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| Recommended Carrier for Speaker Shipments You might not be eligible for Fedex or UPS if the dimensions are too large (and a 100lb speaker might be). I sold someone a set of speakers and sent the via Bax and where handled very well. | |
| how can I find the polarity out from my XLR A lot of European gear is pin 3 hot, especially older pro audio gear... your pinouts are probably correct on the back of the Sony and not what the user manual says... | |
| Aquariums and Audio Equipment We have a 110 Gallon marine tank on the back wall of the listening room... all of the filters are in the basement and the only sound from the tank is that of rushing water (which is actually quite soothing). The tank actually helps to break up ref... | |
| Why Put Up With "Wife Approval Factor"? Just make sure you have the hobby before you start dating your significant other... that way you can make it clear how insane you are first... | |
| Monitor speakers pros/cons Good point on the 600 sq ft room... now that I just realized how large that is, you will need a rather large pair of speakers to fill that kind of space and don't think you will get by with a pair of monitors. | |
| Monitor speakers pros/cons If you want to go the monitor route, you have a number of options open to you. However, you will get basically no bass performance and will need to augment with a subwoofer. I would suggest going to a store and listen to the new B&W Signature ... | |
| Least cost way to send amp to USA from Belgium? Bax only ships now from businesses, they won't ship from residential. You will also have to deal with customs... $160 isn't that bad... | |
| Another dumb question The input sensitivity of the amplifiers is different. Simply, the Bryston requires more input gain from the preamp to get them to "Go". The volume indicator on your preamp is a very poor measure of how loud your system is going to play, especially... | |
| Difference between Krell HTS 1 & HTS 2 The only difference between the HTS1 and the HTS 2 is an analog bypass on the HTS2 and a different On Screen Display. You cannot upgrade the HTS1 or HTS2 to the 7.1... they give you a replacement. The 2 channel will be identical on the 1 and the 2... | |
| high end audio insurance? So here is my question... how do you appraise the value of something that essentially has no market (like master tapes)? | |
| Is a Tube Amp Capable of High Current? I thought I could get by under similar circumstances with a fairly high power stereo tube amp driving a pair of speakers with 81 db efficiency and a 3 ohm load. It was great if the music was quiet or solo acoustic but it didn't work worth a darn o... | |
| I need a phono preamp and I'm leaning toward Krell The VTL is a great phono stage and reasonably priced... if you like the "Krell" sound though, I would go with the Krell. | |
| Tables with no belt change for 45's and 33's? Michelle turntables... GyroDec with the upgraded power supply or the Orbe... | |
| Can you get great analog sound from analog tape? Analog tape running at 15 or 30 ips with Quantegy 499 or GP-9 tape is superior to just about any recording format out there. The biggest issue with running analog tape is the cost ($20 for ~30 minutes of 1/4" tape at 15 ips) and maintenance (clean... | |
| Know anybody who mods analog r2r tape machines? Honestly before spending a lot of $$$ on upgrading the deck, you might want to look into replacing it. The price of various R2R machines has dropped to rediculously low levels... look at getting an Otari 5050 (it can switch between 2 track and 4 t... |