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| Worst remote nomination... Interesting to see the old odometer slowly rack up on this thread. I hope the manufacturers are reading it...The remotes you love to hate. | |
| Ring fly wheel stabilizer vs none. sirspeedy,Implicit in your message is that the risk of using these rings outweighs the benefits of using them. Obviously this is a value judgement which not everyone will share.You also assume that using a "regular clamp" has less risk associated ... | |
| Best Cd Player under $100,000 If you can squeeze your budget up to $200k I might be willing to custom make one for you. | |
| Vinyl Reason All these descrete answers span quite a continuum. | |
| entry level cables and Audioholics Trelja and Jax2 have good advice. Invest your money in the other parts of your system. Amplification is a good place to start for what you have. | |
| Could somebody please explain To the Bartok lovers that responded here: Anyone live in the SF Bay area? Want to have a Bartok fest? Bring over your best vinyl for a spin? Drop me an email. | |
| Could somebody please explain Musical taste is so varied and personal. I love Bartok but I know that most of the time it will clear the room. A member of our audio club loves Free Jazz but knows from experience that one cut is enough when we all get together. My eighteen-year-... | |
| Best Quality Recording On Vynil Yes. Agree with much of what is stated above. It really depends on what "quality" you value. It's a very subjective word.Some would say that the 45rpm reissue of the "Firebird Suite" is one of the greatest symphonic recordings on vinyl. I think th... | |
| Vinyl Reason Much as I try to avoid vinyl, it's the sound. | |
| Top 5 Best audiophile tracks to test equipment Beethoven's 9th by Karajan (1961-62) (Tone, male voice, imaging, congestion)Brahms' Violin Concerto by Szeryng (Violin tone, separation of woodwinds)Train Song by Holly Cole (Low-mid frequency balance, imaging and ambient detail)Something by Eva C... | |
| Turntable Hum Did this hum get fixed? | |
| Why I love analog, part II Yes, I identify. Much of my love of music come from these old recordings and ancient audio reproduction systems. Glad to see it transcends the "ages". | |
| Tube amp suggestions-Dunlavy IVA I use a Wavestream Kinetics Stereo V8 to drive my SC-IVA's. The V8 has four GE6550A's per channel to produce about 125wpc. It drives the IVA's to concert levels in my 17 foot by 30 foot listening room. | |
| 60 WPC sufficient power? Can't answer your question directly but might put a finer point on it.According to the specs, the Monitor Audio S8's will produce 91 dB of sound at 1 meter given 1 watt. At 60 watts the sound pressure would be about 109 dB at 1m. At 2m (6.6 ft) it... | |
| recommended redbook classics For an instant classical redbook collection why not just order all of the recently remastered/reissued 20 "RCA Living Stereo" and 5 "Mercury Living Presence" SACD/CD hybrids? There are all great.Go to the link http://www.elusivedisc.com/and search... |