sugarbrie
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| What's wrong with Thiel? All good points above. Matching amplifiers is important not just for Thiels if you want to approach perfection. A speaker that works well with a lot of amplifiers is less likely to be great with any one amplifier. Just like Pavarotti is great at o... | |
| Will a DVD player work with a computer monitor? Sounds like it is easier to just buy a TV. There is a nice device a friend uses to put video tape (or any video input) onto DVD with a DVD-RW. It cost about $400 at Best Buy I think. It even has a S-VHS input. | |
| Speakers that are matched well with Krell B&W Nautilus series goes well with Krell. | |
| Renting Cables??? I agree with buying used on AudiogoN and reselling the ones that won't work out. That is what I do basically. | |
| Renting Cables??? Audio Advisor has a 30 day return policy.www.audioadvisor.com | |
| Criminy, I've reached 300 threads EEK!!! I am with Bob. I count 1775 for me. Woops, this thread is 1776!! (Very patriotic !!) Glad I have a secondary system in my home office on the opposite wall as this computer. | |
| Why bi-wiring is bad Bob is right. There is no right or wrong answer. Every system is different. The only difficulty to overcome is the belief that there is one right answer. | |
| 20th Anniversary of CD Today My first CD player was in 1986-87; an Onkyo. I still kept buying vinyl until 1990, which is when they cut off the supply. I remember 1990 was also when BMG force me to switch to their CD club, because the record club was being discontinued. | |
| Is there an easy to use vcr? Get a VCR with "VCR+". Have you ever noticed the six digit numbers in the TV listings in the newspaper or TV Guide? They are the VCR+ numbers. You just enter those six numbers on the remote and it automatically programs the VCR for you.They also a... | |
| Retail pricing in classified ads Vrsola, the original BC86 Noisehound sold originally for about $350, so that listing was actually low. Prices do drop many times. An original IBM PC sold for over $2000 in 1982. The first basic consumer VCRs sold for $999.95 | |
| Mahler...OK I'm hooked Bruno Walter's recording of the 9th with the Columbia Symphony is very good. It is a 2 LP set Y2-30308.For the 4th, look for Szell conducting Cleveland with Judith Raskin on CBS MY-37225.If you can handle CD, then the new recordings by Ben Zander ... | |
| How do I merge home theater into my 2 chan setup? There is nothing wrong with watching 2 channel movies, or 2.1 if you add a sub. | |
| Regarding a review in the Aug '02 Stereophile... From my vantage point where most reviewers fail is in the awareness that all cables and components are in many ways system specific. They don't seem to consider system synergy. They all list the system they use in their review, but they associate ... | |
| Good moving magnet or cheap moving coil A good moving magnet is the Shure V15VxMR. Excellent tracking ability as well. | |
| Any opinions on NAD quality? The biggest problems I have heard about over the years is the NAD CD players. Skipping, locking up, jams, and other transport issues the biggest complaints.http://www.audioreview.com/CD,Players/NAD,C540/PRD_117008_1586crx.aspxhttp://www.audiorevie... |