sugarbrie

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REL Subwoofer Cable Upgrade?
You do not need to spend $700 to $800. There are ones available for $150 to $300 depending on length. Check with The Cable Company for custom orders. They use to provide one made by XLO.Also see this AudiogoN ad from Dedicated Audio.http://cls.aud... 
Which $100 cart. is best for I.G. distortion?
The Shure should work fine. The stabilizer brush solves a lot of tracking issues. 
A/V Receiver for B&W matrix speakers
The Rotel HT Receivers would be a good choice IMO.Also, I use an Integra Research DTR receiver into cheaper B&Ws with good results. 
Why Can't Tubes Be Mass-Produced Cheaply?
Tested as NOS is more likely, not actually NOS.I do own a few tubes I know to be NOS only because I have owned them since before the internet and AudiogoN existed; and I knew the person I bought them from had owned them for decades. I may only be ... 
Why Can't Tubes Be Mass-Produced Cheaply?
My mother was the one of the highest paid workers on the Sylvania tube assembly line for many years. She could do all the jobs from start to finish and would train the new workers. She worked there from 1943 to 1957. She is 83 now.You guys will cr... 
Best sounding "cheap" HT setup you're using...
Just look at my system link next to my screen name. 
one speaker louder than the other
What is your source component (?) or does it with all sources? 
Blue Circle BC86 MK III power line pillow
Try one directly to the outlet/power strip that powers your Television. You will be pleasantly surprised at what it does to the picture quality and colors.Blue Circle has also now incorporated the BC86Mk3 on a hospital grade power cord (BC86PC) fo... 
Great Digital Cable With Locking RCA Ends?
Why must it have locking ends?You really will not use a cable that would substantially improve your system, just because it does not have a certain kind of RCA plug? 
Ground Loop Hum
You do not want to lift the AC ground on your preamp. All of your sources are grounded to it.Lifting the ground on the amplifier is perfectly fine. That is why the OEM power cord that came with your amplifier is only 2 prong to begin with.If you w... 
Isolation Devices for Digital
I had the Clouds personally demo'd to me and some friends by the owner of Gingko. They definitely reduce vibration. The demo even included vibration sensors connected to a computer/monitor to show the change.The system a friend's, and was one unfa... 
RACMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO 2
Vladimir Ashkenazy on London/Decca conducted by Previn is the best performance.There are others, but if I could only have one.......It is not the best sounding by any stretch.Do you listen to sound or to music ??I always go with the latter, which ... 
CD Dead??
There are billions of CD players out there worldwide.How many servers are there?The LP has been supposedly dieing for 25 years. Sales keep going up. 
Need budget CHEAP speaker cables
Home Depot THHN electric cable. They have it in bulk rolls. You cut your own, so you can get any length you want. They have various gauges also. 
The most important link in the chain...
How much money you have...