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| Any info on a VTL Utlimate Preamp with MC Please I am not aware of a first and second version, just standard gain and high gain versions. I am looking for the standard version if anybody knows of one for sale. The mono switch is also usefull for balancing your system. | |
| Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? Sufentanil, We have the same taste. Porterhouse steak, California Cab, Montreal Steak seasoning and steaks criss crossed on the grill. Perfect! | |
| Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? Elizabeth, You can still get steaks that taste the way they did 40 years ago, but you have to pay for it. Try Lobel's Prime dry-aged steaks. Order a couple of porterhouse steaks and enjoy. I guarantee you won't stop eating until you have eaten eve... | |
| High end speakers without bi-wiring? Hi Al, I read the statement you provided by Israel Blume and I find his arrogance overwhelming. I would like to add, Israels statement is only another opinion and I hardly think speaker manufacturers are designing crossovers that require biwiring ... | |
| Separate volume controls for left & right channels From a purist standpoint it is better to have dual volume controls than a balance control in the signal path. | |
| Why are Pass such a good match with Maggies? Hasse,"Thanks, perhaps it is the XA.5´s character; "reminiscent of tubes but without tubey colorations" that make them a great match with Magnepans....."Could you please explain this statement? | |
| If you could bring back one great artist that has Ray Brown was probably the most distinctive jazz bassist the world has ever seen. Ray was not only a fantastic musician, but a knowledgable talent scout as well with dicoveries like Jeff Hamilton, Christian McBride, Diana Krall, Gene Higgins and m... | |
| High end speakers without bi-wiring? It depends on the speaker. Dunlavys sound better with single wire. Vandersteens sound better biwired. You can't say one is better than the other for all speakers. | |
| Dusting tube amp Try a small paint brush approximately 1 inch wide. Brush the dusty areas while holding a vacuum cleaner hose directly over the area being dusted. No dust will go inside of your amp using this method. | |
| Subwoofer Height and Number of Drivers Mitch4t, That is correct. | |
| Subwoofer Height and Number of Drivers Large tower subwoofers like large tower speakers can have a negative affect on sound and stereo imaging because it is a large reflective surface. The larger the speaker is the bigger the problem it will create with its own sound quality. | |
| What separates should I use for my vandersteen 1c? The majority of the above recommendations with Vandersteen speakers would result in boring sound quality. However, you can't go wrong with Audio Research and Vandersteen speakers. You may also want to consider a Vandersteen subwoofer to take the l... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Mrtennis,"there are many ics and ac cords, so it is a bit presumptuous to make such a statement which includes the word "undeniable". obviously, it's your ears and your opinion."It's your ears and your opinion providing you have a clue. There is o... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Mrtennis, "one would expect that as a cable becomes less and less "colored", its performance would become more similar when placed in stereo systems."How does a cable become less and less colored?Maybe the stock power cord is the least colored sin... | |
| Using speaker cable as jumpers Why not just polish the copper jumpers you have now? The speakers were voiced with those jumpers and they are inserted at the crossover point. |