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| Revised list: Best-of-Naxos classical catalog Mes, you are too close to the truth in your post. I do have too much time on my hands -- since my job was eliminated about a month ago, I am home most of the day, and I have to get most of my professional satisfaction from making long, tedious pos... | |
| Wiring two post speakers with biwire cable Craig (Garfish) is correct that bi-wiring makes little sense if your speakers have only one set of binding posts. The advantage of bi-wiring your speakers will NOT be realized unless the speaker has two internal crossovers to provide a separate si... | |
| Record Cleaning - Cartridge Damage You will not damage the stylus suspension by using a cleaning solution on your records that has alcohol. The cleaning solution is vacuumed off, and any minute residual amounts of alcohol on the record surface will evaporate in moments. (I have bee... | |
| The Best of Naxos' classical catalog Interesting comment, Dekay. I have only bought a few of the Naxos releases so far, but I've been very impressed with both the performances and the audio quality. The releases that I listed are ones that have won 3, 4, even 5 different "best of" aw... | |
| Funny stuff from Paul Desmond Like CFB, I also had the chance to see Paul Desmond perform live several times, and he was a joy to hear. As already noted, Desmond had a wonderful, dry sense of humor. Of all the quotes attributed to him, I always liked his description of his mus... | |
| Are more expensive speakers better? You go, Craig!!! I wasn't going to rise to the bait on this one, but I have to agree that the speakers listed as "mid-fi" are anything but. Infact, the Vandy 5's, Thiel 7.2's, and Maggie 3.6's will run rings around many far more expensive speakers... | |
| New or used amp? I second Karls thoughts. I have a Bryston 4B-ST, and at their used price, you can't do better. They also carry a 20-year, unconditional, transferrable warranty, and Bryston provides outstanding repair service. | |
| anyone compared Outlaw to High-end? Hell, CFB, if you want to watch a REALLY wierd movie, rent a Japanese avant-garde film called "Tetsuko: The Iron Man". Truly in a league by itself. Maybe pair it with one of Akiro Kurosawa's stranger films, and you'd have a evening that should sui... | |
| Mark Levinson No.383 How good is it ? Dear Nicolae: With due respect, the M-B 600 is their limo, with a 6-liter engine. In the U.S., the numbers associated with M-B models refer to the engine displacement, which is in liters. Thus, a 560 is a 5.6 liter engine, a 300 is a 3.0 liter eng... | |
| I need a reccomendation for a CD/DVD combo I have recommended the Pioneer Elite DV-37 to a number of people. Based on my own experience, it is an excellent unit. Further, it has been selected by several high-end audio and HT mags as one of the 4-5 best DVD/CD players on the market. It can ... | |
| Vandersteen 2 sub, what filters do you use? After making the post above, I looked at the info sheet that Vandersteen provides for the settings to use the Model 5 crossover with the 2Wq sub, and found there is a point which I failed to note: when selecting values for the Model 5 crossover, p... | |
| Quality music labels After I made my 2nd post, I pulled out some CD's to listen to while working on the computer, and realized that I had forgotten to mention a jazz label that I've grown to like quite a bit: OmniTone. They have a small but very nice catalog, and all ... | |
| Mark Levinson No.383 How good is it ? Your question is a bit like asking: will I regret buying a Mercedes 600? If you can afford it, the chances are you will love it, and have a wonderful, long-term investment. (I look at all Mark Levinson products as an investment.)The only issue I'd... | |
| Best home theater receiver for 500 For $500, you should definitely put the Outlaw 1050 near the top of your list. Since Outlaw sells direct, via Internet, you avoid the middle-man markup and thus get a lot more product for your money (such as 6.1 channels, and decent power output).... | |
| Quality music labels Here are a few other labels that I should have included on my first post: Teldec (German); Lyrita (small British label); and two labels that I think are now defunct, Supraphon and Hungaraton. These two latter labels were Czech/Hungarian, and they ... |