seandtaylor99
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| Ugliest speaker ever? How about Spica Angelus. I have a pair. I love them. My wife hates them. I have a feeling that eventually she'll win. Perhaps my consolation will be some Harbeths or AP Virgos.I also think Martin Logans look pretty terrible. Like some sort of gian... | |
| Suspended vs. nonsuspended TT? sayas ... and your point is ? (other than snobbery) | |
| Has JPW gone out of business? They also used to make Heybrook loudspeakers. I believe that they may have gone out of business due to a legal battle with the founders of Heybrook. Please post if you find anything.Too bad ... they made good speakers for reasonable money. I have ... | |
| DAC replacement Mike ... I'd appreciate if you could let me know the results if you do change the DAC. I am not really an equipment-head (rarely if ever upgrading) so I am always skeptical of the "latest greatest" digital gear, and as I said I think the Audiolab ... | |
| Suspended vs. nonsuspended TT? Sean ... Mrowlands answered my question. Sure it's easier with the Rega than with others due to relatively low mass and a relatively central center of gravity. | |
| Suspended vs. nonsuspended TT? Cost of suspension :1 concrete slab (or marble cutting block for higher WAF)1 wad of soft foam (or bicycle inner tube, or sorbothane)Can't cost more than $50 ... even to make it pretty.Personally I have never found that the lack of suspension on m... | |
| DAC replacement Mike .. I haven't heard any of the DACs, but I have heard the Audiolab 8000 ... and I think one of its great strengths is that it reclocks the input and removes jitter. Of course this is only relevant if using it with a cheaper transport (I was us... | |
| Suggestions for Maggie replacements. Spica TC50 or TC60 should be to his taste. Not too expensive used, but do require some distance from the rear wall. The reason I suggest the spicas is that many people say they have an electrostatic sounding midrange and imaging, so maybe they wou... | |
| Wife stepping on speaker wire Use duct tape (preferably brightly colored) to tape the cables to the floor. Serves two purposes ... protects the cable, and makes it much easier to see, all in one !That's what we used to do with guitar and mic cables when we were gigging and it ... | |
| What are the best sounding classical CDs Sorry sugarbrie .. I didn't see your later post.DG is a strange label. Usually good performances (in my limited-knowledge-opinion), usually bad sound (to my ears, on my system).The reason I like Decca so much is they seem to get the perfect balanc... | |
| What are the best sounding classical CDs I'm surprised noone mentioned Decca/London label. I have a few of their CDs including some from the Decca Legends series and I though the sound AND the performances were excellent. My system is not expensive but neither is it midfi (Spica, Densen,... | |
| How do you decide on new music to buy? I wish the music industry would encourage CD libraries ... like Blockbuster or Hollywood, but for music. The CDs they loan could be digitally copy protected up the wazoo (ie special discs .. not the usual discs) to prevent piracy.I suggest a charg... | |
| What are the best sounding classical CDs Buy the penguin guide to CDs and use it to reference the best performances and recordings of your favorite pieces.Sometimes the best performances aren't the best recordings, so sometimes you'll have to compromise. | |
| Good Audio System for Living Room Ejlif has a good point ... "My opinion is that if you can't sit in the sweet spot (or if you would even) you aren't going to notice a termendous diffrence between a budget system and an expensive one." Couldn't agree more. Good post. | |
| Replacing internal wiring. The idea is OK, but the length of the wire inside the amplifier and speaker is generally much shorter than that of the speaker cables, and so I would expect that it is less critical to have such high quality wire inside the amp and speakers. It sh... |