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| looking for advice on budget subwoofer Yes...a sub will improve the sound by providing a foundation to the music. If you cross over appropriately, and the sub has a built in amp, you will free your amp to drive only the mids and highs which will greatly improve with the subs addition. ... | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? Real plants have water in them and thus they are heavier and work better then artificial which do little. | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? I suggested plants because they have a high wife acceptance factor. To put anything else in there you will get static from the boss. | |
| Dartzeel CTH-8550. RCA vs Xlr If the circuit is balanced, then XLR will give you better sound....if not, it doesn't matter. Balanced means it has a seperate circuit for the plus, and a seperate one for the minus parts of the signal. Call the manufacturer for clarification. Bal... | |
| ZYX cartridge looking for advises The VPI arm is NOT an underachiever. There are those that badmouth it, but if set up properly is a top arm. | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? Live plants...not artificial | |
| Cheapest way to ship large speakers? I would not ship them unless they were packed in their original box with the original packing material. Any other way you'll be asking for trouble. | |
| Diagnose the weak link. Nada Nad | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Be very careful not using Vandersteen's high pass filter. If the slope is wrong you can give yourself a very expensive repair of the midrange's | |
| Attention Vandersteen 5A owners/ amp matches I've talked with Richard about this many times, and according to the return guarantee cards, Ayre and Audio Research top the list for associated equipment. | |
| Need to start a collection vinyl must haves. I like Norah Jones' new album, but the sound is awful. I got the CD, and thought the vinyl would be better, but,,,,nope. Too bad. | |
| Anti Cables vs Alpha Core Goertz-Spkr Cables I use Anti-Cables on my system....all Ayre with Vandersteen 5A's. Ayre recommended Cardas or their own Ayre cable (a Cardas design) which I bought. A friend wanted to try his Purist Anniversary's in my system which I did and was amazed at how much... | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor The reason to get a MINT is for its accuracy. I agree it is very tiresome to do it correctly, however, if accuracy is your goal, that's what needs to be done. Nylon washers will not mount the cartridge solidly to the arm...I use steel to protect t... | |
| powering two pairs of Dahlquist DQ10s YUK....get them off the wall | |
| B&W 801D or 802Ds I would listen to the competition....I had B&W's and sold them. |