sbrtoy
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| Where to sample music pandora.com | |
| member system photos??? One of our execs was gifted a system of Mark Levinson and Revel top of the line components as we do a lot of business with Harman International. He had one of the speakers pointed left, one pointed right so he could hear it around the house, had t... | |
| How do I know what my system's Sometimes it is not about a particular thing you want to improve, you just need to spend some money and get a new shiny toy, I understand that one. I would suggest the amp and preamp as your first targets. Lots of really nice amps out there right ... | |
| Your favorite Summertime Top Down Cruising music? Aside from the classic rock, try Gnarls Barkley, Phoenix, Jamie Cullum, or G.Love and Special Sauce. | |
| Anyone know a good source for boxes for speakers? Skip the cardboard, it will not help you if the speakers are really abused as they often are when shipped ground.Make some crates from 1x4 rough cut lumber, add 2-3" on all measurements, line crate with cardboard inside wood and then foam or bubbl... | |
| Need a 2 channel amp for rear speakers 7.1 I use a Bel Canto S-300 for my surrounds, excellent sounding amp with 150wpc from the size of a dictionary and doesn't get hot. Size allows placement anywhere and performance will be tough to be for the price range. | |
| Deep Discounts on new Bel Canto PL-2s Bel Canto is no longer going to make players with video, they are going to focus on audio-only like the new DAC3 and CD-1 as they feel the video market changes too quickly for a small company to constantly update (Bluray/HDDVD/DolbyHD etc.) I unde... | |
| Trying out a tube preamp Second the Aesthetix, I sold mine when I integrated my 2 ch and HT, miss it still. It is also extremely flexible and offers many features that several of the others mentioned do not. | |
| Starting a high-end audio shop... Am I crazy? I would highly recommend starting it out of your home in your spare time. As others have mentioned this is the safest way to go. I have two local dealers here in Colorado who have very nice showrooms in their homes which allows them to spend money... | |
| Best cheap Projector-Need help, screen already up PLEASE SEE A PANNY BEFORE YOU BUY IT!!! Much like some people are prone to rainbows on DLP's, I hated the auto iris feature which is how the Panny gets it's black level. On a film with a lot of deep blacks like lord of the rings, the screen goes d... | |
| Bel Canto Ref 1000 ice monos- heard/compared to?? I had the earlier Evo series and a PS Audio HCA-2. Neither of these have "similar topology", and neither do the others you mentioned as they are not ICE modules. Personally I felt the PS Audio was greatly overrated, thin sounding and kind of grain... | |
| The best power conditioner for less than $1K? There is really nothing in your gear that my experience would show as bright sounding, and I have not heard the Proac 200's, but it would seem either you need some room treatments or different speakers. A power conditioner is more of a fine tuning... | |
| Magnepan 1.6QR and Bel Canto Can't comment on the sound, as mentioned you should form your own opinion on this first, but the Bel Cantos will drive nails and never get hot so I would think they would serve the Magnepans reputedly difficult load fairly easily. I have the 300's... | |
| BAT VK-31SE with 6H30-DR NOS tube As a former 30se owner, I would be careful when you evaluate the "upgrade" path through BAT. They have some of the most expensive product upgrades I have found, (Ayre is a great example of how it should be done), and when I compared the 30 and 31 ... | |
| the changing sound of compoents over time Very possible as oxidized copper is a much poorer conductor. Cleaning the connections may help some, I try to clean all mine every few months and it seems to clear up some haze. I have heard silver cables get softer sounding with age, and oxidized... |