sfar
Responses from sfar
| Merlin TSM comparisons The Devore 8's are no longer made, the closest model is the Super 8 which is a more expensive speaker.And I wasn't implying that the Merlins aren't a great speaker, they are, or that you might not prefer them to the Devore's, just that within your... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons I agree that the Merlin TSM's are great speakers and also that there are quite a few great speakers in that price range. I owned the TSM-MM's at the same time that I owned a pair of the identically priced Devore 8's and spent a couple of weeks com... | |
| How to open a Peachtree Nova? Great point. I think a week in my freezer should easily add $30 to the value.I know what you mean about the FX10. If I'd seen it powered up first I probably never would have bought it but I'm glad I did. It's a wonderful sounding little amp and ex... | |
| How to open a Peachtree Nova? Yeah, I'm thinking of buying fingernail polish in bulk and selling tiny bottles of it here as 'Stanley's Stereophile LED Liquid' for $69 an ounce. Think there's a market?I'm getting good at the process. I bought a Jolida FX10 which has six tubes, ... | |
| How to open a Peachtree Nova? You're welcome. It baffled me for awhile.If the Nova is like the Decco and has an obnoxiously bright LED under the center of the tube socket you can put a couple of drops of fingernail polish on the LED to tone it down or change the color. The Dec... | |
| How to open a Peachtree Nova? I have the Peachtree Decco and if the construction is the same the way you do it is to take out the screws that hold the feet to the case. That will free the outer case from the interior metal case and allow you to slide the interior out from the ... | |
| Best Online Music Retailers I haven't used enough other sites for downloads to say it's the best but I've been very happy with http://www.emusic.com for good quality mp3 downloads. There are no rights restrictions on the files, the selection is pretty broad, you can see reco... | |
| Does Apple airport express work well? You can't connect the USB port on the Airport Express to the USB input on your DAC, optical is the only option. The USB port on the AE is configured for printer output only, there's no music signal available from it. | |
| Where to buy a good quality wall wart If you want to follow Tpreaves advice and go for value it might be worth a little scrounging at your local Goodwill store. Mine has an entire sheet of pegboard covered with orphaned power supplies, mostly from laptops. I've almost always been able... | |
| Does Apple airport express work well? My experience is that the problem with the stream cutting out is because of interference from other devices, microwave ovens and cordless phones in my case. That's a problem that is easy to fix by choosing a different channel in the Airport Utilit... | |
| right-angle plug on power cord The Marinco plugs are very high quality and extremely easy to add to an existing cable. They make a right-angle plug that should work. http://www.takefiveaudio.com/mall/shopexd.asp?id=252 | |
| Which purchase tipped you into nirvana. DeVORE speakers | |
| Desktop Tubes I have the Jolida FX10 and am really impressed with it. It's driving a pair of JohnBlue JB3 speakers and in a nearfield desktop situation the combination is pretty spectacular. My setup is still in transition. I'm using a Nuforce Icon amp as a DAC... | |
| Budget subwoofer that matches Monitor Audio RS1? The Mirage Omni S8 is a very nice 8" sub, from the same parent company as Energy. I found it easier to integrate than the very well regarded HSU I had before. New price is around $350 but I bought one on ebay for $55 with 'cosmetic damage.' Turns ... | |
| Review: Realistic Minimus 7 Monitor After reading all this I was motivated to get the Minimus 7's out of the box in the basement and hook them up to the Jolida FX10 EL-84 amp I recently bought for my office.What an amazing sound for such a small package! I added an 8" Mirage subwoof... |