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| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? Last week, I went to pick up a subwoofer from a guy that I had bought it from via an online forum. He lives in a huge huge mansion in an exclusive neighborhood. He makes a living by designing hi end cable for the Pentagon. I thought he he would be... | |
| What music or equipment gifts did you get for Christmas this year? I’m restoring a 1865 brick townhouse, and the “gift” I will eventually have this spring is the atelier being turned into my home office/studio/listening room. It it will be insulated with Roxul: the walls with 6” and the ceiling with 14”. Instead ... | |
| Speaker distance I would say “it depends...” but as a general rule, I divide the distance between the two walls on either side by three, mark the two spots, stick the speakers there and then move them back ‘n forth until I got the spots. For example, a 21 ft wide ... | |
| aluminum platter vs Acrylic not what I thought For what it’s worth:I owned a VPI HW MK II for 30 years. I decided to upgrade and called VPI to find out why the changes in design philosophy: belt vs direct, acrylic vs aluminum etc. HW himself got in the phone and said - to his credit - don’t wa... | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 My Julius Futterman OTL3s are circa early 1980s. I recently had them converted from pentode to triode, and replaced all the caps with Jensen foil oil caps. They were tuned to my Altec 694Cs and to my room. I cannot imagine anything sounding signif... | |
| high-efficiency loudspeakers Ken Shindo gets the hammer green color that he uses in some of his amps from the Altec Lansing 604C. He actually once used a pair of 604Cs in a pair of floor standing cabinets that were being sold for $33,000 in a Manhattan audio salon, maybe two ... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? “Efficiency just isn't as important as it used to be.”This is not my entire argument about efficiency, but as someone who is insulating his 2200 sq ft home to the point that you can heat it with a hair drier, efficiency definitely matters for reas... | |
| Cable Survey I’m continually amazed that this controversy somehow manages to continue to rage on and on. The founder of Minster Cable himself said that his product was created because of marketing research that showed that Hi Fi buffs are gullible enough to ac... | |
| What direction is VPI headed? I owned a VPI HW MKII for almost 30 years. I thought it time to upgrade, but I was confused by the changes in the design philosophy. I called VPI and asked Harry about the Classic: why the switch from clamps to acrylic to aluminum and no clamps?He... | |
| Wilsons are the best speakers in the world Imho people hear differently from each other. Once a speaker hits a certain point on the performance curve, it's almost entirely subjective. | |
| Moving a 5,000 vinyl LP collection safely REPORT: Mission accomplished, I think: though I have yet to open any of the boxes, everything seems to have made it and made it safely.The move of all of our stuff required two 27 ft trucks. I also did two runs with a 9 ft u haul cargo van. Still ... | |
| Moving a 5,000 vinyl LP collection safely Thank you all for your advice! Much appreciated. Where we seem to be netting out:— Yeah, records used to be shipped in vast quantities to record stores - remember record stores? - in all kinds of conditions, many probably far worse than this. But ... | |
| Moving a 5,000 vinyl LP collection safely It's a 65 mile move, two hours, in 83 degree temp, from NYC going north to the Hudson Valley. Cars can get hot very quickly in those temps. I have no experience with trucks with no windows.I finished packing. It is 68 boxes, not including the 4 of... | |
| Moving a 5,000 vinyl LP collection safely Well, I can go as far as a refrigerated truck. Craig Moerer's staff suggested that might be overkill.Thank you though! | |
| Moving a 5,000 vinyl LP collection safely lostbears, I got my boxes from staples in a pack of 25, they were around 1.30 each but overnight shipping was free. |