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| Best Budget Bookshelf Speakers? I've been using a pair of Krix Equinox's in my office for about 8 months, and I think they are a great little speaker. | |
| V15xMR or Blue Point Special The MMT arm is a medium-mass arm, and both the Shure and the Blue Point will work well with that arm. Regarding sound quality, each cartridge has its strong points. The Shure is a phenomenally good tracking cartridge, and the newest version -- the... | |
| Frequency ranges Well, here's a rough "frequency chart" from memory. The range of good human hearing is from 20 Hz to 20kHz, broken down roughly as follows (others correct me if I err):1. Bass range: usually defined as the bottom two octaves, from 20 - 80 Hz. The ... | |
| Hardwood floors vs Carpet Replacing your carpeting with wood flooring will substantially change the acoustics in your listening area. Wood, being a hard substance, will reflect sound, rather than absorbing it like carpet. This may have several results: 1) Room echoes and s... | |
| A little bit of Truth After reading my post, a final thought occurred to me. For those who doubt that the brain interprets how we perceive physical reality, remember that the human eye is like a camera lens: it inverts everything. So, the actual image we "see" is upsid... | |
| A little bit of Truth As a long-time audiophile (getting close to 40 years since the hobby bit me...), it intrigues me that the debate over so many aspects of the subjective elements of our hobby still rage on. (When I belonged to the Pacific NW Audio Society in the mi... | |
| Non-Vandie center to match Vandie mains? A friend of mine that has Vandy 3A main speakers recently sold his Vandy VCC-1 and replaced it with a center speaker made by Mission. He is very pleased with its performance. The main key here is to find a center channel that has about the same ef... | |
| How much should I pay for old LP12? Hi, Ulf: If I were advising a close friend, I would tell them NOT to buy an old Linn LP-12. Even when they were new, LP-12's required a lot of on-going tweaking to maintain their performance. Given the number of really good turntables that you cou... | |
| homegrown audio vs. kimber I have owned and used both the Kimber Silver Streak and thought it's a good IC, particularly at the price. Then I tried the HomeGrownAudio line, and switched over. I have the solid silver HGA's, plus two pair of Silver Lace running from preamp to ... | |
| Power recommendation for Vany2ce-sigs I've been a Vandersteen owner for about 12 years (started with 2Ci, and worked up to the 3A Signature), and have found that they are generally compatible with most higher quality amps. Richard Vandersteen seems to like using McCormack amps when do... | |
| fusion jazz recommendations A good summary by Centurymantra. Most of the so-called jazz fusion groups today have only limited elements of real jazz in their playing, and a look back to the fusion groups of the late '60's and early 70's would be a great beginning for you. I d... | |
| Best acoustical guitar - any type music Redkiwi mentioned Joe Pass -- not sure how the hell I forgot to mention him. A clear sign the brain cells are dying at an increasingly rapid rate!! If you buy only recording by Joe Pass, it should be "Virtuoso", a solo recording. It has recently b... | |
| Aussie Audiogoner's re:power cords You might check out HCM Audio's Web site. They've been having a clearance sale on AudioQuest power cords, and they can be ordered with different plug options. Don't know if they can fix you up with plugs to fit Australian sockets, but you could pr... | |
| Avantgarde Uno and Amp If you have the money to buy a pair of Avantgarde Uno's, I presume that the choice of an integrated amp is not due to budget constraints. There are several very good integrated amps on the market, such as the one by Mark Levinson, but most have su... | |
| Best acoustical guitar - any type music Good posts, my man! Honesty compels me to admit that some of the artists you listed were new to me -- just goes to show that there is always something to learn. I have heard of Vicente Gomez, but never heard his playing -- I'll try to remedy that ... |