xiekitchen
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| needle problem You'll need a tracking force gauge, some are inexpensive (like the shure) or digital ones are in the hundreds. Weight should be in most cases between 1.5 and 2 grams.If the suspension is broken, Cart. could be rebuilt if it's MC. What is the cartr... | |
| vibration and resonance I spent some time last year trying to figure out what to buy to replace my fairly inexpensive target rack... here's two recommendations of very sturdy/well build racks:SolidSteel 6.4 (four shelves) retails around $ 1200.Soundanchor 4 space (four s... | |
| HD-DVD and 2 channel audio I have a Toshiba HD-A3 and use the analog stereo left and right out and it sounds great. | |
| Creek 5350SE vs Rega Mira 3 I've had two Rega Mira's, one is the 3; they sound better than they should for their price range. Only Issue I have is their build quality does not hold up to other costlier integrateds. In comparison, check out the Creek Destiny; rave reviews, bu... | |
| Best Source For Quality Jazz CDs? Check out the Concord Record label site. I would NOT recommend trying to purchase anything from the Chesky site or from the company itself... Great recordings but I'll NEVER give them any money again - they really screwed me. | |
| All about the bass Since no one else has answered your thread and you are new here, I'll take a stab at it.. Tight, Powerful and Fast is really gonna cost ya. Like Wilson WHAMM or Duntech Sovereign.Some suggestions on pretty good bass:Vandersteen model 3 sig. or 2ce... | |
| Are tiny subwoofers worthwhile? Rega Vulcan no longer made, contracted with REL, with 8" driver but oh what an 8" driver! This small sub is not rock concert level but will go very deep. | |
| Afro-Cuban Jazz Anything by Paquito D'Rivera... Had some great albums in the 80's (the 80's to some means OLD, to me that's fairly NEW) | |
| Today in audio history, Nov. 29th... I read somewhere George's dying words were the Hare Krishna chant. George played lead AND rhythm I'm sure.. I'm pretty sure John played only rhythm and rarely lead. George was always my favorite Beatle. | |
| Fvorite pop/rock albums of all time AjaCrisis, What Crisis?Low Spark of High Heeled BoysElton John's Greatest HitsClose to the Edgeonly 5?? I gots so much more | |
| worse entertainer or performer of all time?? Tiny Tim - appearances on Laugh In circa 1970 -- even as a kid , could never figure out what the deal was.. was this guy supposed to be funny?2nd: Yoko Ono | |
| Which Cardas cable is the warmest? Above posts are correct... I think you'll be happier with Golden Cross over the Golden Reference or Neutral... I have almost all Golden Cross in one system and am using a Golden Ref. in just one place. I bought the Golden Ref. thinking it would ou... | |
| Pat Metheny Fans, Great Suggestions Please ?? Ryder"... especially from the early 80's and 90's are lightweight in the bass.." ??? surely then you have not heard the ecm LP's, the german LP pressings are better than the u.s. pressings, but bass is exceptional (for example "Offramp" and "Wichi... | |
| Reagrding the Ohm Walsh F & A Now Walsh TLS-I, II Thank you Dale for your very informative post, I enjoyed reading. I have heard various Ohm speakers but never the big model "F" and was always very curious to their sound as in the 70's they were a landmark/legend. I wish I had a pair! | |
| Name your favorite sax solo. Michael Brecker's solo on Michael Frank's "Doctor Sax"Danlib 1: Good call on Phil Woods!Wayne Shorter's solo on the Dan's "AJA" title cut. |