sugarbrie
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| Anyone try Acoustic Research Pro cables? Compared with what most of us consider decent cables, I agree. For someone wanting something better than the $2 OEM variety, they are fine. That system for my parents; other than the Rotel receiver, is all Onkyo gear and a Dual turntable and some ... | |
| PayPal not as safe as everyone thinks? I find it scary too. They have no follow up on what is in their accounts. I did nothing weird to get such a messed up account. I only moved and changed banks. | |
| Anyone try Acoustic Research Pro cables? I bought some for a Rotel receiver, CD, Tape Deck, Phono setup I put together for my parents (they're not audio nuts, they just want sound). For the money they are better than the cheap OEM stuff they give away free with Hifi gear, especially in t... | |
| PayPal not as safe as everyone thinks? Thanks for the vote of confidence Sean !#$%*!! I do not have any balance in there anymore. I took it out before they go bust and I lose it. Is PayPal legally a bank (ie, FDIC insurance)?? | |
| PayPal not as safe as everyone thinks? Not surprised. I am technically a "Verified Premier Member" or whatever it is called. The bank account I used to get this status was closed two years ago, and since then that bank has been bought out and no longer exists. That account is still sho... | |
| Pro Cables vs. Audio Cables....Are We Being Duped? Sometimes (not a helpful answer I know). And it is not just between Pro and Audio/HT products. A friend of mine and I took apart and compared a video cable and a digital cable made by the same company. We could see no difference in the cable const... | |
| Can CD's deteriorate by LASER ROT? The old CDs I mention not only got noisy with age, the tracks would sometimes be unreadable, ie, when the disc is inserted, the transport spins, but cannot find the tracks, so the CD will not play. If play is pressed anyway, the CD will spin but n... | |
| Antenna cable RG6 cable is better than RG59 and worth the small increase in price. Much lower signal loss on long runs of RG6 over RG59. | |
| Can CD's deteriorate by LASER ROT? Laser Rot was common is early CDs and Laserdiscs. I do not know what caused it, but it does not seem to occur much if at all anymore. I would not be surprised (speculation) if there is a possibility of Laser Rot eventually with CDRs, considering h... | |
| Best SS Integrateds for a 4-500 budget You should also be able to find a Rotel RA870, RA980 or RA985 used in your price range. They are all 100 watts. I use a Cambridge A3i to drive a pair of B&W CDM-1 in a bedroom size home office system. The A3i was designed by Creek and is bette... | |
| Are there any good cartridges for under 100 Garage-a-records and Audio Advisor also have the 440ML for $99. This was a $229 cartridge. Must be on clearance/closeout. | |
| Phase Switch on Subwoofers If your subwoofer is out of phase with your main speakers bass drivers, you may find that they may cancel each other out in the lower frequencies resulting in less bass. | |
| Are there any good cartridges for under 100 Ortofon makes some decent moving magnet cartridges under $100. The OM-10 Super is $90 list and can be had for like $69 many places. They will fit most turntables. Grado has many cartridges under $100 (Red lists for $110; most dealers discount unde... | |
| REL Storm III or Strata III Correct, and the Storm II was 100 watts; the Storm III is 150 watts. Go to www.hifichoice.co.uk and read their reviews on both the Storm III and Stratus III. They are a mid-fi and budget audiophile magazine. The rated the Storm III their favorite ... | |
| best sub for both HT and 2 channel audio for 500 bucks Another nice sub(s) is the Monitor Audio ASW-110 and ASW-210. They list repectively for $700 and $1000. I see new ones on eBay alot that go for $400 and $650. |