rlwainwright
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| Best Preamp with Phono $2300 Max? Wow, you have to get rid of gear because your woman doesn't approve. How sad for you...-RW- | |
| Amp for PSB Stratus Gold You need not spend thousands of dollars to get a very good stereo amp - take a look at the Emotiva.com offerings. Their XPA-2 amp offers 300 watts/ch., 5-year warranty, 30-day in-home trial, and is $799:http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/amplifie... | |
| M&K Surround 250 Check FleaBay, AudioKarma, Audio Circle, Canuck Audio, etc...-RW- | |
| Turntable with stable speed. All of the Denon direct-drive turntables with quartz-locked motors were very stable. Think DP-57, DP-60, DP-70, and DP-72...-RW- | |
| Less than top line reel-to-reel worth it? The Pioneer RT-909 is a very good, reasonably inexpensive deck. And they have those very cool blue meters. The very best-sounding decks are the Tandberg TDA20-SEs with DynEQ. You can make *fabulous* tapes with these, virtually indistinguishable fr... | |
| What turntable should i buy for Pioneer SX1250 I would look for a good condition Denon of mid-80s vintage. Perhaps a DP-45, DP-57, DP-60, DP-62, or DP-70. These are rock-solid turntables and are built to last...-RW- | |
| Anti static foam? Bounce dryer sheets. Place atop gear and touch before touching any gear. Works wonders and is dirt cheap. Also, increasing the relative humidity in your listening room is a very good idea. Buy a decent humidifier and most of your troubles go away.... | |
| Recorded No Matter What last night - Badfinger son Wow, that was very good! You guys pretty much nailed a perfect cover, good on ya!-RW- | |
| Audio Kharma website The AK site is a bad joke. There are guys there posting in the Home Theater forum who are actually proud that they've never heard a surround system (even a sh!tty one) and many of them are more than satisfied with the tinny little speakers that ca... | |
| Which HDMI cable for SACDs I'd go with a MonoPrice Premium HDMI cable. It'll pass all the bits correctly and probably cost you less than $10 delivered to your door...http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024012&p_id=4157&s... | |
| Why so many JL Audio Fathom subs for sale I wonder I wouldn't sweat that too much. In fact, it probably works to your advantage because of additional competition among sellers...-RW- | |
| Remodeling Advice You might also consider on-wall speakers. I use Gallo Reference AV on-walls and they are terrific speakers. Your budget for the projector is reasonable and they are *plenty* good enough for TV and movies. If need be, reduce the cost of the project... | |
| Oppo 93/103 or 95/105 with anthem d2v >> would listening to 2 channel music through HDMI on an oppo 93 be bad? <<That's what I do and it sounds great. If you had posted that music was your primary use, I would say get the Oppo 105. But for your stated use, the 93 is way mo... | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? Use a new Windows laptop (with 4-8 GB RAM), strip off all the bloatware, a big USB drive (3TB or more), and dbPowerAmp for ripping. Playback using Foobar2000 or JRiver. That's it...-RW- | |
| Passive/line stage HT preamp? >> he Oppo has a volume control that works in the digital domain? Such controls theoretically lose resolution as the volume is reduced. <<Except the Oppos use 32 bit internal processing for the volume control. Even if you turn the volu... |