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| Best turntable/cartridge combo for $700-$750 Go the extra bucks and purchase a refurb Marnatz (e. g. Clearaudio) The accessories for less web site will give you great pricing. It comes with a matched $800 clearaudio cartridge. | |
| Shelf Help Lovan Rack Kill the glass completely. Go with wood. Sound on glass rings, rings. | |
| best inexpensive tube integrated looked for a used cayin, great sound with klipsch, great value. Since you do not need much power the 50's should work at well. | |
| Modded Oppo 983 Hopefully ASI can bring the price down to $1K so we call can enjoy the unit. | |
| Best Preamp $2,000.00 budget anything from Audio Research, used are always good values, sound good and have high resale value. | |
| speaker recommendations? Ear speakers, better known as 'headphones'. This should be your first stop, no room treatment problems. After that, find a dealer that does speaker loans'. Most will do so if you are looking for something small. Invest in a good pair of stands, th... | |
| Large room fix Steady now, as others have advised, tweak the room. Avoid thinking of any equipment changes, especially the purchased kind. | |
| Do I really want the musicians in my room? You are experienceing IOS, better known as the In Out Syndrome. Cure is easy, go to Home Depot and buy 12 gauge cable. Works all the time. The money saved can be used to up grade from beer to jack daniels. | |
| Great systems in butt-ugly rooms Ugly means the wife, or other significant other, will spend little time in the room checking out your latest purchase. Be grateful. And yes, ugly does not mean the romm will be acoustically dificent. | |
| Connections on Supex Cartridges For the price of a Supex, I think it is outrangeous that they do not color code. Often these high end sellers love to make life difficult for 'members of the cult'. | |
| How to explain our obsessions to the uninitiated? Often the best way to play the 'better' game is to put tubes into the discussion. Many people who asked me that question became truly amazed when first exposed to tubes. | |
| Integrated for ProAc isc I used Marantz Esotec MA 5's monoblocks for a while with great results. These were Class A, 30 watts. For awhile I was bi-amp them. Sound was great. Currently use tube mono blocks. Sound is a little bit better in that warmth has taken over. | |
| Which Davies' Kind of Blue CD sounds better? If you have a center channel, and can play multi channel SACD's go for the SACD hybrid. | |
| Old tube amp? Go for a used cayin, 88 or 70. You will be pleased and the bank account intact. | |
| How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks? mercy of the engineers? Add to that the mercy of all others in the production chain. I have Miles/Blue in all media, reel, lp, cassette, cd, sacd, sacd hybird. I know no eight track, but hey some has to be missing.It never amazes me that all can s... |