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| RECORDS THAT HAVE IMPRESSED PEOPLE SO MUCH THEY BOUGHT MY STEREO I'll second Nightfly - always thought Becker was the anal retentive one that instigated so many repeat takes in the studio on Steely Dan recordings, but maybe it was Fagen, based on the quality of this album. | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs I have used the 2W quite successfully to fill in what smaller monitor main speakers lack in the low bass - still own one, though not currently in any of my systems.I don't need a sub for my main system (20Hz capability) but nonetheless added a cou... | |
| Does anyone leave their amp and preamp on all the time? Love the Bedini amp!I can't leave my Class A amps on all the time. They draw around 400 watts each just sitting there when not converting any of it to sound and they heat the room up noticeably by the end of a listening session.They do not take lo... | |
| Bi-Amping Which amp for highs and which for lows? Unlikely they have the identical gain, so padding one down would be necessary. You could use a high quality capacitor in the high input to roll off the bass, and use a volume control of some sort in the bass input to match the output. | |
| Switching a single set of speakers between two amps I have also looked for a simple convenient solution to this question. At present I have my speakers operated either by my hifi front end (all tube) or by an AV system with AV preamp and solid state power amp.Not too onerous to switch as both power... | |
| Omega single driver speakers There are advantages and disadvantages to coincident speakers - basically locating your tweeter in the middle of your bass driver. It certainly isn't a new idea - Tannoy did it and called it 'dual-concentric' many years ago (1940s).The only way y... | |
| Streamer dbpoweramp is great.I use Sonos for wireless connection with a server (you can do it to just a single computer if you want) but there are other software packages out there.I think you will find that you will want to rip a lot more than your own CD... | |
| DIY High pass filters for Vandersteen Model 5A Carbon's? Vandersteen has used first order crossovers consisting of one or two high quality capacitors, often soldered to RCA jacks and shrink wrapped. They should still have these available. You need to tell them the power amp you will use to drive the to... | |
| Oppo 205 guagers selling used units for twice the price... You are paying a lot of money for on board processing when you could just buy a competent deck to use as a transport and route the digital output to a really good AV preamp with all the processing power you could want. To each his own. | |
| Pro Amps - What have you tried? I've listened to some decent Crown power amps as well as some Bryston gear - the lowest output pro power amp, the 2B is particularly nice sounding and I have a pro version (the only difference being no power switch as they are intended to be gange... | |
| Is a GREAT turntable under $2000 possible??? IMHO, the best way to go if you are a discerning buyer, is to get a used table/arm and maybe cartridge ensemble that cost up to $6K for your $2K.....People that own that sort of table tend to take very, very good care of them and you can find some... | |
| Thoughts on the most difficult instruments for speakers to reproduce? My wife plays piano. I am a lapsed student of the instrument.I put on some audiophile record (forget what it was, but it had excellent piano reproduction) on the big system and she called from the other room - "Is that YOU??" It sounded so much l... | |
| Wilson Speakers & Reviewers Handyman - your set up is similar to minehttp://www.rhodo.citymax.com/i/non-rhodo/wilsons.jpgI have also kept them on the casters for fine tuning.Set up is greatly helped by having a helper with a laser that measures distance and the Wilson tables. | |
| Wilson Speakers & Reviewers I too have the Max 2's and they were a real PITA to set up. Lucky for me I knew the hassle expected, as I have had WP's before(and still do), and knew what I was getting into in regards to placement. My experience with Wilsons is that for them ... | |
| Why do I see more Vandersteen model 3s vs model 2s for sale? I have been in touch once in awhile with Richard Vandersteen and he is quite approachable (although he was a tad stand-offish when he thought I had blown a mid range driver in my 4As due to abuse until I explained it was a power amp failure). Why... |