smata67
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| Rotel RCD-1070 replacement I understand you have solved your problem, but for anyone else encountering disk reading problems, I have had success simply pulling out and re-seating the ribbon cable from the laser to the pcb board. Do this on both ends. If that does not work, ... | |
| Driving a Thiel All Thiel's respond poorly to mid-fi amplification. I know because I ran several receivers and seperates such as Carver and Adcom, searching for a low cost amp for my CS3.5s. They just don't cut it. The amps mentioned by others are no-brainers fro... | |
| Auditioning a Tube Amp I picked the Baby up yesterday. It is, in fact, dead quiet and in nice shape. I've run a few pairs of speakers through, knowing they are not, on paper at least, good matches, but with nothing to lose. Klipsch KG-2, Energy Pro 22, and Spica TC-50. ... | |
| Auditioning a Tube Amp My current main setup are Odyssey Stratos Monos, Thiel CS3.5, Denon PRA-1500, and Oppo DV-981HD. I'm actually very satisifed with what I'm getting out of this system. I'm thinking of a low powered (and cost) tube amp for a secondary system. I unde... | |
| Keeping Out Street Noise / Sound-Reducing Windows Some kind of interior treatment for the windows would give the best bang for the buck, I think. Here's another idea. My mother lives on the six floor of a condo building with a busy street down below in Miami and one thing I have noticed is how mu... | |
| Keeping Out Street Noise / Sound-Reducing Windows Double paned windows help a great deal, no doubt about it. But you may get even more benefit from siding with a cement board product such as Hardi-plank and insulating your walls. I recently built an addition with basic Andersen two paned windows,... | |
| Best affordable SACD player that does superb CD's The Oppo DV-970H or DV-981HD are available for about $100, at that price, why not give them a shot? If not good enough, then look for something pricier. | |
| Best Alternatives to Black Gate Caps KZ is the "top" Nichicon audio cap, but not available in 3.3uF. I would fall back on the FG or the ES (which is bi or nonpolar). Odyssey Audio uses ES series for their "upgraded parts" amps. | |
| Denon POA-1500 Stereo Amp Forgot to mention the service manual for this unit is available for $5 from www.free-service-manuals.com. | |
| Denon POA-1500 Stereo Amp Denon made some very nice gear in the early '90s. I have, and continue to use, the PRA-1500 preamp with my Odyssey mono block setup into Thiel CS3.5, as well as a PMA-520 integrated fed with a DCM-777 cd player. The unit in question, POA-1500, has... | |
| Best used analog receiver under $150? Three good choices would be the Marantz 2230, the HK730, and the Luxman R-113. I've been fooling around with the Lux, picked it up recently for $30. Features star grounding and a toroidal transformer, but it has digital, not analog tuning. | |
| New FedEx Ground and USPS Arrangement If you have shipped a package over 75 pounds through USPS, it was UPS that moved it to the recipients post office, not USPS. They are phasing out their handling of overweight items. | |
| DIY Balanced Interconnect Connectors That's what I was looking for. Unfortunately, I may not need these cables due to a change in plans. Now will need RCA cables. This neglex cable will make good signal wire from the RCA jack to the potentiometer for a DIY project I'm going to build ... | |
| How Much Does Damage Affect Value? I believe the UPS Store owner told me the seller had asked his opinion of the package when it was brought in and he felt it was acceptable. For normal handling and drops from lets say 2' or so, the original manufacturer's packaging would be fine, ... | |
| How Much Does Damage Affect Value? The UPS Store that shipped it told me that even the postal service is subcontracting out work to UPS, especially the harder to handle, overweight items like this, so it may be true that it does not make a difference who you ship it with, it may en... |