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| How much does your system retail for? Yeesh.... WE ARE SICK !!!! Reading all of this and figuring out just one of my systems really puts things into perspective. My "little" system in the computer room ended up at just over $18,000. With four more systems to go and two of them being W... | |
| Dealer Price "Wiggle" Room Here in Chicago and the surrounding areas, we have over a dozen decent stores to choose from. Most of them will discount a little bit on items here and there. Obviously, the more that you spend either on a regular basis or on "one big shot" will g... | |
| BIAMPING These are good yet basic questions that many audiophiles do not know or understand. As such, it makes a great platform for all to learn and share. Thanks for posting your questions. Hopefully we can answer them in a manner that you and others can ... | |
| Which Amp Where? Jack, i ran a Yamaha M-80 for a short period of time and found the meters to be extremely "loose". According to them, i was constantly hitting 500+ watt peaks at very reasonable listening levels. I would disregard the meters completely and go by w... | |
| California Brownouts and equipment Here's the place your looking for Dekay:http://www.globe-mart.com/computer/surge/monstercable/index.htmGlobal Mart has great prices and a 30 day return policy.http://www.hififorless.com used to have even better prices but all sales were final. As ... | |
| Bringing back the dead? I have and still use what i and many others consider to be the first "straight wire with gain" preamp ever made. It was built and designed by David Spiegel under the company name of Audio General, Inc. The original model was called the 511 and lat... | |
| Disappointment I have not heard any DVD player that sounds as good as a good stand alone CD player or transport / DAC combo. I know that others here might testify otherwise, but that has been my experience. For the record, i've tried several Sony DVD's, Toshiba,... | |
| Good Stuff Cheap I have to agree with Krelldog and have said this many times before. The Forte' amps are excellent for the money and smoke far more expensive units with ease. If you look around, you can find the 1's for as little as $325 with the others typically ... | |
| Bringing back the dead? Well "3", how about a little bit of a twist to your basic idea here ??? How about if we list what we think were "ground breaking" or "trend setting" products ? You know, designs that were ahead of their time and may still compete with newer stuff ... | |
| What does everyone think of shahinian? That's pretty high praise from Holzhauer, who happens to own Soundlab's. No, i don't know him personally, but i saw his ad : ) Sean> | |
| Psychological audio, proceed slowly Whether i agree with your point or not, this is basically a direct attack at both frequent contributors and viewpoints that more than a few people share. As such, it has NO place here. Try spending the same amount of time writing some helpful post... | |
| Speaker Cable Jolida302a/Castle Richmond While Trelja and i will agree to disagree with each other on this one, i found the Audioquest and Axon cables to sound much "flatter" or "less lively" than either the Goertz or Kimber's. I find that those cables work best with a bright system ( su... | |
| Speaker Cable Jolida302a/Castle Richmond Be careful when "doubling up" speaker cables as you are changing the characteristic impedance of the cable, probably for the worse unless done carefully. If using two runs of "zip cord" aka "monster" type wiring, you should arrange the wires so th... | |
| My overlooked cheap tweak This is a good subject and thread. Most people never thnk of doing this and might be amazed at what they find coming off of the contacts and connection points if they did clean them. I recently pulled apart my HT system and am still working on get... | |
| What length digital cable? Kimber themselves recommend 1.5 meter lengths yet still sell shorter versions. Then again, as a business owner, i can relate. You can tell a customer what you think or know will work best, but that doesn't mean that's what they want to hear or wil... |