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| Best power conditioner for 300.00 PS: If you can muster a hundred or so more, look at the Blue Circle BC-84 at $390 list; the Blue Circle BC-83 at $490 list; The BC-84 is a higher end product than the BC-83; it is a two outlet conditioner (with Hubbells). Also in that range is the... | |
| Best power conditioner for 300.00 I agree that at your price point the Chang or Audio Power are the way to go. | |
| Leave well enough alone Another source for turntable parts is:http://www.garage-a-records.com/ | |
| Best tube pre under 1500? If you want phono built in try the Conrad Johnson PV-9a. Probably the best CJ phono ever is a non Premier preamp. Sell for $850 to $1000 used. | |
| what is it like to mix tube and solid.. I used a CJ PV-10 tube pre and CJ MF2100 SS power amp for a couple years with great results. The Tube Blue Circle BC21 tube preamp was specifically designed to go with the BC22 SS power amp. | |
| Cables that cost more than the speakers? I just remembered a demo show by a B&W sales rep at my local B&W dealer back home around the time the original DM602 came out. The show was really to discuss and show off the Silver Signature, Matrix and CDM speakers, but at the end of the... | |
| VHS Audio Recording Recording speed won't matter as much on a VCR with "HIFI" sound. On low end regular VCRs, speed matters a lot from my experience. | |
| System sounds different, depending... Sounds like it could be the power. Also do you have brown outs in your area at various times? Are in in California? Do you shut the system off and does it have also something to do with warm up time? | |
| Cables that cost more than the speakers? Close. I have a pair of B&W P5. They listed for $1500 but have the same drivers as the Matrix series. I preferred them against the Matrix 804 and 805 when tested in my home. I use $650 pair of cables, but the real difference is actually in the... | |
| Japanese reissue CD question Since CDs are cheap to make and the master can be stored on computer media, I doubt many CDs will ever become "valuable". A friend had a very valuable Laserdisc collection; all special editions and collectors editions. They DVDs came out and the l... | |
| Bose Infomercial Reminds me of the selling of Geratol on Lawrence Welk. | |
| Musical accuracy in subwoofers Right on Detlof! I was focused on the high notes because of Photon's question. The improvement in the low notes is also worth a listen. On some orchestra recordings I have; what was originally just the strings playing very low, became the Cellos a... | |
| Musical accuracy in subwoofers Higher frequencies you may think are unaffected by a subwoofer, because they have no bass. Actually every note comprises a fundamental frequency and harmonics which comprises a much wider frequency spectrum than the fundamental note being played. ... | |
| Digital audio formats and obsolesence If you are running a MSB DAC to an amplifier I would hope it sounds as good as an audio front end, because it is an audio front end in my book. When people say an HT front end is not as good for music they are referring to playing music through a ... | |
| Cheapest place to buy AudioQuest cables? If you do not mind used, there is also www.usedcable.com |