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Is the B&W Signature 805 less harsh than the N805?
Larry just compensate with wire that is rolled off and some tubes that are half dead and then all would be perceived as musical. Oh, how about some sorbathane footers and a Richard Gray power conditioner to really quiet things down.Tom 
I need more Funk
Nrchy thats about as funky as Peter,Paul and Mary..Check out George Clinton.. he doesn't look a thing like Bill Clinton though their appetite for women are about the same..The Parliament Funkadelic performances are legendary in time and scope. Som... 
cones under your tube amps??
I am not a manufacturer,just a Starsound dealer..Before I became a dealer I had a buddy who was looking for a new amp to replace his Conrad Johnson that was driving his Thiels. I lent him a Sistrum Sp1 to put under his Conrad,he thanked me and tol... 
A difficult LP reproduction question
The Grado family of cartridge builders have been around for 50 years..I think John Grado took over from Joe who was in the first group to be inducted into the Audio Hall of Fame. Anyway the family has been around and doing cartridges since the ear... 
The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test
Remember who's speakers are hanging so they are never properly time aligned. All net gains previous to the speakers would be masked by hysteresis distortion..Tom 
Current Trends in multi thousand dollar speakers
I use to sell the Hegeman model one speaker...back in the early 70's....I think thats what it was called. It did have a metal cone woofer mounted at the top on an angle with the tweeter mounted separately above the woofer dust cap. The tweeter I b... 
Digital Direct TV vs HD via Cable
The best picture is over the air HD and its free..Hd network off air decoded thru a sat box looks better than cable network hd..At a store I ran we could abcd Direct TV, Dish, Insight cable, and off air hd going thru the tv's built in hd tuner..Tom 
Digital Direct TV vs HD via Cable
Hey Warren ..I had both cable and sat at the same time.. and now I have only one. And its not cable..Tom 
Breakthrough Evidence of the Beatle's Genius?
I use to play a very good air guitar, hold hands with my friends, pass sum nature about and hope the world to be a nicer place. Now I only hope for the world to be a nicer place and have my daughters carry on in peacefull coherence..Music was at t... 
Mix & Match Interconnects
Band-Aid..At no point did you hear the intrinsic sound of any single cable.Tom 
Mix & Match Interconnects
All one cable all one voice.. Internal and external..Sonoran Plateau cable thru out.........Tom 
Sistrum or Neuance or...?
Oh yea, Who is the pin headed poster? Tom 
Sistrum or Neuance or...?
Mhu I have a rack to prove it..Sistrum rack that is..Tom 
Integration of JM Lab SW900 and Micro Utopia Be
My Caravelles are now broken in and set up so their stage size and quality is larger than my heavily upgraded Dunlavy SC4's..Even though the Caravelles appear to be flat to about 35hz in my room, I still use a pair of subs..The subs are currently ... 
Why do digital cables sound different?
As there are in power cords great differences are to be heard in digital cables..Much to do about time and phase coherency. Tom