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| Are there any albums you consider perfect? I 2nd Hotel California | |
| Which inexpensive ic's cables worth checking out? I also have had great success with the MAC Ultra Silver Plus RCA Cables.The Black Mountain cables are also good and their XLR(balanced) cables are a great value.While they are not inexpensive,The Granite Audio IC cables are the best I have heard a... | |
| How much does CD player affect overall sound? A system is only as good as its weakest link.Each component,the cables,positioning,and the room are all important as is the symmetry of all put together.Linn always felt that the earliest components in the chain were the most important(the table w... | |
| Which to use? Grado Sonata or Ortofon Bronze Both are excellent cartridges.The Grado has a "rounder" sound while the Bronze is more detaled.I prefer the bronze. | |
| Smallest speakers that ROCK Try the Usher bookshelf speakers.The 718 be are terrific and the little S-520 rock as well.The AAD 2001(designed by Phil Jones)are exceptional,as are his older Platinum Audio Solo speakers. | |
| Best floorstanding speakers less than $500 It's now TSO Sound and Vision.Used to be The Stereo Trading Outlet(in Jenkintown,PA) | |
| Benz Wood SH vs Clearaudio Maestro Wood Cartridge I've owned the Benz 2HO in the past and currently have the Maestro Wood mounted on my Acoustic Signature Manfred Table.The Clearaudio is clearly(no pun intended) the best cartrdge that I have owned.Honorable mentions(for high output cartridges) go... | |
| Best floorstanding speakers less than $500 The Wharfedales are very nice for the money.TSTO sells the 9.4 for $299.They also sell the Mordaunt Short MS-914 for less than $400.I have the 902 bookshelf version (in my wife's sitting room) and they look and sound great! The MS speakers do feat... | |
| Ortofon 2M Red Not Happy Need advice try the Blue or Bronze.Both are wonderful!Larry | |
| SACD playback the DAC I don't know of any external DAC that supports SACD playback.A few HT receivers now support SACD(DSD)playback via HDMI.If your SACD player has coax or toslink out,you can connect to a DAC like the Cambridge or Benchmark for redbook CD playback but... | |
| Good Cartridge Match for a Thorens TD166 Mk II I've used a number of vintage Thorens tables over the years.I currently own a TD 166 MK II.I've tried Ortofon OM-30 Super,LM-20,X5-MC and 2M Blue cartridges with very good to excellent results.I love the Blue and the X5-MC is my favorite(also the ... | |
| Cartridge Upgrade for NAD 533 I've had good luck wth Ortofon OM series cartridges on Rega and Rega based systems.The OM 30 would work well with large Advents which can sound rolled-off in the high frequencies | |
| recommendations for a sub $2000 cdp I love my JAS Musik 1.2!!! | |
| I could cry Been there,didn't kill the cat,replaced the albums,cat sitting on lap purring as I listen. | |
| Subs for coners or built-in sub inside speakers I've always had difficulty blending a corner sub(s) into my systems.This is especially true for listening to music(as opposed to movies).I use Canton Karat M 70's with their sidefiring unpowered woofers in my main theater system(no sub).Despite ma... |