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| import tax? When I brought a pair of used ProAc speakers, made in England, from Canada into the U.S., customs on the U.S. side tacked on a 10% duty. They looked at the bill of sale from the previous owner to determine the value and then spent quite a while lo... | |
| $1130 system for a musician, please : A pair of closeout Soliloquy 5.0's from Underwood HiFi here on Audiogon, http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrmoni&1087265953, and the best used Creek or Rotel integrated you can find for the other $600. | |
| Best Sub $500 used CD Player I've had experience with five under $500 players in the last month or so and been able to A/B them pretty thoroughly in various combinations, the Music Hall CD-25, a Cambridge Audio 300se with upgraded opamps, an AMC CD8b, a Philips 963 DVD/CD pla... | |
| Audition suggestions please The posts above offer good advice and it's great that you're hearing from people who have actually heard the gear you're interested in.I would add that from my personal experience in trying to find pieces that work well together and still fit with... | |
| Receiver suggestion for Kresel 2 For value and quality, Rotel is a good bet. I've got a Rotel 1050 receiver that sounds much, much better than I expected when I bought it to replace McCormack separates. I made the switch for, essentially, the same reasons you're considering a rec... | |
| How to hook up a subwoofer with an integrated amp? A straightforward way to do it would be with these adapters. It would minimize the length, and cost, of either long interconnects or speaker cabling. | |
| Subwoofer connection No need to be embarrassed, how do you think I knew the answer to your question? | |
| Subwoofer connection I'm not sure I understand your description perfectly but, if I do, the problem you'll encounter with using the tape-out connection to drive the subwoofer is that it is not in line with the volume control. You'll want the same, variable output goin... | |
| Best Budget Preamp, whats out there? A great choice would be a McCormack TLC-1. It's designed to fit perfectly with the 0.5 and can be found for $300-350. | |
| Great country music recording There are a lot of great suggestions here and since everyone else is ignoring your pedal steel requirement, I will, too. Asking for coutry music suggestions is like asking for classical music suggestions, you'll get everything from Satie to Wagner... | |
| What's under your bookshelf speakers? If damaging the finish on your speakers is an issue, be careful with the Isoblocks. I've used a set in the past and, while they do provide good isolation, the black rubber left unremovable marks on both the bottoms of the speakers and a hardwood f... | |
| need a dvd player recommendation.. The Philips 963 is a good choice. Retail price is $499 but it's available for less than $400 online. It's a single disc player, both very nice video and CD performance. | |
| What's under your bookshelf speakers? I use sorbothane pads, available from an Audiogon member here. I haven't compared them directly to any other isolation device but, if it's isolation you're interested in, sorbothane is the usual prescription for an inexpensive solution and these a... | |
| System for a dorm - how is this? The suggestion of the Philips 963 DVD/CD player is a good one if you've also got any interest at all in video. I helped a coworker put together a system recently that she's very happy with, the 963, a pair of the Soliloquy 5.0's I recommended abov... | |
| System for a dorm - how is this? One of the best bets for inexpensive speaker cable is Canare StarQuad 4s11 or 4s8, available from markertek.com, especially if you want to bi-wire a speaker like the Soliloquy's. Click here and then click the links on the leftMarkertek's pro audio... |