swampwalker
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| Kondo, Zanden, CJ, Ref 5? Pre w/ Pure Tonal Color? Given the level of $ you are talking about, you might also want to consider the Doshi Alaap. Nick makes some line stage only units (did not see TT in your gear list). With the current economic woes, I have seen used come up for sale a few times in... | |
| Integration with external hard drive Maybe start w the tutorial at computeraudiophile.com? As far as I know, you will need a network player of some kind, but there are much more knowledgeable people over there. BTW, there are significant improvements to be gained in overall sound as ... | |
| Setting up monoblocks Well, you can do whatever you want, it will work either way. However, you will not get "surround" sound if that is what you are looking unless you feed one amp w front signal from an AV processor/pre and one amp w the rear. Also make sure that you... | |
| Help a confused newbie build his first setup... Isn't Sound by Singer no longer (at least as a B&M retailer?) | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? The irony about "simple" designs, with fewer parts, etc, is that it really requires some design chops to execute a great, simple circuit and I suspect it requires a master like Nelson Pass to design some great First Watt and XA.5 amps with such ap... | |
| What I learned on Audiogon This Year Underpants????How did I miss that one? | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . one rarely hears "bloom" from a recording done in a studio.I believe that this is one of the reasons why as the quality of recordings made outside of a studio and the low level resolution of my system have both improved, I find myself drawn to "re... | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . Frogman's description of bloom and the sound of real instruments in a real performance is awesome. Great stuff!!! I'd just like to add that these qualities are rarely present in a studio recording. It does not have to be "live" recording but if th... | |
| Best Towers Under $1500 for beginner system I'm pretty surprised that no one has suggested Vandersteen. You could get 2ce signatures -- one of the most successful speaker designs of all time -- used in your price rangeAgree w Dawgfish except for one thing, OP says his musical tastes run to ... | |
| Help a confused newbie build his first setup... Have to take issue w jdmobrow'sGet out to some decent stores and listen to some systems to get an idea of the type of sound you like....Look for good deals on used gear.If you buy used at 'net prices you can invest your time to read reviews and li... | |
| Why are my B&W 803D speaks feel bright The 803Ds can sound very very good indeed when driven by very good tube amps. I would recommend the best amp and pre-amp you can afford. | |
| 12ax7 tubes can be enterchanged with xxx tubes? The most thorough discussion of tube equivalents can be found at Joe's Tube Lore on audio asylum. | |
| Need to downsize Isoclean for LCd tv and H Theater I read it that way, too. | |
| Christmass And Merry Christmas to you, too, Nubby!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| Christmass Happy Hannuchrismakwanzakah to all!!!! Looks like CT's white Christmas is coming about 36 hrs late. Forecast is for 6-12" (or more) of blowing, drifting snow for Sunday afternoon. Time to hunker down w family and friends, a good bourbon, and my fl... |