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| Experience with Metrum Octave DAC Suppose to ship Feb 19; I would be tearing my hair out if I had any. The Canadian distributer is selling them for about what the factory charges so if I had waited I could have got one faster but they were saying that the price would go up after t... | |
| ACR Ref 110 - Regular feet or couplers? If they are rubber feet I would try something else. Martin Colloms uses this stand [ or another model] and uses SR MIGs under his Ref 5 pre and other gear. I use them also on my quite different stand. Stringreen is right that they all sound differ... | |
| Anyone Using Four Subs In A Home Theater? Since bass is more or less non directional and very low bass even more so I don't really see the need unless it is a very large room. Two work very well in my music and HT setups. | |
| What's the best unipivot to arm ever made? Naim Aro | |
| Stand out phono stages I use the ASR Basis Exclusive, very good but quite expensive if bought new. Also used the Musical Fidelity kW phono; good sound and built like a tank; like the ASR you can use 2 tables at once. Blue Circle is good at a lower price range; I had the... | |
| Cartridge sitting idle for 6 year? I have had some sit around for much longer than this and still work fine. Pay no attention to the dealer unless you have a lot of confidence in him. I once went to hear a system with a man who was seeking to sell the system's owner some new gear; ... | |
| How to connect external speakers to plasma TV If you have Direct TV just take the analog output from the satellite box to the preamp. My Panasonic plasma also has analog RCA out which I have also used. | |
| Best tube preamp ever AR Reference 5. A friend has one and the reviews of them have been exceptional. | |
| Back In the Day Yes, Reaganomics, the radical redistribution of income to the upper end of the financial spectrum which transformed America from the greatest creditor nation in the world to the greatest debtor nation. While the middle class has barely held even i... | |
| Which is the best VPI Platter? I have had quite a few and from my experence and that of some of my friends I think that the SuperPlatter was probably the best but since I never heard all the ones I had on the same table it is hard to say for sure. I personally liked the acrylic... | |
| i am looking to replace my Krell with tube amps, You don't mention impedance curve, which can be as important as sensitivity. If you want maximum sound levels in a room that size it will be hard to find any tube amp that will give it to you. Part of the equation of sound level is reflected sound... | |
| Replacement shock absorbers for Micro Seiki DD-40 Yes, there are many other things you can use; most of them will probably be considerably better than the supplied feet. There are many threaded cones on the market, or use something like Vibrapods. Decide if you want to isolate or couple the TT to... | |
| Worlds best DAC The Metrum Octave uses no digital filtering and also uses a new chip that give 18 bit resolution as opposed to the 16 bit 1704. Have one ordered. | |
| Cardas Speaker placement.. Without treatment the reflections reinforce some of the higher frequencies and cancels others. Makes the sound seem "louder" but when you listen carefully there are things that just aren't there that you hear with treatment. I occasionally take ev... | |
| Back In the Day Yes; I was in Chicago in the 60s and a bunch of us would read the Chicago Tribune Sunday ads when it came out Sat night for the latest listings. I changed equipment much more then as things were A LOT cheaper. A pair of Quad 57s were under $400 in... |