sdcampbell
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| Kudos to the USPS At the risk of sounding like I'm jumping on the bandwagon, I will simply say that I have mailed a LOT of audio gear and LP's by USPS during the past 4 years, and have not had a single problem. Priority Mail gets there fast, you can trace its movem... | |
| boyfriend is getting on my way Speaking only to the issue of the amplifiers, I will offer that I auditioned both the Bryston 4B-ST and the McCormack DNA 2 in my system before eventually buying the 4B-ST. In my system, I preferred the sound of the 4B-ST, and I also like the fact... | |
| What speaker for Bryston 14B-SST? Based on my experience as a Bryston owner (4B-ST), and on the audio reviews that have been published about the 14B-SST in both the U.S. and Europe, it appears that the 14B-SST is an excellent match with virtually all high-end speakers. This puts y... | |
| Subs without power amps You might look at the Hsu line of passive subs. | |
| Cult Classics for Young Future Audiophile After I made my post above, I drove into town for lunch with a buddy, and we got to talking about audio systems for kids. My friend mentioned that he had recently purchased a Rotel RA-02 integrated amp for use in the recreation room, where the sys... | |
| Cult Classics for Young Future Audiophile All of the suggestions above have considerable merit, so I'd like to take a slightly different approach to your post.Based on my experiences introducing my son (now 34) into the audio hobby, I learned some things that may be useful for you to cons... | |
| Cartridge Loading and Gain Hi, Scott:I also own the Lehmann Audio Black Cube (with the larger PWX power supply), and use it with a Grado Reference cartridge (4.5 mV output). While the Black Cube has adjustable gain up to 60dB, which should be enough for your Dynavector cart... | |
| strange effects from system rearranging.. It's good that you like the sound of your system with its new setup, but it's hard to answer the question in the last sentence of your post. If I read your post correctly, you are apparently sitting only 3 feet from your speakers. Boy, talk about ... | |
| Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers Hi, Phasecorrect: Funny that you mention Art Blakey -- I was just looking today at some of my old LP's that he did with the Jazz Messengers. There are several of Blakey's recordings from the 1950's and 1960's that I like:1. Art Blakey & The Ja... | |
| Rear Surround Speakers In addition to Subaruguru's good suggestion, I would recommend you look at M&K's line of tripole speakers. I have a pair of the SS-150 THX tripole surrounds, and find they blend very seamlessly with my Vandersteen main and center speakers. It ... | |
| High-End equipment for music peformance? Hueske:I'm glad to see that someone else has found "Calle 54" a great DVD. I saw this DVD for the first time about a year ago, and have recommended it highly in several posts.If you like Anthony Jackson's bass playing, you might like to check out ... | |
| Theta Dreadnaught vs. Earthquake Cinenova? Based on the fact that you have an all-Vandersteen speaker setup, one would assume that you are trying to build a high-resolution HT system. HT enthusiasts sometimes ignore the fact that much of the movie soundtrack consists of music and subtle sp... | |
| Two of your best audiophile Blues CD's ? In my experience, there are no true "audiophile" blues CD's, although there are some blues recordings that have good to very good audio quality. The blues recordings that tend to come closest to "audiophile" quality are those done by smaller acous... | |
| Digital Stylus Force Gauge: Which One?? Hi, Alex:At the risk of being overly blunt, let me urge you not to spend the kind of money you are proposing for a digital stylus force gauge, UNLESS you already own a megabuck moving coil cartridge (say, $2k or more) that is requires EXTREMELY pr... | |
| Has anyone heard the Audiostatic Wing? Since no one has responded to your post, I'll mention that the current issue of HiFi+ magazine (Issue #21) has an equipment review on the Audiostatic DCI Wing Loudspeaker. If you have not read the review, you might find it helpful. While Issue #21... |