theduke
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| bi wire or not to bi wire It's very speaker dependent. Some speakers show little or no improvement with bi-wiring. I've read Vandersteen's respond to bi-wiring.With my Polk LSi9's the improvement is huge. The speakers open up greatly with a larger, more detailed midrange. ... | |
| Who is the WORST Audio Shop? Csontos:I could not disagree more with you about "In House Stereo Repair". I've been dealing with them for close to ten years and each and every time they have repaired my equipment promptly and at too fair a price.Last time around, I foolishly bl... | |
| What equipment do you most regret parting with?? Berning EA-230 driving Chartwell LS3/5a. I deeply regret selling that combo. What was I thinking? Both have appreciated in value, as well. | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. Bose 201 series. | |
| Who is the WORST Audio Shop? Years ago, there was a shop on the Upper East Side in NYC that wanted a $50 deposit to audition equipment! | |
| Amp repair...What to expect. I have a Bedini amplifier that needed to have one channel rebuilt. It took months for that Bedini house sound to return. Be patient. | |
| Underrated jazz greats Elmo Hope | |
| Warm, lush and smooth interconnect help At the very reasonable price level, I would consider the Audioquest King Cobra and the (gasp!) Monster M1000i. Really! | |
| Thoughts on very cheap speaker cables DIY should be encouraged, not discouraged. Cost should not the issue. The joy and satisfaction of doing it yourself cannot be overestimated. Like an audiophile from the 50's, go for it! | |
| Monster X-Terminator Source? The Audioquest spade to banana adaptor is good! | |
| Best FM antenna around $50 I've used the indoor antenna from Lake and consider it the second best indoor antenna. First is the Ccrane FM Reflect dipole which gave me greater signal strength and positioning flexibility. I have also tried one of those Radio Shack amplified an... | |
| Rita Wilson-"AM/FM" I agree with Rar1 but she sure is nice to look at!Did you see her on CNN's Pierce Morgan show plugging the new album? | |
| Element Signature Cables I have a three foot pair of their "Silver Serenade" interconnect which is a phenomenal $129 pure silver cable. The "Silver Serenade" is extremely close in performance to the much costlier Moon-Audio "Silver Dragon" which I also own.So, my guess is... | |
| ARC SP-6 Warmup time It is not normal. I once had an SP-6C. The mute clicked off in about 2m.15s. Have it checked out! | |
| NYC Axpona Audio Show report Axpona did not produce this show. I believe it was a British outfit, the Chester Group. |