rlwainwright
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| Preamp questions for new vinyl fan As ZD so wisely counseled, you are asking far too much of a $500 preamp. I would recommend you find a good used preamp containing a good phono stage for that price - Agon has a ton of them for sale. But it probably will not be balanced. However, b... | |
| Counterfeit Audioquest Cables >>Do you really think that having a 20 year transferable warranty costs the company money? <<Yes, it does. It may not be a lot of money, but having a very long warranty DOES incur additional costs for the company.>>Honda cars hav... | |
| Electrical Ground to Water Pipe, No Earth Ground Ummm, I would listen VERY carefully to what Jea48 is telling you - this man obviously knows what he is talking about...-RW- | |
| Are my speakers now the "weak link"? >> What have you done to your room to make it sound better? <<Bingo!! You already have a very nice system. Now it's time to make sure that the room is optimally tuned to take advantage of your equipment. A thousand bucks or so judiciou... | |
| Any alternatives to Astell & Kern DAP's? The iBasso and Fiio units have gotten good reviews. There are several models of each starting at $99...-RW- | |
| Vinyl Record Cafe's I think you are doing a GREAT service by exposing those folks to the albums you chose - good on ya! And don't listen to the naysayers who are dumping on your idea - nothing but spoiled audiophiles...-RW- | |
| do players like Foobar improve sound of internet >> It's even a bigger divergence potential than with record players running the gamut in sound quality from the cheapest ceramic cart players to the finest setups possible. <<Sorry, I ain't buying this. The differences between player s... | |
| JC1 upgrade to Lamm M2.2 or dartzeel 108B or Ayre? I agree with Rzado. If you're willing to spend $20k, it seems that a speaker upgrade would be a *much* bigger improvement than an amp upgrade....-RW- | |
| Opinions on efficient bookshelf speakers 95db? The Tektons have gotten great reviews from all. I think I'd go with them...-RW- | |
| KEF R107/2 vs REVEL f52 I guess you need to ask yourself: "Self, what is it about my KEFs that I do not like and would like to improve upon?" The KEF 107/2 are very good speakers indeed. As are the Revels. But this is beside the point.In the $6k - $8k price range, there ... | |
| Buying equipment Swarthy, based upon what you've told us, I would recommend the following:1) Emotiva Fusion 8100 receiver: excellent sound quality, plenty of power, very easy for you to setup. And it also has multi-channel capability so that you could use it to dr... | |
| External Drive Help Thanks for the headsup on CrashPlan, Sufentanil! This looks like a good piece of software and the fact that using it for local backups is free is very appealing.I doubt I will take advantage of their cloud backup service because I do not wish to i... | |
| External Drive Help Al made a VERY good point about "cloud" backup - it is abysmally slow for large data transfers. This is not an issue if you simply need to restore a few files or a small folder. But once you start looking at multi-GB restores, cloud backups are, I... | |
| projector surge protection The only reason I can figure for the multiple Cat 5 wiring is redundancy. It's much simpler to simply switch to another cable in case of failure than to have to run another line later...-RW- | |
| Dunlavy SC IV extra tweeter felt? I found this from a Stereophile review: "with heavy felt around the tweeter"Apparently the felt is factory original and part of the design. Leave it in place and enjoy those wonderful speakers...-RW- |