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| Best speaker for a 40 watt tube amp The Avantgarde horns (Uno, Duo) are extremely efficient and mate very well with good tube electronics. | |
| Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio) In no particular order: Univ of Washington Husky football; jazz and classical music; woodcarving and woodworking; scuba diving; underwater photography; international travel; good food and wine. | |
| Bituminous Damping I have previously posted info about the material called DexDamp, which is essentially a bituminous, constrained-layer damping material. I have used it extensively in my car, and also on the inner panels of my entertainment center. Here in the Seat... | |
| cable shopping...Help! My personal recommendations, which can acquired at a reasonable price either new or used: 1. HomeGrownAudio's Silver Solution or Silver Lace cables (buy the kits, do the assembly yourself, and save some bucks); 2. Kimber Silver Streak (buy used), ... | |
| When is the Best Time to Sell Eqpt? The best time to sell your equipment is just before it craps out. Sorry, bad joke. | |
| BetterCables.com - anybody have exp.? I have digital coax, component video, and super VHS cables from BetterCables, and have been very pleased. Very good build quality and excellent performance. You can spend more, but you won't do much better without spending 3 times the money. | |
| Grado Blue vs. Shure M97xE I've heard both, and there are tradeoffs with both. Of the two, the Shure is probably a bit more neutral, and the Grado reveals a bit more detail. But these differences are going to be fairly subtle unless you own a very high resolution system (wh... | |
| Patricia Barber and Stereophile I bought PB's first releases on LP's, not CD. Subsequent comparisons of the LP vs. CD version is "no contest" -- the LP's are much superior. I agree with posts by others that her latest CD is not up to the standards of "Cafe Blue". | |
| Want Good Inexpensive RCA Video Cable Not sure what you mean by "inexpensive". I bought some video cables from "BetterCables.com", and was very pleased with their construction quality, performance, and price. Check their Web site at: www.bettercables.com | |
| How did U get into this expensive hobby? It was the summer of 1964 -- I was 21 at the time -- and I had a summer job with the Coast & Geodetic Survey (now called NOAA). I was part of a crew in Alaska surveying the damage from the big earthquake that spring. The C&GS is a uniforme... | |
| Best DVD player in $500-$1000 Range I'm a little late posting to this thread, but I have just purchased a Pioneer DV-37 for $650 new ($1000 MSRP). It's a lot of DVD player for the money -- great build quality, many excellent features, etc. Pioneer is about to introduce a new DVD pla... | |
| best 5 channel amp for home theater It's not a "Class A" amp -- I honestly can't think of any 5-channel class A's -- but the Bryston 9B-ST has gotten outstanding comments in a number of mags. | |
| Help deciding on DD/DTS Pre-amp I'd add the Bryston SP-1 to your short list. Bryston may not come to mind as a HT manufacturer, but they are the parent company for Lexicon, and the Lexicon and Bryston lines are virtually identical. The SP-1 has not been formally reviewed, to my ... | |
| Sony S7700 vs. Pioneer Elite DV-37 I've been doing some shopping/auditioning for a new DVD/CD player to replace my Sony 550 DVD and Rega Planet CD player. I want something that has very high audio quality. In a price range I want to pay, the Pioneer DV-37 sounds (and looks) like th... | |
| Recommend Power Cord for Bryston Amp I have a Bryston 4B-ST amp, and think the supplied power cord works fine. I actually contacted Bryston to see if they had any recommendations, and they said that their power cord was "spec'd" to meet the needs of their amps, so in their opinion th... |