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| New vs Used when buying please share thoughts Good information in the above posts about doing whatever you can to get to know the seller, preferably through asking a few questions in person. One thing I'd like to amplify upon is the risk of shipping. I've had very good luck in finding wonderf... | |
| Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Guy Clark if Guy Clark piqued your interest and you don't already have it, find a copy of "Old No. 1," his first CD (I think.) There are several songs that other people made famous, L.A. Freeway, Desperados, and guest performances by a lot of good people, J... | |
| Best redbook player under $5oo The Music Hall CD-25 is pretty sweet. If you're willing to buy used you can get it for less than $500. It's $600 new. | |
| under $300 bookshelfs: does excitement exist? Another vote for the B&W 303's and, if you can find them, the Ruark Epilogue for that price used is another level up. | |
| Soliloquy 5.3 vs Monitor Audio Silver S8 I'm not sure this is useful since I don't have direct experience with that particular Monitor Audio model but, for what it's worth, I own Soliloquy 5.0's and previously owned Monitor Audio model 14's. I've auditioned the Soliloquy 5.3's and a coup... | |
| Thiel speakers... one more try I had a pair of Thiel 2.2's matched with a McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe and TLC-1. It's an excellent combination, very dynamic and exciting. The McCormack drove the Thiels effortlessly at any volume I was comfortable with in a large living room. | |
| Pre-amp to combo with Mccormack DNA 0.5 JmabeYes, I definitely use both the passive and buffered outputs of the TLC-1 simultaneously. The passive go to the DNA 0.5 and the buffered to the line-level inputs of an HSU sub. It's worked perfectly like that for more than a year. I'll check t... | |
| Pre-amp to combo with Mccormack DNA 0.5 I've got a DNA 0.5 Deluxe and use it with a TLC-1 with great results. The TLC has two outputs, one passive and one buffered. I connect the passive outputs to the 0.5 and the buffered to an HSU sub. Sounds wonderful. You should be able to find a us... | |
| Linn CLassik connections.... Jeffloistarca is right. You can buy the connectors from a Linn dealer, if I remember correctly they were about $4 each, and attach them yourself to whatever speaker cable you want. The mechanical connection is pretty straightforward. I'd recommend... | |
| Any gillian welch fans? When I went to the CD store to buy one of hers, after having heard a cut I couldn't remember the title of on the radio, I stood at the rack trying to decide whether to go for "Hell Among the Yearlings" or "The Revelator" since I didn't know anythi... | |
| Shipping company for speakers- any good or bad one I've had really good experience with BAX Global:http://www.baxglobal.com/US.aspThey won't pick up from a residence, only from a business address, but the service and prices are great. | |
| need a $200-$300 interim amp If you want something easy to find and good value I'd suggest any of the Rotel amps that are in your price range. There are a couple of RB980BX's on Audiogon now that would probably do the trick. | |
| Add a/b switch? How to run 2nd pair of speakers? Another option is to add a small second power amp to your setup and either split the pre-amp output with a Y-adapter or, as in the case of the McCormack, use your second set of pre-outs to go to the second amp. If you look around on the used sites... | |
| Pipe music to kitchen For a similar setup, I have a Yamaha MX-35 power amp connected to the second set of outputs on my McCormack preamp. The Yamaha is very small and unobtrusive, has two sets of speakers terminals and plenty of power to drive small pairs of dining roo... | |
| What does + or - in speaker binding translate to? With many cables the color coding will be different and it doesn't really matter whether they're black and red or white and red or some other combination entirely. The same is true for the symbols on the speakers and the amp. All that really matte... |