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| Grado SR-225 or Sennheiser HD580? I have both models, and although the Grados sound great, the Sennheisers are much more comfortable. They envelope the ear, whereas the Grados clamp down on the ear. It makes me feel like my head is in a vise. Also the Grado foam material earpads d... | |
| Voltage stabilizer for big amps?? I use the Exact Power unit that puts out exactly 120 volts. I have my entire home theater and Mitsubishi tv on it. I'm in the Bay area in Califiornia and the power fluctuates all over the place (especially during last Saturday's storm). The Exact ... | |
| PSE Studio 4 amplifier - any good? I don't know about the Studio 4's, but the studio V monoblocks are excellent. I have a pair of the Special Editions that are great, along with their PHE hybrid preamp. Great sounds, especially plugged in to a Power plant. | |
| Best DVD Audio NOT SACD recordings. Brain Salad Surgery is an Emerson, Lake and Palmer audio release, not an Alan Parsons Project. And it is an old 70's remaster. Alan Parsons does Soft Rock. | |
| Noise canceling headphones? I have a pair of the Sennheisers and have mixed feelings about them. Even with no noise around you, switching them on severely alters the timber of the music. They do cancel out some noise and boost the high frequencies, but they are not that comf... | |
| Help with the MC-1 Part 2 Please Read Your response is true. The Lexicon converts all signals to digital and processes them, then converts back to analog, I have both a DC-1 and a MC-1, and both convert all signals. Bypass the lexicon completely if you want the cd player to do the onl... | |
| What s in front of your chair? I have Apogeen Mini-Grands, and my leather Ottoman is very detrimental to the sound. I would think that would be true with any planar or planar-hybrid speaker. It does not severely compromise my Von Schwiekerts, but the drivers are not nearly as c... | |
| Help with Lexicon MC1 I had that same dilema and have found 2 ways to solve it. You can use the MC-1 in a "Logic 7" mode all the time and have a good sounding surround sound on your stereo sources. this is the way I listen most of the time. However, when I want to list... | |
| Future proof DVDA/DVD/CD/CDR player. Try the new Pioneer DV-38A. Does not play SACDs, but does DVD Audio, DVD, CD, CDR & CDRW, according to what I've heard. | |
| Top 10 TV Shows M*A*S*H Star Trek: The Next GenerationBabylon 5Mission ImpossibleTwilight ZoneOuter LimitsAndy Griffith Show (B&W)NYPD BlueSaturday Nite Live (first 4 years)Monty Python's Flying Circus | |
| Which sub is better for audio I bought the Genesis 928 and am very happy with its 2 15" woofers. Great Stereophile review. It also has an accelerometer mounted on it to prevent bass overhang. | |
| Best Guitar Band part11 I wouldn't classify the Quicksilver Messenger Service as a great guitar band. They had a few good tunes, but really did not crank out the guitar except on the Happy Trails album. They played for dope, and when they ran out of it, they played for m... | |
| Heard Vandersteen Model 5's? I've listened to them several times in 2 different settings at a local dealers. Some of the best sounds I have ever heard came from a piano black pair powered by Nagra tubes and a Goldmund cd player. Very 3 dimensional, bass is very customizable t... |