abstract7
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| Your Recommendations Please One that immediately comes to mind that meets both your criteria is:John Cocuzzi "Swinging and Burning" on Mapleshade. | |
| Green Pen treatment on CD inner edge I don't know about treating the inner edge, but I've found that a green (or black) sharpie pen works great on the outside edge. I don't have any CDs that it has worn off or flaked at all. | |
| Stereophile "coverage" The whole issue was disapointing. There are frequently issues with no equipment reviews I'm interested in, but there's no excuse for the lame music session in the latest issue. The interview with Marsalis was about the only thing positive (and Ast... | |
| Need help - system performance I'd like to hear (second hand) how it sounds once you've made the changes. I agree with everything you are doing and think you will be pleasantly surprised at the improvements. Someday you probably will replace the parasounds, but the changes you ... | |
| AES/EBU S/PDIF Stereonuts has a good oint, but you don't need to go to that extreme. There are a few good anti-jitter devices, such as the Monarchy DIP, that sell for a lot less. You could probably find a non 24/96 DIP for $100 or so. Some of the other anit-jitt... | |
| Have you "lied" to yourself? I've upgraded cables a couple of times and usually could hear the difference but not always for the better. Cables are system dependent--so more costly does not necessarily mean better sound. Don't think I've "lied" to myself--or to the people I'v... | |
| Vandersteen 2WQ set-up for Bi-wire? Reveeb: You've got a difficult problem on your hands. On one hand you could wire the system with the full signal into the sub and then split the "non-sub" frequencies to your monoblocks. The problem here is that the signal to the upper frequencies... | |
| CRT or LCD or DLP projector ? CRT is still the best, but DLP is improving quickly. Right now, in the over $15k range the CRT wins. As bulldogger points out, the really top CRTs are far superior to DLP. However, DLP has a number of factors, that in my view will likely beat all ... | |
| Need help - system performance I'm going to disagree on the monoblock idea. I think bi-amping improves MLs a lot. Speaker cables--definitely change them. I'm not big on the networked versions. You have matching amps, so vertically bi-amping with very short runs of quality speak... | |
| Demagnatizing Phono Cartridges I have no problems with various opinion, theory, etc. That's what these forums are about. I am a physicist, solid state undergrad training, so I know a bit about the theory--although it sounds like your friend has far more experience than I do. I ... | |
| Demagnatizing Phono Cartridges Sd: Well, it's okay to stick your neck out, but someone misinformed you a bit. You are not demagnetizing the magnet, you are demagnetizing the wires in the coil. The movements about the proximity of the magnet cause a current flow by induction. Th... | |
| Demagnatizing Phono Cartridges Aesthetix Demagnitizer works wonders. It should be done about once every other month and with the arm in the play position so that there is weight on the stylus--this should center the coil (MC). I've heard that using this while playing the cardas... | |
| Horizontal Bi-Amping question J_k advice is good. But since you already have the amps, why not just do a listening test yourself and determine what sounds best to you. Sometimes different amps can be a benefit. In my system I'm using Krell on the bottom and Levinson on the top... | |
| recommend component video cables? There's definitely a difference, rather large one, in component over S-video (even interlaced). Color saturation is the biggest gain. As to cable recommendations: Bettercables.com. I have used the Ultra and compared it to Audioquest's YIQ-4. The A... | |
| Question : Matching with B W 803 speaker As you are aware, system matching is important, but also a matter of personal taste. Your budget allows a lot of flexibility. While maybe not being as specific as you might want, I will give my impressions of varying equipment with the B&W Nau... |