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Good DIY amp stand
Make your own sand boxes ala Bright Star;Cheap and effective. Lumber,wood glue,nails black spray paint and the sanitized beach /play sand.A hunk of 1x3,a hunk of the widest shelf board, make 2 platforms. one 1/4 in smaller in the length and width ... 
Hooking a dac up to a DVD player
Feeling stupid/your thread says what player you have. It is a hopped up Toshiba;just go into the menu,and disregard the 1st part. 
Hooking a dac up to a DVD player
Hi,Perf' No problem hooking the dvd coax up to your dac. Some players(Pioneer 09& 05) have two coax outs. One, you won't be able to use, as it is for DD or DTS.They are both clearly marked.The other is a 48 mixdown of the 24/96 signal.(the one... 
S-Video Cable - is there much difference
Tanks,dude. 
Heaviest Amps ever made.
Hey guys; When I do a job I case it first so I bring whatever is nesc. If the amps have MIT wires/ we just cut them, rather than unscrew.(carl-you out there?) Maybe to much time spent watching movies like Miss. Impasible/ Entrapment? 
Cheap system for garage
Yup,folk, music is music.Don't leave home without it. Last week at our own auction site; couldn't believe my eyes; a Bose cd/radio/ 38 bids/went for $375. To quote Roger Waters;" "Imagine That" I know; here is a quarter find somebody that cares/ g... 
S-Video Cable - is there much difference
Mg123,thanks fer' the tip. Gonna try on some of 'dem Syn. RE.'s cables soon. Music Direct / Best price??? 
2 meter coax digital or toslink?
I must give you my opinion. For mid fi, maybe 'toss'link --- no dif. For'good' stuff,get a coax 
VPI 10/VPI MK IV/Grado Reference HELP
Don't know why,but my table is quieter without the ground. 
Upgrade Thiel 7 s to 7.2 s ?
No comprende' Thiel, so this is just a side bar comment. An upgrade to something that represents most all of its used value would not be a good thing to me. An upgrade of 4grand to something in the 14,18 grand level;well, maybe. Also of GREAT impo... 
Traded the Most ?
Well,I guess this is the one area in life where,turns out I must be normal.(That's an opening line, have at it) Cabeling first, then the tweaks. 4 preamps in 10 yrs. 
BiWire Speaker Cables for Aerial 10t
Gih526;how much was the set? I have Syn. Research,but I know there is a whole lot more to making these speakers sing;beyond the speaker cabeling.I'm enroling my speakers at Julliard next year. 
This hobby is getting weird ....
Sounds like you are picking up radio interference. This used to bug me no end.When I got a power conditioner it stoped , no more free radio, had to go out an buy an fm tuner. Sometimes it's the speaker wire /if coiled. I also used to get ham mobil... 
Moving Coil Cartridge Demagnetizing
I use the fluxbuster.I have a Cardas ter. block that has rcas from the phono wire.No need to remove the cartridge. I also have the Cardas 'sweep' lp.works for me;I use both. 
Does gauge of speaker cables matter?
Must be a guy thing,always obsessing about size./ My olds 454 can whip your ford 289/and the like. Speaker wire isn't only about size. Would,that it were that simple. A? What's next?-Diamonds by the pound?