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| LP Cleaning brush Second on the MoFi/Miracle Type brushes. The VPI brush always concerned me too. | |
| Choosing a new turntable I have an LP12 and am very happy with but about yr or so ago I considered a new table and the one that caught my eye was the Avid Diva II. I looked at the Clearaudio, VPI (although the classic wasn't out then),Rega and Project. There is no Avid de... | |
| Can tube rolling change bass? I might add that a change in speaker cable can assist in adding incremental bass as well. As mentioned earlier I noticed an increase in bass. Let me add that the bass was tighter and somewhat deeper. It was NOT and increase thatcreated a totally n... | |
| Can tube rolling change bass? On my ARC LS26 I changed OEM tubes for BAT Supertube DR and increased bass and also brought midrange into the light more. I would expect you can get the same results with the right tube. | |
| Audio Research Amp/Pre matching Go with a REF3 or and LS26, I have the LS26 and would like to upgrade to the REF3 when the $$$ matches the dream. AlsoARC is doing some upgrades to the REF3 , I assume the knowledge they gained in producing the REF5 has revealed some circuitry/com... | |
| returning vinyl for warpage? You don't say where you purchased them. But if they came packaged together maybe they were poorly packed and that caused the warp. Also maybe they have a record flattner that so many of the record stores sell. | |
| How to protect the wood finish of speakers. Bees wax is the best I have found. Liquid Gold can tend to dry out and require more applications. I have switched to a bees' wax product and buff it it lightly between applications. And as a accasional measure I use a citrus cleaner to remove any ... | |
| Is it CD or SACD? Your player should tell you what layer it is playing. Most SACD players I have owned will default to the SACD layer. See what the manual tells you. Also some have a little LED that lights up when it is playing and SACD or Redbook to indicate which... | |
| Best Paradigm Fronts to complete system Check with paradigm and see what model will voice match your center the best. Voice matching is especially crucial acroos the front to left. | |
| Sound before picture problem It is processor speed differences between thye krell and the dtv box. The Hdmi is delivering both as a simultanioussignal both A and V. When using the digital out to the Krell it has a different speed which sounds a bit slower than the HDMI signal... | |
| Moby concert and ear damage? I have pretty much quit going to in door concerts for that reason. I am kucky that I live an hour from Red Rocks and most of the artists I want to see want to play Red Rocks.I think the open arenas eliminate compression that createhigh decibles an... | |
| another break in question In my experience I find that break in is best when useing a full range of frequencies. Do you have a Cardas break-in disc or similar. I usually let it play on repeat a few time between listening sessions. | |
| MAC Autoformers? I think that the McIntosh autoformer is utilized for a number of reasons. I have had a few amps with and a few without. The ones with sound better than those without, IMO. The cost, weight and size of the autoformer is probably the main reason McI... | |
| Linn kurate vs. Ayre CX-5 and -5 MP I own the ayre C5xe-mp and at one time considered the Linn Unidisk 1.1 as my dealer sold both. At the time he wanted to make a very good deal in the Unidisk. The Ayre was pre-mp upgrade and I liked bothe. At the time the Linn seemed to bring out m... | |
| best speaker wire for buck Depends on your budget on what you can wind up with. The type4 is a good wire for the money. What length do you need? If 8 footers will work call UsedCable and see what they have in their lending library. You pay shipping but you get wires that ar... |