photon46
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| Help me with my movie selections I agree with Jgiacalo about Rome. I think that series is superb, well worth watching if you are into historical drama. | |
| Help me with my movie selections Like yourself, I really haven't been much of a movie buff the last few years. As I've gotten into films again, I've found the website metacritic.com is a great resource to read many professional reviews of movies of all sorts, mainstream and less ... | |
| Tube Preamp Isolation suggestions FWIW, a bit of interesting reading on this subject can be found at Galen Carols website ( gcaudio.com ) under the reviews section. There is a comparison review of numerous footer type products rated by his perceived effectiveness and value. Indepe... | |
| Speaker cables for Usher 6381's?? Other tweaks?? Bob, As I recall, the Ushers were driven by a Cary V-12 power amp, Cary SL98 preamp, and cables were Soundstring. I'm using a PS Audio HCA-2 that's had all the Reference Audio Mods done to it except for the Eichmann Cable Pods. | |
| Air kills cartridges? Dopgue is right, the deterioration issue seems to be exaggerated often. I too have cartridges 30 years old that sound fine still. Another good product is "Rubber Renue" by M.G. Chemicals (mgchemicals.com.) I've never tried it on my cartridge suspe... | |
| Air kills cartridges? Rubber suspension components deteriorate, primarily because ozone attacks rubber. This is oxidative deterioration. Rubber also deteriorates beause of crystallization, causing it to lose flexibility. Cold storage impedes oxidative deterioration but... | |
| PS Audio Premier Wow, it's really amazing PS Audio Power Plants still are subject to the problem of fan noise. I wonder if they are still using the same cheap fans they used on previous Power Plants. If they are the same 80mm computer fans they used in the past, y... | |
| Speaker cables for Usher 6381's?? Other tweaks?? If your amp isn't broken in yet, I'd wait until I was sure that was settled in before deciding what direction to tweak the sound with new cables. That said, I changed from Oval 9's to Sonoran Plateau Desert speaker cables and got exactly what you ... | |
| Led Zeppelin-newly remastered I've only listened to Mothership once since I got it, but I was pretty favorably impressed with the sound. I concur with Amansker's take on the nature of the improvements. | |
| Best Recordable CD-R Media ??? I really like MAM-A (Mitsui) gold cd-r products. Datamediastore.com has a good supply of their products. Taiyo Yuden ( to my knowledge, the only cd-r manufactured in Japan now) also make very good products that consistently test as having very low... | |
| How Much Has CD Technology Improved in 14 Years? Welcome back to the fold, a born again audiophile is a blessed thing! If a system is revealing and transparent enough, I think digital today is can be capable of much more musically satisfying playback at lower price points than was common in the ... | |
| Shipping Expensive Speakers? WATCH OUT I wonder if it might be worthwhile to investigate using the services of a fine art /antiquities specialty shipper. They aren't cheap, but they are careful and they know how to handle fragle/delicate/valuable cargo. Fine Art shippers aren't availab... | |
| VonSchweikert VR4JR vs Magenpan MG 1.6 Thanks Doug, the LFT-8b was one I meant to reference. Too many reviews crammed into the grey matter. | |
| VonSchweikert VR4JR vs Magenpan MG 1.6 I think the spacing you are using for the VS's will work fine for 1.6's, that should be plenty of room. Yes, the Maggies will make some images larger than life, solo acoustic guitar for example. At no time did it ever bother me though. On the whol... | |
| VonSchweikert VR4JR vs Magenpan MG 1.6 I owned 1.6's for many years and have heard the VR4jr's on several occassions, although not in my house. Personally, I never found the VR4jr's sound very compelling, maybe I just got so used to the large, diffuse soundstage of the Maggies. Obvious... |