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| How did you choose your equipment? I combine what Uru975 and Mingles suggest. I do a lot of research to decide what I want to try. Then I wait until one shows up on AudiogoN for a fair price. I listen to it in my system until I'm comfortable with keeping it or I re-sell it for litt... | |
| Dared MP5 DAC-amp. Lights on, nobody home What are you using for the source component? Are you using digital connected into the DAC of the Dared? If you are using a DVD player for source, make sure you set the digital audio output to PCM or Stereo in the setup menu.Have you tried an analo... | |
| What planer speaker to start with? Budget 2k I agree with Jaybo. Get a pair of Maggie MMGs. Don't know if they still do it, but Maggie used to allow you to trade them up their line for full retail trade-in credit. Even if they don't still have that program, you can re-sell a pair of MMGs for... | |
| Cable tv music analogue or digital? Joeb,PCM does indeed stand for "pulse Code Modulation". Basically that the name for a 2-channel stereo signal which is digitally encoded.Your cable box might have a configuration option in the audio section which allows you to select the type of d... | |
| Cable tv music analogue or digital? Many cable systems only output Dolby Digital, not PCM. So, you would need to send the signal to a "processor", not just to a DAC which converts PCM digital stream to analog.Check the configuration on your cable box. Some do have a configuration se... | |
| No Sound from Tweeter Well, first things first. If the 805s are bi-wireable make sure you have the bi-wire cables or jumpers properly installed on the binding post. After that, I would pull the drivers and check to make sure the lead cable did not come off of the tweet... | |
| ugly tweak Flat panel on/near the wall doesn't completely eliminate the issue, but it helps. If your speakers are out past the plane of your large CRT or rear projection TV, putting a flat panel TV on the wall will now place your speakers about 2 feet out pa... | |
| A balanced passive preamp? Larry,The Monarchy Audio model 22C DAC or Model 33 DAC/pre-amp are very good for the used prices. Alas, no remote.Enjoy,TIC | |
| A balanced passive preamp? Larry,Do you need multiple sources or is it a single source system? I had a single CD sourced system when I owned Monarchy SM70s in the past. I used a Theta Miles balanced version CD player connected directly to the amps via balanced interconnects... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" I think my best discovery of 2008 was Hollie Smith's "Long Player". I think it was only released in her native NZ, but you can buy it from a few different sources on the internet.You can check out 3 full length cuts off of the record on her MySpac... | |
| Need to downgrade any advice?? Audioguru1,Take a look at photos of the Wharfedales and the Quads. They are definately not the same speaker. They may have similarities, and who knows, they may be built in the same factory, but they are not the same. The driver flanges are not sh... | |
| Driving HT receiver w/quality preamp? Dweller,If you have a space limitation problem, I think a much better use of space would be to build a high quality 2-channel rig, then add a decent HT receiver to power the center and surround, plus provide HT processing functionality. For me, th... | |
| Quad/Taiga = Outstanding Customer Service John,That's great! Makes me happy to be an owner of the Quad 12L actives. Hopefully I'll never need service, but I'm glad to know I will likely get great results if that day ever comes.....Enjoy,TIC | |
| Red herring lost in a forest of speakers, memories Another possibility is the Thiel CS.5. It is the small version of the older style Thiel speaker. It is front/bottom ported, angles back and comes in dark walnut. The Thiel CS.5 is the smallest of the old series and the Thiel CS5i is a large speake... | |
| Red herring lost in a forest of speakers, memories Maybe Thiel CS 5? There's a pair for sale now on A-goN, with a photo. Let us know if that's it.Oh, and Thiel is often misspelled. Also try searching Theil as well as Thiel. Both spelling are currently found in the AudiogoN search and there is a pa... |