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| Whither the Great Designers? Maybe I'll catch some heat for this because he's been a commercial success and not just a tweaky designer, but what about Bob Carver in the listing of great designers.The Phase linear 400, 700, Carver amazings and tube pres and amps, and Sunfire w... | |
| Amplifier maintenance for beginners Sorry - I was thinking about using synthetic oil.OK, One more tip - if the voices don't sound centered from the speakers, ensure you have equal tire pressure all around. | |
| Cheap volume for large room PSB Stratus Gold i | |
| Amplifier maintenance for beginners Change the oil every 6,000 miles, and rotate the tires every 10,000. Check the timing belt for cracks once or twice a year.Seriously - amps fall into the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it catagory. Yes, there's contact cleaner for the RCA's, but pl... | |
| Spectacular Drum Set? Well, if Keltner was asleep when he did the "improvisations" thing, then I'm even more impressed. | |
| Do I need a Preamplifier The output from your MP3 headphone player is a line level out. As far as adjusting to match other levels, don't bother. Even high end stuff comes out in all differet levels - Maybe your receiver has a level matching feature? It would be in the set... | |
| Which Home Theater speakers for under $28,000. Greetings,I have a room about the size of yours, and have the system as described in the system section. As you apparently like stats, as you can see I wouldn't disagree that a stat makes for a nice HT set-up, although my system is home theater an... | |
| Do I need a Preamplifier No - see the first two posts - you already have a preamp in your receiver. Bignerd did a good job of describing the combinations and permutations of receivers, amps, etc.The preamp is where the signal goes in on your receiver, and the manipulation... | |
| Do I need a Preamplifier Bonigv - Bring the output on your MP3 volume up until you hear distortion (if you do). You're better off amplifying that output than getting all the excess noise by trying hard to amplify a smaller signal (volume turned down).DO NOT use the phono ... | |
| Do I need a Preamplifier Your receiver already has a preamp (preamp, amp and tuner make up a receiver).First - check the volume on your MP3 player - my kids have to max theirs out to get decent gain to play through an audio system. If the MP3 won't go louder, either resig... | |
| What is your idea of a Perfect Album? What was I thinking - I should have mentioned this before - Santana, Abraxas. From the fantastic cover art to my first exposure to Latin tinged music, it's hard to imagine a much finer and consistent effort. | |
| What is your idea of a Perfect Album? Who's next. OK, the cover art is ah...unusual, but what an album.Steely Dan - anything - try to find a bad album, from beginning to end, including the concept, the cover, the outrageous lyrics, etc.Led Zep II. A masterpiece still. | |
| Spectacular Drum Set? Hey Tex - Remember my first suggestion - The Sheffield Drum Record - Guess what - it's started with "Improvisations by Jim Keltner". | |
| Which companies also offer good service?? Transparent - yes you pay a lot for the cables, but they'll do whatever they can to help. I had one cable where the cable came out of the network box - they said send 'em back - warranty - I said - I didn't buy them new, and they're about 3-4 year... | |
| Panasonic 50" Plasma Look for twin HDMI inputs, as you'll need them soon for hi-def cable box and hi-def dvd. |