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| Cartridge choices under $300 Second the Denon-103 or 103R. Considered by many to be almost as good as Shelter 501 II and Shelter embarass many $2k cartridges out there. | |
| Head Cleaning Fluid Make sure alcohol content is 99% or higher to avoid oxidation due to residual water standing on the head for prolong period of time. Drug store sells both 99+% & 70% alcohol, 70% is for disinfecting (99% alcohol is not effective in killing ger... | |
| You might be an audiophile if... ... if your wife knows all the high end audio brands and pronouces them correctly.and www.audiogn.com is your home page! | |
| SME V setup No matter what tool you use, I found using a line laser to aim the protractor to arm spindle much more accurate than eyeballs. You can get them from Home Depot, but they are bulky and not very bright under bright light. Fortunately my friend makes... | |
| I'm looking for inexpensive bookshelf speakers. Usher S-520, they sounds like ProAc Response series. They do need some muscle, but your Denon receiver should be fine. | |
| Improving sub quality Keep in mind the new Brittania woofer is front mounted. Like all speakers with front mounted woofers, using spike WILL improve the coupling of speaker to the floor and prevent the drivers from shaking the whole box and smear the sound. Subwoofers ... | |
| Sonus Faber I had a Stadium III before, I now have a B-1. Stadium III was deep, loud, and quick. B-1 is deeper, louder, and quicker. On top, it blends with the main speaker even better. Maybe it's room interaction because the driver is now front mounted and m... | |
| Sonus Faber There are lots of fine subs out there, but none offers the unique high level input of REL. Your power amp does not deliver linear power to speaker due to amp and speaker cross-over interaction. That's why you hear from REL owners loving their subs... | |
| $1000 to spend on an amp used Look for a Forte 1A or 4, about as good as a solid state gets under $3k. I have owned almost all of them including Pass X350 and McCormack DNA-2 Deluxe, Forte is as good or better. | |
| Connecting to the music. If AU24 does not connect you to music, I doubt many will. AU24 is among the most coherent cable I have heard, not like most silver which has uneven peaks and valley in audible range.Another cable to look into is Pure Note, just incredible like AU24. | |
| BAT 75 SE or ARC VS 110 Do a search on VK-75SE vs. VT-100 Mk III. VK-75SE wins hands down. | |
| Review: Forte Model 4a Amplifier Recently picked up a 4A for my sister since she had tight budget and I had an 1A long time ago and liked it. Forte 4A has to be the biggest bang for the buck in audio world now. It's dynamic, smooth, silky with proper amount of texture, depth laye... | |
| Subwoofer Recommendations for Audiophile Monitors 9rw is correct, B-series are available now and I own a B1 as well. In fact, there was a B3 for sale on Audiogon a while back and a B1 right now.I had a Stadium III before, B1 is significantly smaller and easier to place due to front firing configu... | |
| Opinions: AR VT100 mkIII and BAT BK75SE amplifiers Guess that's one area they improved on the VK-75, fuse blow instead of resistor and/or capacitor. Mine had a bad tube that would blow fuse when push hard, worked like a charm. | |
| Opinions: AR VT100 mkIII and BAT BK75SE amplifiers 2nd Tuboo.I am using 75SE now and had VT-100 III for a few weeks. A couple friends came by and all agreed with the assesment, 75SE is head and shoulder better in every area except bass quantity (not quality).You also have the option to bridge 75SE... |