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| Burn-in Device vs Burn-in CD Francisco, the offer still stands if you would like to send me your cables. I can throw them on the burner for as long as you would like. I've currently got about $10K in cables from various individuals burning right now. As to KAB, i just bought ... | |
| Are more expensive speakers better? Natalie, i'd rather be smart AND rich. Unfortunately, i am neither. : ( As such, you guys are stuck with me until i can find some way to achieve both.. : ) Sean> | |
| Best Pre-amp under 2k-USED PM, the Adcom was designed by Nelson Pass. If you read reviews of his earlier preamp designs or are familiar with them, they are all noted for being "ultra accurate" i.e. "clinical" sounding. They might be a good choice to mate with his very smoot... | |
| How can I still hear my tuner when it's off? your tuner may still be on electrically, but the display and output section is "muted" but still "leaking" enough signal to hear it. If you can still change stations, that is probably the case. Some products are built like this to retain memory, a... | |
| I called Richard Vandersteen I think Richard does his best to give you HIS honest opinion. Whether or not he presents it in a friendly manner will depend on his mood and how YOU are dealing with him. After all, we all have our "moments", both good and bad. Sean> | |
| What should I plug my system into? Here is a link to a place that has PHENOMENAL prices on the Monster PLC's ( Power Line Conditioners ). I buy wholesale and believe me, these are BLOW OUT prices. Then again, the first series of HTS PLC's are discontinued, so they ARE blowing them ... | |
| Are more expensive speakers better? I walked away with a slighlty different take on what Pbb said. I "think" he meant that, due to their pricing, that the Vandy 5's, Maggie 3.6's, etc... were "mid-fi" in the eye of some "hi-enders". This pertains back to his comments that it takes $... | |
| Burn-in Device vs Burn-in CD A burn in CD will not do anything for you that playing music wouldn't do. The system and cables would be subjected to "normal" duty and go about things normally. It is the higher voltage level that a "burner" produces that helps "cure" the cabling... | |
| What should a typical house voltage read/be? Wow Glen, that's pretty high. If a manufacturer was "pinching pennies" and building components "on the edge", that might be enough "over voltage" to pop some caps, etc... Even if you were to have a noticeable voltage drop, you might be better off ... | |
| What would you use ? For the kind of money that you want to spend, i would keep your 12 gauge cables on the bottom end and look for some type of low inductance design for the top end. I agree with others in that buying used will get you a lot more for your money.As to... | |
| Garage Sale Steals - What to look for? Boy, this is kind of "frustrating". I really WANT to name names and quote prices here, but i can't. You see, if i tell you what i found and at what price i found it at, i'll never be able to get anything for it when i list it for sale. Everybody w... | |
| Are more expensive speakers better? To achieve greater quality in ANYTHING typically requires more money and research. Whether or not the money and research are used wisely or in the most worthwhile or productive manner is another story. As you know, some things in high end are STRI... | |
| Binding posts on Kharmas' If you bought them new, call your dealer. If you bought them used, call Kharma. If you stole them, please post your full name, address, phone number and the speakers serial numbers : ) Sean> | |
| Speaker ratings, how to interpret? You have to look at ALL of the specs, inch by inch. If they spec "at one watt", the spl levels are directly comparable regardless of impedance. If they spec "at 2.83 volts" and are a relatively lower impedance speaker, they are playing games. This... | |
| New or used amp? With all of these folks clamoring for Bryston 4B-ST's, i might need to check one out. All i can say is that i hope that they are a VAST improvement over the older original 4B's, cuz those were surely nothing to write home about. As to the question... |