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| Best Value Speakers?? Since you don't care about looks and the quality of the cabinet (no offense to your woodworking skills, which may be considerable for all I know), I'd think a very good DIY kit would be the best value. There are a number out there. | |
| need help with purchase Obviously, a lot of questions could be raised. The need for component video switching and a phono stage are biggies. Your choices (especially on the used market) open up considerably with the "right" answers. You may want to consider the Sherwood ... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Vinylsaur: Waycool, another Annie Haslam fan! I recently picked up Live at Carnegie Hall in perfect condition. I saw her many years ago ... she was nursing a very sore throat, and still sounded amazing. | |
| What is the scoop on passive biamping? You'll need one of your amps to have adjustable gain, as it is highly unlikely they will match. | |
| Which came first, the chicken or the egg Blob7,It is possible to integrate very good 2-ch performance into an HT environment. It will take some care in setup and room treatment, and in component selection, but it can be done. Of course, multi-use necessitates some degree of compromise fo... | |
| Preamp advice, all comments welcome A 2-box solution at $500 will be nearly impossible. A decent standalone phono stage, even used, will be a few hundred. You need to find a built-in phono stage. Used CJ, AI, ARC, Anthem, and others should fill the bill. | |
| World Music: Great Suggestions, please? Kotoja on the Putamayo label. Liner notes say "If this music doesn't make you feel good, you must be dead." ... I think they're right. | |
| I am nuts to use these speakers? I agree with Tubegroover et al. I recently stopped thinking about equipment and went on a media/listening binge, and found it much more satisfying. I also agree that if you simply MUST hear what you are missing (or not missing) try to audition a p... | |
| Best speaker under $500 OK, more blind reponses/suggestions which could be available used in your range should include (generally in my order of preference): Vandersteen 2's in some variant, ProAc Tablette in some variant, NHT 2.5i, PSB Stratus Bronze, NHT S1/S2, etc. I ... | |
| Hardwood floors vs Carpet I agree with Subaruguru ... when we shifted from carpet to hardwoods, I was not happy with the increased brightness, and I thought the imaging suffered also. But, I don't have it set up exactly as before, so I thought maybe some of it was my imagi... | |
| Best speaker under $500 They say you can be a project manager by mastering two phrases - "It depends" and "We can't tell with the information presently available". Depends on what you have to drive them - any recommended pair, not just Jim's Apogees. Are you willing to b... | |
| Best Preamp for under $1750.00 Sounds like SS. Perhaps a BP-20 or 25 to match your 7B, or Musical Fidelity A3CR. Or a Counterpoint with the updates/mods? | |
| AES AE-3 DJH Reference "Super Preamp" This is quite a jump from the $599 base version. I didn't see anything on it on the website - can you describe the upgrades? | |
| combining amp and receiver for HT If you get to sit in the sweet spot all the time, I'd continue to run the center in phantom mode, and get a sub. If not, I'd get the center first. RELs are great subs, but if you don't intend to integrate the sub for 2-ch music, you can get more H... | |
| help w/ preamp to 5.1 receiver hookup Doesn't the manual tell you what to do? Can you ask a CJ dealer, or email to the website? While I do not own this piece, nor run a 2-ch pre along with a receiver or pre/pro, I believe you connect your "audio" sources (CD, phono, etc) into the CJ, ... |