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| Best Rock Video - Sound Quality and Content Audio and video of Stop Making Sense on DVD is excellent. Among the best, especially as a total package of sound, picture, performance, direction, photography, and content. My other favorite is Rolling Stones Live to the Max, which is a transfer f... | |
| SimAudio Intergrated I auditioned the Forest in a similar-sized room with Sim electronics and thought they were a good match. With a 5080 you won't chip paint, but in a nearfield setup it will get the job done. Definitely not a warm, liquid or euphonic sound, but if y... | |
| Tice power conditioner My experience was that their newer products were not as good as the older ones, although the Solo was a terrific product at a modest price point. I still have one of the early Power Blocks. I tried out one of the newer "III" versions that was "pas... | |
| Audio Room Size ??? This is a golden and rare opportunity. I recommend that you spend some of your budget on a consultation with a good acoustics firm or consultant. I have no stake in it, but I got a lot of good advice from ASC to tune the room I was working on, and... | |
| Need some help with speaker stands You can't make a mistake with Sound Anchors. Solid, simple, strong, custom made for no extra charge, good customer service, and high WAF. I'm not a shill, just a satisfied customer (3x). | |
| would this Deter you from buying used gear???? I am genuinely encouraged by the sensitivities displayed above by twl, asa, slipknot and others. This is seriously Orwellian stuff (more than Hegelian, if you ask me, since I think Hegel was interested in finding truth through dialectics, but I di... | |
| Pink Floyd FINALLY Releases Live At Pompeii For years I waited for a DVD release. Two months ago I broke down and bought the tape! I will buy the DVD nonetheless. I think it's a phenomenal film because it catches the band at a very crucial moment in their career, and the concept of playing ... | |
| Skipping CD's I just got my Karik III back from Linn. It was skipping just as Ajpat describes. The dealer was not optimistic, as he said that parts unavailability is killing older Kariks. But Linn fixed it and sent it back in 10 days, including shipping, for $2... | |
| Madrigal Mark Levinson out of business. The Ford example makes my point pretty well. I drove an early 70's E-type and a recent XK8, and I can tell you that the only resemblance is the hood ornament. The new car is just a better Mustang. I also owned an early 70's 911 and a drove a recen... | |
| Madrigal Mark Levinson out of business. Perhaps another example of how high end and big business cannot coexist. I've thought HK has done an unusually good job in recent years, actually, of not messing up ML, but it seems impossible to take the labor of love that is essential to genuine... | |
| Which speakers excel at low volume? I would second Stenho's suggestion that this is as much (or more) an amplifier question as a speaker question. For example, I would try something that runs pure Class A for at least 5W. I also think that power conditioning can make a huge differen... | |
| Any Brooklyn, NY 'philes with XLR/RCA adapters??? I recommend that you get your IC reterminated with XLR's. Most cable companies will do this for a modest fee. If you have a dealer, he might do it for you. Adapters increase the impedance of the cable and should be avoided. | |
| Please help with room setup... thanks My advice is to recognize that room treatment (and vibration control) can make a huge impact on your system. Until you work on this, you are not getting the best from your equipment. So treat this as carefully and thoroughly as any component choic... | |
| Aerial 10 T Owners Need Advice Weiserb is spot on. I don't think they are rolled off, and if they seemed that way it was probably in the setup. One great feature is the way the mid/tweeter enclosure is separate and can be adjusted to dial in soundstage width, center fill and tr... | |
| Re-tipped Cartridges? It depends a lot on the brand. I can't speak for Koetsu, but some companies do thorough and excellent rebuilds, and others literally re-tip. The good rebuilds will include a new cantilever, stylus and coils, and are not cheap. Re-tips are sometime... |