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| Loudspeaker under 3000 new or used You can get a pair of used Vandersteen 3A Signatures for about $2500-2600. I own a pair of these excellent full-range speakers, and think they are a bargain at their MSRP, and even more so at their used price. | |
| Which Sony dvd playr is a good CD playr Although not a Sony (which I have previously owned), I can recommend the Pioneer Elite DV-37 as a very good DVD and CD player. I am very impressed with both the video and audio quality. My DV-37 was a replacement for both my older Sony DVD player ... | |
| help me sound proof my dorm room My older wood frame house sits above a 3 foot crawl space, and I was getting too much sympathetic bass vibration. So, about 6 months ago, I built several baffles for use in my living room. I made the baffles by gluing several "Sonolead" panels to ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? As a long-time audiophile, music lover, and teacher of a class in jazz appreciation, I despair of the musical taste of much of today's younger generation of listeners. At the risk of offending some of you, too many younger adults (read: under 35) ... | |
| A twist on "Your absolute best..." Hi, Trelja. I think I still have some old 78-rpm records that my mother gave to me years ago. If I can find them, would you be interested in having them? | |
| Wanted leads on blues, blues rock folk If you're into blues and haven't yet discovered Shemekia Copeland, you should check out her debut album and her new release. This lady is the real thing...arguably the next Koko Taylor / Katie Webster. | |
| Making sense of digital specifications. To add a few points to the previous post by Onhwy61, DAC's (digital to analog converters) progressed from 16 bits to 20, and now to the fairly common 24-bit "word". The number of bits refers to the digits to the right of the decimal point. The mor... | |
| 100 Greatest Albums I followed the URL you supplied, and found there is an error. The final "word" at the end of the URL should be"htm", NOT "html". Thanks for the lead - I looked at the top 100 jazz albums, and have to agree that most of the recordings deserve to be... | |
| Homegrown Audio Silver Lace Interconnect As Trelja said, I've been very pleased with the Silver Lace. Is it the best interconnect for the money? I think so. Is it the best interconnect I've had in my system? Without question. In my system, the Silver Lace reveals no harshness and seems t... | |
| Are A/V receivers digital? Most A/V receivers and pre/pros convert analog signals to digital for processing, then convert back to analog. Depending on the brand, some have separate circuits that are straight analog (one example is Bryston's SP-1, which has both DSP and pure... | |
| Leave amps on or off? I have always left my solid-state amps (Adcom, Bryston, and others) turned on at all times (except during electrical storms, or when away on vacation). Over a 13 year period, I have only one problem that required repair (a power transistor burned ... | |
| Interconnect advice I urge you to try HomeGrownAudio's "Silver Lace" interconnect. It's made of 8 strands of braided, 26 gauge, solid core wire (similar to Kimber), and you can get a 1 meter length for as little as $140 in kit form (do the soldering yourself) or $180... | |
| Big name company or smaller company? I assume by cables you mean interconnects, not speaker cables. If so, the two interconnects I'd recommend for best VALUE (price vs. performance) are the Kimber Silver Streak, and either the Silver Solution or Silver Lace by HomeGrownAudio. I own b... | |
| Recommended Sub Woofer Cable?? I have a 3 meter length of subwoofer cable from "BetterCables" and am very pleased with it. Fine construction quality, and excellent reproduction. BetterCables custom builds all of their products to order, so you can specify the exact length you w... | |
| 3500 US speaker help please For $3500, you will have a hard time finding a better, full-range speaker than the Vandersteen 3A Signature. I listen to a lot of acoustic music (jazz, blues, and classical), and I think the 3A Sig's do an outstanding job, particularly in a larger... |