mr_hosehead
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| Amplifier for Paradigm Studio 100 v3 Paradigm 100s haven't been horribly hard to drive - a legit 100 to 125 per channel has been sufficient (depending upon listening habits, room, etc.) and more sure doesn't hurt. You should be able to find yourself a fairly long list of amps that fi... | |
| Different length speaker cables to speaker At those lengths, your cable length difference is absolutely NOT an issue. You would need to have cables much longer before that ever becomes a consideration (typically somewhere in the range of 50 ft or more...).That does not mean that there will... | |
| Best Remakes Of All Time "Devo covering 'Satisfaction'" Thanks to this little one-liner, I'm now wearing this morning's caffeinated beverage that came spewing out my nose... | |
| Paradigm Studio 10 or Monitor 7 V 5? If you like Paradigm (and that's not a bad thing...) and you would consider used then you have even more options. You should be able to regularly find Studio 20s for well under $1K, possibly prior version 40s, and if you're lucky you might find Si... | |
| Dahlquist DQ-10 and McIntosh MC240 ??? I think this is practically the exact combo that my sister ran in her downstairs den for years. Not a huge room, but the 10s were presented at a darned-near perfect height and for that space this really was a darned-near perfect combo. | |
| Budget minded bookshelves If you're really lucky you might be able to find a pair of Paradigm Studio 20s here, on eBay, Craigslist (much less likely), etc. They can occasionally fall through the cracks for less (I got embarrassingly lucky w/ eBay a number of years back) an... | |
| I need a turntable, only have $450 to spare... Narrod nailed it. Get it (and check the stylus), listen to your stuff, and enjoy is all for a while. | |
| Converting Power Cords into Speaker Cables? It's been done - and you could spend the rest of the day Googling for the various references. There's an older story where Quad has reportedly demo'd their gear using Black & Decker extension cords to connect to the speakers, etc. Audioholics ... | |
| Jackson Browne CD's Pdn - Ladanyi did work on a bunch of Browne's albums way back when. I know he did Running on Empty, Hold Out, etc. - whether as engineer, mastering, whatever Ladanyi was on literally every one of the earlier albums. I think he's even part of a con... | |
| I need a turntable, only have $450 to spare... A good Panny would be fine for your needs, as would a Rega or whatever. Heck, even an older (and cheaper) Dual would work OK. What you want to focus on here is that you want to play your vinyl and want it to sound OK (economically...). That means ... | |
| Any High-end speakers "kid-friendly" not fragile? "Wall mount them." I assume you meant the kids... | |
| What the most musical power amp for under $1K? You might also want to consider a used Odyssey in that price range. And with one of those, or even some of the other alternatives mentioned above, you might even decide that you're not in "hold over" mode but actually like what you have. | |
| emotiva with rxv 2700 as pre/pro? Either would probably be fine - heck, most any decent 2-channel w/ some real ooomph will do the trick. Our Yamaha was OK but in my infinite wisdom decided it was somehow "lacking", went and dropped in a used 2-channel w/ @least 140/per, and calibr... | |
| US only sales WHY??? Personally, I have absolutely no problem dealing with any such transaction - as long as you pay US$ cash and pick it up in person (or similarly accept cash and I can drive there to pick up in person). International or U.S.domestic, it's the same. ... | |
| Is A Live Concert Stereo Or Mono This vaguely reminds me of a test in college way, way back when - about something like "directionally-biased point source emitters" or some such gobbledygook. The level and amount of math expected for the answer probably helped convince me that an... |