stringreen

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Help with speaker selection <$20k
seek out a Vandersteen dealer....listen to your price point and enjoy.  
Does anyone know what the thickness is of the standard VPI felt mat?
no mat for me  
Does a turntable mat make any difference?
no mat for me.....tried many, adjusted vta et al....no mat for me              
Is toeing speakers a bad idea?
for me it was.....actually my speakers work best when faced outward....toward the left/right ears  
Speaker Spikes - Working Principle
My Vandersteen speakers have 3 cones under them, and have just installed recommended discs under the cones.....made an improvement on my tile over house foundation.  
Hearing problems and speaker upgrade
Im with Mahler123 on this one.  The "HiFi" setting on the hearing aids produces a very high end raised fake presentation of what music really sounds like.  
Speaker Spikes - Working Principle
Vandersteen has spikes and footers  
McIntosh is now inside a Jeep luxury car.
excuse me while I'm off to the gym...:)  
McIntosh is now inside a Jeep luxury car.
Jeep is an acronym for General Purpose Vehicle....I have a Porsche with a "high end" Burmeister sound system..pretty crappy,  
Best speaker wiring
number 5 is the best  
RCA Victor records' quality
you might try cleaning them......RCA's sound good, even excellent to me....Mancini's Peter Gun, Bob and Ray Throw a Stereo Spectacular, etc.  
How does the VPI Aries II stand up to current mid priced tables?
I have a Superscoutmaster....when I changed to the super platter (all metal) it really opened up the sound.  There are 2 motors that oppose each other and put on a rim drive.  The table improved yet again...then mounted big brass cone feet under..... 
Audio Technica stylus upgrade
if you want to fiddle around with not much or little improvement if any go to it.  
Are AYON Amps popular in the high end community?
..I always buy from a manufacturer from US.....a much easier repair.  Surely sound is important, but US has great stuff.  
another rookie question - preamp or or power amp
Get both when you can ....from the same manufacturer....they will have been designed to work well together