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| Isolation Feet Recommendation for Equipment Rack Locking wheels are convenient. | |
| In wall speakers recommendations. Thiel Power Planes: THIEL Audio | PowerPlane 1.2 | |
| What do you think is the best power-amp between B&W speakers and Chord DAVE Classe'? | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? @grislybutter, I wasn’t thinking about comparisons to US labor costs, but rather those countries that are specifically sought out for cheap labor costs and perhaps sometimes even considered slave labor. The wide variety offered might be due to a s... | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? I suspect part of the reason why B&W’s seem expensive is because of their British manufacture. Labor costs are not as cheap as in other lands. And then there’s the extra cost of transatlantic shipping, and the additional cost of middle men to ... | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? WNEW-NYCWBGO-NYCWKCR-NYCWFMU-NYC | |
| VANDERSTEEN model 2CE Signature...or ...SNELL Type D ? In the right room; it’s Vandy’s for me. And the Vandy’s work great with McCormack. | |
| Recommendations for Speakers that can be used close to the rear wall. I’m of the opinion that speakers placed directly against a wall are particularly well suited for DSP room correction, As the direct sound and reflected sound is nearly identical, one avoids the weird afflictions that happen to the direct sound as ... | |
| Greatest Songwriter of all time Caveat; I seem to prefer music without lyrics. The names that immediately jumped to mind, and interestingly (maybe not?) in this order:Tom WaitsBob DylanBruce Springsteenand maybe Jackson Browneoh, John Fogerty could sure lay down a hookMind you, ... | |
| Recommendations for Speakers that can be used close to the rear wall. Also; some LInns, Gradients, Thiel Powerpoints, Vandersteen VSM-1's. I'm sure there are others. Some of the above might best be used with sub-woofers. | |
| Two Cables From One? Modifying the cable could compromise the resale value. I would suggest reaching out to the manufacturer and inquire as to whether they would provide this service for you. | |
| Replacement drivers for Thiel speakers I would first try Rob at the above linked coherentsourceservice.com, if that doesn't work I would consider having the tweeter repaired by Bill LeGall at: Millersound Speaker Refoaming, Speaker Reconing and Repair Services Bill is well respecte... | |
| Krell FPB 300cx or Now? I haven’t heard the Constellation. IMHO, the only amps I’ve heard that might be clearly better are the Gryphons. At much higher costs. I can’t imagine what similar maintenance might cost if you had to send it to Denmark. I suggest holding onto th... | |
| Are Pre-Amps necessary? While I’m very much in favor of the consumer friendly policy of sticking to standards, I’m not sure that many of the benefits of balanced couldn’t still be realized if they weren’t exactly so. I think the best way to delete the pre is to go direct... | |
| HDCD Perhaps, I’m mistaken, but I thought the HDCD technology was licensed to other chip manufacturers. |