randy-11
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| Do I need a power conditioner? a conditioner is useful if and only if you have noise on the lines sufficient to distort the music you are playingvery very few actually measure the noise before wasting money on a conditionera conditioner is not really useful for protection - unp... | |
| Why pay so much for super high end? BTW, I could see 5 figures for an entire stereo system being a reasonable markup - that's $10k. Not 6 figures.yes, there ar other consumer products with outrageous markups - but most of them are known for the sort of exploitation identified by Th... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? no doubt the vinyl was superior... to what year CD??? | |
| Grateful Dead May 77 Box Set Announced unlikely given the recording technology used Plangent & HDCD is about the best you can hope for | |
| Why pay so much for super high end? some people spend less money on what makes them feel good than others -- they take advantage of reductions in market value caused by low perceptions by most buyersexamples include mispricing of stocks and the Porsche 996 | |
| Inside Information ARC uses Maggies to test their equipment.Maggie used to use ARC on their speakers but has been using Bryston at shows for some years.I think visiting shows is valuable (not to listen to oddly set up equipment in unfamiliar rooms) but to see who us... | |
| What to add or change for my system? 1. speaker placement/listening chair placement2. room treatments2. upgraded source material | |
| Which is better Coax or Optical cables many of these replies should be used in a college electronics course on why consumers buy snake oilif you have an opinion then state why you think one is better than the otherthat will make for a suppirier thread | |
| Grateful Dead May 77 Box Set Announced I hope Betty Cantor is being compensated with some of that $140... | |
| Agoners: Need Advice! Have 3K to spend on an Amp, what do I do with no way to audition? buy from a mail order place that lets you return the component in 2-4 weeks isn't there one which sells nad m22 like that?also Benchmark's highly reviewed new amp can be returned | |
| Old Amp vs. New Amp the nad M22 is Class D and seems quite ready for prime timethere are newer designs such as Class G etc. - one should investigate and use listening tests even if ignorant of advances in electronics in the last decade or twoI do find it useful to bu... | |
| Old Amp vs. New Amp some newer amps have newer circuit designs - e.g. for SS, the rise of MOSFETs (some time ago); Class D (nad M22 and others) and the Benchmark (one of the newest designs I've seen)for tubes, ARC continues to refine their sound & maybe others ha... | |
| Tube vs Solid State use a tube pre-amp with a quality SS amp that can drive your speakers wellARC pre for accuracy and rel. neutral soundCJ for a phatt tubey sound (or an old ARC) | |
| Planar speaker placement buy a mic and your laptop will be your analyzer | |
| MSDS Sheets For Shipping Speakers Internationally? use the Make A Certificate sites on the web to write up something that says "inert components only" - add some borders and words like "certified"then send that to them |