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| CD Treatments-Which ones do you like? If you go to your local auto parts store you will see several scratch removal products. Pick up a tube of Maguiar's Scratch-X for about $5. A lifetime supply for cleaning up your marred CD's. If I find one skipping this always does the trick.Enjoy... | |
| Where to put the better cable. Different component pairs will react and sound different based on the IC between them. Try it both ways and see which sounds best to your ears. Just remember that the 2nd one in the chain can't add anything to the signal, so the most transparent a... | |
| Pre-amp to combo with Mccormack DNA 0.5 I have a DNA .5 Deluxe that I recently modded to near rev A status.Definitely save up for the mods after you get your preamp. You'll never even think of upgrading again, unless of course you go for a whole different type of system - like a 3 watt ... | |
| Speakers that accurately reproduce a drumset Go with horns. The secret to drums is dynamics, and you just can't beat the dynamics of a well designed horn system. Of course there's a huge gap between a well designed horn system and the average horn system, so YMMV.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Sense of life? Tubes? Pace - Rhythm - and - Timing (PRAT) is what I believe brings life to a recording, in one sense. Combine that with a sense of extension in the top and bottom ends and you'll have most of it. Now add good dynamics and you'll have it (at least all th... | |
| What cable caused you to become a cable "junkie" ? MAKING MY OWN.The physics of this hobby are truly educational. Part art and part unknown science.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Nordost IC - Quattro Fill vs SPM Reference Really can't help you with your choice, but I can give you a possibly cheaper solution. If you like the Quattro Fil you may have a relatively inexpensive alternative. Get a 6 ft long (or more) used El Dorado power cord for about $400. Then get 8 E... | |
| Peter Gabriel....Bad sounding CD's......groan..... Have you tried his original LP's. They're not much better. Especially "So". There's sibilence in the recording. Tried this on several different systems with the same result. Either bad mastering or bad pressings (and I've tried several). Good musi... | |
| Best Joni Mitchel Album HejiraHissing of Summer LawnsCourt & SparkBlue... all on vinyl, of course.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Digital as good or better than YOUR analog? Bomarc has it correct. It's really a function of the mastering job on the medium that you're playing. I had an audio club meeting at my place last June. We played the same albums on CD and on vinyl, then voted. Lots of different ears and opinions.... | |
| Affordable musically fast subwoofer I have a Parts Express $100 special in my basement home theatre system. After breakin I have to say that I like it in that capacity, a lot. Now, I don't listen to music in that system - only movies. YMMVI have a REL Strata III in my main rig and i... | |
| How to audition subwoofer? Find several pieces of music emphasizing different kinds of deep bass. Classical (i.e. Antartica suite on Naxos), upbeat & funky (i.e. Marcus Johnson Chocolate City Groovin), acoustic upright, big drums.Then listen to speakers similar to yours... | |
| Peter Gabriel and music like his Well, there's nothing quite like Peter Gabriel; even early Gabriel (e.g. Genesis) is very different from his current stuff. You might like Steve Hackett's recent releases (he was also in early Genesis). Another band that falls into the art-symphon... | |
| cal DX1 processor vs CAl Gamma or Creek Get a modded DI/O or a D'Ack and you'll never ask this question again. I use my DX2 as a transport only feeding into a modded DI/O. Far better sound.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Ideal Preamp for McCormack DNA225/Paradigm 100 V.2 Definitely consider one of 2 options:(1) a good passive pre (McCormack's were made for this)(2) a tubed pre (high input impediance on these amps makes this a good match)There's a tradeoff either way though:Passive's, as a rule, don't have the dyna... |