swampwalker
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| Cat owner wants speakers Bob gives good advice, but another consideration would be Merlin VSM-MMs. Grills start about 23" off floor, finish is a studio krinkle like coating which is less likely to get scratched, but smooth enough not to invite clawing, and new SBAM gives ... | |
| Speaker Choice for Almarro 318B Your room is moderate sized and if you want anything close to realistic levels, I would try and stay with 90 dB or higher. Just as important as overall efficiency is the impedence curve. Are there any frequencies at which the impedence drops signi... | |
| Getting HD cable signal to Infocus X-1 projector You ARE missing a major improvement in PQ for HD channels. You will need some kind of transcoder or video processor to go from component to VGA. Check Key Digital among others. | |
| Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer OK, ran a search, the Blue Smoke at least seems to be semi-vaporware; not yet available, no marketing material, no hard cost; pre-sales to a few select individuals. | |
| Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer Anyone know how much the Exemplar or the Blue Smoke servier costs? Or where to get more info? | |
| Two subs, yes or no? You will have to experiment for sure, but the idea of asymmetrical placment is to (theoretically) help with room modes. If both the balanced and RCA variable outs are active, that will help, but you may have to compensate for differential gain via... | |
| Hard Drive/Computer Audio at the SHOW and CES Hack- Fair enough but I read there was going to be a lot of new computer/hard drive/memory audio stuff at the SHOW and CES, like Wavelength, new VRS stuff, new USB DAC's,I don't see anything here that mentions I-pods or lossy compression. I've nev... | |
| Hard Drive/Computer Audio at the SHOW and CES You know, Hack, that elitist attitude of yours is contributing to the death of high end. There are quite a few here that are interested in a very high quality music server. The OP did not say anything about mp3s or Ipods. And not all source materi... | |
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist Ronnie Earl anyone? Not making a judgment as to the best, but he certainly needs to mentioned among the current generation. | |
| How did you get into vinyl? Because they stopped making shellac records! | |
| Am I getting it all? What is the output of the cart and how much gain does your phono stage have? With a passive pre, that might be an issue. Also what is your digital gear that you are comparing it to? | |
| Suggestions for a pre amp with HT passthrough? All info above is correct; HT bypass is convenient but not required. Be careful however if you go with the unity gain on the conventional pre route. If you forget and switch over to a music mode, its likely that unit gain will produce a very loud ... | |
| choice of pre amp I have heard the Calypso and the LL Deluxe head to head and the Calypso is better. Also pls consider First Sound Dlx at the low end of your price range and a VAC Ren at the upper end. | |
| Sending audio cables to Europe If you are a business or can ship from a business BAX Global is the way to go. Fedex and UPS are VERY expensive. USPS might even be a way to go. Cables pretty hard to damage with any reasonable packing, so you are mostly concerned about loss in te... | |
| Two subs, yes or no? If the pre-amp has variable line outs, there will be a left and a right. In that case, if you run one direct to each of a pair of subs, they would be a stereo pair. However, the pix of the rear apron of your mcd201 here (http://www.mcintoshlabs.co... |