sedond
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| Biamplification in Mid-Fi? i would also check out diy crossovers here: http://members.nbci.com/activecross/index.htm if i wasn't already extremely satisfied w/my marchand x-over, i'd try doing this... sems like hi-quality for reasonable (cheap?) money... | |
| Biamplification in Mid-Fi? hi cornfedboy,have ewe checked out marchand? they make excellent, useful, uncolored x-overs, imho - also reasonably-priced. regards, doug | |
| If you had to make this decision.... hi redkiwi, ain't that plinius a s/s unit? - i thought ewe were a toob-guy. any thoughts how the plinius pre's compare w/good toob pre's?regards, doug | |
| Where to buy LPs online? hi kasboot,this is one place i like:http://www.audiophileusa.com/ there's tons more - yust do a websearch on records for sale, etc...good luck, doug | |
| Class Action Suit against UPS? i've had two claims issues w/ups, & both times, they paid, no questions asked, and both times, it was obviously the sellers' fault - once, the packaging was *unbelievably* bad, the second time, there was absolutely *no* shipping damage - the s... | |
| Oracle Delphi Power supply hi stella-d,i've heard of the walker p/s, but have never even *seen* one, let alone auditioned it. the hi-end press seems to like it, tho... ;~) do you still keep your original motor w/it? w/the o-l mod i did, it also replaces the motor. for a cou... | |
| If you had to make this decision.... as a melos 333 owner (music director version), i'm glad it fared ok in such company! :>) while it has remote, it doesn't have a ht loop. not sure about the others you mention. hi-end preamps that *do* have ht loops include sonic frontiers, vtl,... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? david, i'm considering the newform research nhb645's or r645's. angela's point about "hunting instinct" is well-taken - i paid <30% of retail for my current speakers, & i'll have to pay full-boat for the newforms - it'll totally ruin my 3:1... | |
| "Protocols" of record cleaning i have a keith monks record-sweeper (recently replaced my venerable watts dust-bug) - this device is a little brush on the end of an arm that tracks the grooves of a record as the record is playing - it does a great yob of keeping particulate matt... | |
| SS vs Tube: What do you hear? i think the tube pre/solid-state amp is the way-to-go, if yure on a reasonable budget. you *do* have to spend big-bucks on a tube amp that will not sacrifice what solid-state amps do well, but this is not true of tubed preamps, imho. my electrocom... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? hey, sometimes some of us are actually trying to improve the sound of our systems, not yust spend money - my current speakers retailed for $3800 (tax/delivery not included), the ones i'm now wanting to buy retail for $2265, delivered. | |
| Kinergetics SW200 rip-off ?? frogman, as stated earlier, i'm partial to vmps - while others out there may be as good, yure gonna have to pay *at least* double the price for the same quality/quantity bass response - *if* ya buy used - otherwise, it will cost *more*. of course,... | |
| Turntables: $10 - 12K -Suggestions save your money and buy a canadian 'table - the oracle mkv. great sound, great aesthetics. fully loaded, w/a nice arm & cartridge, yule still have several thousand leftover - unless,of course, ya get a clearaudio insider cartridge, or somethin... | |
| Avantgarde Uno Loudspeakers: Comments? 7p62mm, i *am* considering gnu speeks - yust something a bit more reasonably-priced, if yust as ugly, in a different way! :>) check out the reviews on audioreview for the newform research r645's. i suspect these mite be giant-killers... i *hope... | |
| Integrated amp for Magnepan 1.6QR? hi kitty, shameless-plug-time! ;~) check out my ad here on audiogon for a matching-set amp-n-pre - the alchemist kraken series. class-a operation for plenty of current. great sound, great appearance, great price (asking $990 obo for the $2160, ret... |