rsbeck
Responses from rsbeck
| Opinions, Is this better for the Members? Sounds good to me, meng. | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? I am using the Apogee USB Mini-Dac. Highly recommend it. | |
| Speaker Wire for a non-anal listener >>Rsbeck, I wasn't referring to any blind testings per se, just surprised that absolutely no one recommended something that did well in that format,<<There isn't any body of double blind testing so how could anyone draw from such evide... | |
| Speaker Wire for a non-anal listener No, but it will encourage folks to treat his post in kind --->>recommend something that does well in blind testings<<Which cable would that be? I'd love to see the blind studies to which you refer.>>How come so few people know ho... | |
| Where do you find new music? I have XM radio in may car and on some of their channels, they provide exposure to many artists you would never hear on mainstream radio. Other than that, go fishing on Amazon -- they let you sample 30 to 60 second snippets of several songs from e... | |
| Better Vrs. Best Put a big thick sheath around those cables and you will find they sound even better! | |
| Speaker Wire for a non-anal listener >>...and then again, one could just twist the 2 conductors together, as lots do.<<You could twist them or tape them together with electrical tape -- but, then you are changing -- or correcting, depending on how you look at it -- the de... | |
| Speaker Wire for a non-anal listener Here's another vote for Canare 4s11. This is the same cable that Blue Jeans Cables uses and most likely is the same cable River Cable uses in their speaker cables. River Cables has sheath on theirs, but the specs on their "Star Flex" just happen t... | |
| Room Conditioning Rives has three levels of help to choose from. You can get as much or as little help as you like and, IMO, the price of their service is very reasonable. They also have room simulator on their site which could be helpful in getting you started. I ... | |
| Inexpensive/solid 2-channel amp for rear speakers? There was a used MCA20 on sale for $550 here on the 'gon, but now it is marked "SOLD." Maybe another one will come up, or maybe you can get one by posting a wanted ad. | |
| Speaker cable connectors? What exactly do they do? Bare copper will oxidize over time. Oxidation is a real problem. It will rob you of signal over the entire spectrum. You can use bare wire and simply snip off the ends every once in awhile, trying to snip them before oxidation becomes a problem. C... | |
| Mackie HR824 >>I cant open that link,but would sure like to,thanks,Bob<<Try this link ---http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=speakers&n=129396&=mackie+hr+824+review&r=&session= | |
| Inexpensive/solid 2-channel amp for rear speakers? >>I don't regard the MCA series as "killer". Excellent value without doubt, but killer? - no.<<He isn't looking for a "killer" two channel amp right now, he's looking to spend $500 to $600 for a two channel amp so he can have seven cha... | |
| What is the best high efficient monitors under 1K? Von Schweikert VR-1 | |
| Mackie HR824 And here's a link to a shoot-out between Mackie HR824's, Revel M20's, B & W 805's, Dynaudio 1.3 II and Reference 3A's.forum=speakers&n=129396&=mackie+hr+824+review&r=&session=>http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=speake... |