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| Buying from Canada a hassle for you too? Riffer, I can bear witness to an American buyer's being charged on a shipment from Canada. The items in question were a pair of monoblock amps and the charges, which included duty, taxes and brokerage, came to about 10% of the sale amount. The car... | |
| Buying from Canada a hassle for you too? Canada Post is the best bet if you want a shot at a duty-free transaction. The other carriers are sure to charge you any applicable duty (about 6 per cent) plus fees. Ground shipping will delay your package, though. Be prepared to practice patienc... | |
| Reliable tube integrated for $1000 The Audio Space AS-3i. It may be a little over your limit but not much. It's a very good-sounding EL34 integrated with 3 inputs, user-selectable feedback and front panel triode/ultralinear switch. Easy to bias too; and looks cute. | |
| Top 5 recievers of the 70's and 80's ???? One of the better-sounding of the day was the Harman Kardon HK930. | |
| Obscure companies making excellent speakers? North Creek Music.Kits and systems. Unique designs (near-wall specific monitors, ribbons). Fanatically high-grade crossovers. Innovative work copied by others. Very rare to find any North Creek speakers used.http://www.northcreekmusic.com/ | |
| bookshelf speaker choice If you can build a kit I suggest you look into the North Creek Spirit or Okara in a Lee Taylor cabinet.http://www.northcreekmusic.com/ | |
| Upgrade bedroom system I am using (front-ported, 91 dB) Triangle Titus ES in my bedroom and they work well against the wall. However you may not need their sensitivity, depending on your amp (mine is a 16WPC triode push-pull) and the size of your room.So if I were looki... | |
| Your ears and mood.. Spaz, maybe not Great Northern, I'm not so sure I'd want a great-sounding toaster. It would be a DIY job ideal for my own skill level, actually. I could use the upgraded unit for cable burn-in. | |
| Your ears and mood.. Sure I've noticed a difference. If I can't relax and open up, I can't enjoy the music. Sometimes the music will relax me, but only if I'm ready for it. Sometimes I have to stop a listening session and go for a walk, or do my tax return, before I c... | |
| Best recording labels for orchestral music Mrtennis, I have to agree with you that Pierre Verany is a very good bet. Always really good recordings and IMHO the performances are often first-class as well. Nothing wrong with the other labels you also mention but I have been consistently plea... | |
| Headroom ultra microdac, Benchmark Dac1 or other? The Apogee Mini-DAC has a very good headphone jack FWIW. To me it sounds best run off a battery supply using the XLR outputs. I have not compared it with the Benchmark or the Stello. | |
| Accidental improvement in performance...cheap IMHO what you tried was really a "quick and dirty" bass trap. I had something similar happen when I put a big bag of pink fiberglass (in the unopened bag) in the corner nearest my rack. Esthetically horrible but acoustically nice. So now I think y... | |
| Battery nirvana SOTA units, sorry, dunno. At the top of their price point units: I know one. The Apogee Mini-DAC runs off a battery and sounds very good indeed that way. | |
| Best recording labels for orchestral music Mrtennis, just a thought. I've found some of my Glossas to be on the bright side. One of Guerrero motets is the most noticeable. In your opinion, do Glossas seem to be balanced a bit brighter than the Klaviers and Harmonia Mundis, or is there no d... | |
| Where to get protective cups for under spikes? Heavily loaded spikes can pierce small change. In Canada we go up to two dollars and I've tried them all. (Took out the toonies before they got holed, I couldn't stand to watch it happen.)As of now I'm using Herbie's Large Grounding Bases, good fe... |