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| What to upgrade first? If you are looking at $557 for the NAD, consider a closeout Audiolab 8000S from Artech Electronics (if they have any left) at $549, a discontinued $1100 amp that was very highly thought of at the retail price. I'd be shocked if it wasn't a big imp... | |
| A Tombstone in the Living room???? I have a 3 shelf Target Rack-turntable on the top spiked shelf (on a granite slab on vibrapods), my satellite receiver is on the bottom shelf, and I have to stack my CD player and integrated amp on the middle shelf. Here's how it is on the middle ... | |
| Snake oil and tweaks that work! Thanks for the info Jcbtubes. Have been using it for about 8 months now with no detrimental effects, just positive ones. I use only small amounts on power contacts (plugs and iec's) and it's worked for me so far. But I'll keep my ears open. From y... | |
| Group buy/share spools Belden wire 4 PCs Just do a search for Volex and their distributors and buy a Volex 17604 cable (comes already terminated-about 6 or 7 feet long). This IS the Belden 19364 cable which is typically only available in huge, bulk amounts. I paid $11 Canadian each for a... | |
| New belt for Michell Gyro SE? Heard about this also but have not investigated. Artech Electronics distributes Michell. You could e-mail them; they've responded quickly in the past to any inquiries I had. | |
| Snake oil and tweaks that work! Go to your local auto parts store and buy silicone dielectric tune-up grease. Put a small amount on all power connections (not signal carrying connections!), prongs, male-female iec connections and plug back in. Presto-smoother, more natural sound... | |
| Best CD player for $700.00 I will totally agree with sdcampbell, and this may really garner the ire of some. I owned my RCA 5223P DVD player (currently available as last years model for $179 online) for 8 months before really comparing it to my Arcam Alpha 8SE CD player (li... | |
| You got to show me something more! Coltrane: Perhaps you could enlighten us with your opinions on rap. | |
| Ken Burns' JAZZ starts Monday on PBS! Coltrane: You have now become the mind reader you recently accused Dekay of being. My agreement with the "live and let live" posts refers to people listening to what they want because they enjoy it. I happen to listen to mainly blues and some jazz... | |
| You got to show me something more! Coltrane: You have now become the mind reader you recently accused Dekay of being. My agreement with the "live and let live" posts refers to people listening to what they want because they enjoy it. I happen to listen to mainly blues and some jazz... | |
| You got to show me something more! Originally posted this in the JAZZ on PBS thread, but this is where the action seems to be-I'll just paste the post in here: I'm a little late to the party here and in "you got to show me" thread but would agree with many of the "live and let live... | |
| Ken Burns' JAZZ starts Monday on PBS! I'm a little late to the party here and in "you got to show me" thread but would agree with many of the "live and let live" posts. I think, however, Coltrane, that you're engaging in some serious historic revisionism when you state above that rock... | |
| the best CD player under $1k? I would think twice about spending $1000 for a CD player based on my recent experience. IMO, you should investigate some of the budget DVD players I'd probably look at the Pioneer DV-333) with the view to doing some very inexpensive tweaks relatin... | |
| Looking to build power cords. The Audioasylum recipe uses Belden 19364, which you may find difficult to find in smaller quantities (say less than 100 feet). A division of Belden (Volex) makes a pre-terminated cord, the Volex 17604 (search for Volex on line-easy to find them an... | |
| diy power cord: Shinyata black mamba That would be a pretty expensive DIY project. |