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| Audible Illusions Preamp AI preamps can sound a little "shut-in" if the capacitor bypass switches are set to "in". To my ears, best sound is achieved with those capacitors set to "out" which results in better high frequency extension and air. | |
| Lexicon BD-30 universal player Didn't Lexicon do this once before? Didn't Stereophile once report that a Lexicon universal dvd player measured the same as a budget Pioneer universal dvd player? | |
| AR highend equipment by Cello AR=Acoustic ResearchARC-Audio Research CorporationAt least, that's how they used to do it back in the 80's and 90's in the Sunday New York Times classified. That was before the internet and Audiogon and Audioreview.Also, it the intervening years t... | |
| Denon 1650AZ v Sony SCD XA 777ES I believe the AZ has 24 bit dacs rather than the 20 bit dacs in the AR version. AZ model was never sold in the USA much to my consternation. My suggestion is to go with a 24 bit DAC like the Cambridge or Benchmark. The Denon DCD-1650AR is a terrif... | |
| Best Record Store In New York Is Colony Records still in business?J&R Musicworld is the last "full catalog" record store in NYC. Sad! | |
| How large is your music collection? 1800 cds. About 500 lps down from about 1000. | |
| Power Strip Question - PLEASE HELP Dlcockrum is right. You need a conditioner with duplexes which are separate from each other. A perfect choice would be a PS Audio Quintet. Plug your components into each separate power duplex. Plug your non audio stuff into a power strip and plug ... | |
| The Cyclicality of Black Vs Silver That Audio Research silver faceplate; there's something iconic about it. I think it's the American standard for hi-fi equipment styling. Kind of like the Coca-Cola logo. | |
| Favourite ECM Titles No one has mentioned Meredith Monk or Eva Bitova. | |
| Homegrown Audio HGA I've been using the original version of the Silver Lace interconnect since 2001 and am very pleased with it. It is not bright. Since then I've tried Moon-Audio Silver Dragon and find it a bit better. But I haven't heard the recent versions of HGA ... | |
| Acoustat 2+2 : CJ 2500A or Simaudio W 5 ? Try a Bedini amp. You can find various models at reasonable prices here on Audiogon. I use a Bedini 150/150 mk.II with my Acoustat 1+1 and it sounds great! It rivals my $3000+ tube amp. | |
| Buying SACDs in NYC, suggestions please... J&R Music World, Park Row, near the World Trade Center site. Good prices! | |
| Seeking opinions of C.Crane FM Reflect Antenna It's all about your particular reception envoirement. I live in a ground floor aptartment and the ccrane Reflect worked better for me than the Magnum whip and ribbon antennae. | |
| signal cable magicpower and digital reference.... The digital reference is a cool sounding cable and takes a bit of time to break in. Signal cable's other digital power cable at a lower price now called the MagicPower Video Reference is warmer and may be a better choice for your dac. I use it wit... | |
| Recommendations for a "mid-fi" digital coax cable? The plain ol' copper Signal Cable digital coax is suprisingly good! For something like $30 and a 30 day home trial, you can't go wrong. |