged with something. I don't know what, but something. I would recommend spending it on records. | |
| Need help with Ortofon stylus force gauge I got one of those neat little Ortofon scales when I bought my cartridge. Lovely design. One problem: I don't think they work or, at least, I could not get mine to work properly as there appears to be too much friction. I would recommend the same ... | |
| Room size for B & W Nautilus 802 16 X 40 feet too small? What do you need an airplane hangar? | |
| Von Schweikert VR2 vs. VR4 Gen III There is a dealer in Burlington, Vermont. So no dealer in New England is not exactly right. | |
| Which is better - Maggie 20.1 or Soundlab M-1? Maybe some Maggie dealers should chime in? | |
| Balanced or RCA? Cheapskate that I am, I went to the local musical instrument emporium and bought two Digiflex cables with Neutrik connectors. I am tempted to say that the sound is better using these inexpensive cables with the balanced connections on the LS 25 an... | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System Vandersteen Fives have a nine volt battery? | |
| Use of mats for VTA? Can you swap mats while the record is playing? Just kidding. Would be sort of like that trick were the tablecloth is very quickly pulled and all the china and things stay on the table... trouble is the spindle, I guess. More seriously, this seems ... | |
| OK, I said it... I have put in the Nak SF-10 filters and the woofers are, indeed, better behaved. I think the problem existed with the Sumiko Phono Box also, although I didn't, at the time, realise it was the vented speakers' wild woofer excursion that I was heari... | |
| OK, I said it... My speakers are indeed vented and I experimented by putting my hand over the vent and, lo and behold, the woofers mostly stop their pumping. What I hear appears to be the sound made when the very compliant woofers extend in and out to about their ... | |
| Is heavy vinyl worth it? Yes, Muncy and guess what? CD/SACD still does silence better than vinyl. Silence being an integral part of music, I guess one is better served by having many sources and using the medium that gives the best result for whatever particular piece or ... | |
| Is heavy vinyl worth it? Zaikesman, in a bolt of counter-intuitive energy I recently purchased (and I am repeating myself here, so people who know this tale can go and do something else) a Rega P-9 with RB 1000 arm and an Ortofon Kontrapunkt B cartridge and, this week, go... | |
| Waves, and a perfect sleep On Bell Expressvue, which you are probably familiar with, there is a nature audio channel and it beats me why they have to mix the sounds of nature with the Muzak (oh, sorry, that's a Registered Trade Mark, I 'spose...). My wife and I have a runni... | |
| Is heavy vinyl worth it? Zaikesman, just read your post and your P.S.: I have no idea what you are talking about in that P.S. of yours. Someone once walked this earth, multiplied fishes, and talked in parables. Seems he made a lot more sense than what I can make out of wh... |