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| Should I buy the Harmonix footers for $2000.00? Harmonix footers for $2,000? I promise I won't carry on about this like I do the power cords. | |
| tuners, the red headed stepchild? The only good station here is NPR (National Public Radio). It has a nice variety of music including classical, jazz, blues and blue grass. There is an old fashioned radio show with interesting stories and characters, world news and interviews with... | |
| Connectors that convert spades to bananas? Stacking connectors can have a negative affect on the sound. Why not terminate your speaker cable with spades? Or better yet, remove the bananas and use bare wire. We already had a dicussion about this recently. | |
| Rotel, no more DVD players? Foster-9, Yes, I have tried it and it doesn't sound as good as my CD player.I also have a problem with owning a whole bunch of nothing and that's the way I see it. Call me old fashioned, but I'm not alone. I also like the flexability of taking mus... | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II If you want good sound from your Monoliths get tubes. Everything shows up for sale eventually. You have to decide on what you want and be patient.When buying used equipment there is no other choice. I don't like buying substitutes with anything wh... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Foster_9, That is very good advice. I have posted this before because it is a good example. Several years ago when the Audio Research LS-2 was new, Stereophile reviewers were using it as their reference preamp. Don't ask me why. I never warmed up ... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Not only are like brands of amplifiers and preamps designed to work well together sonically they are also designed to work well electrically and I have heard plenty of bad matches. If you don't mind the process of buying and selling while you mix ... | |
| Room size I prefer the long wall everytime in a medium size room. The long wall yields better midbass energy and a wider soundstage. Besides, sidewall reflections are never an issue providing you can keep things symetrical. You will mostly likely need room ... | |
| Rotel, no more DVD players? Most all DVD players are using Blu-ray and it isn't free to other manufacturers since it is a Sony product. Home theater sales are down in general, Thank God, and it cuts into their profits. I personally do not believe in hard drive based systems. | |
| Budget single disc player-under $600 There is a JD-100 on Audiogon for $560. Tube rolling yields excellent results with this player. The advantage of buying used equipment on Audiogon is you get more for your money and if you don't like it you can usually sell it for what you paid fo... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp You have a broad choice of speakers with different needs. The Totems need a high quality solid state amplifier with a lot of power to sound their best. I used a 100 watt Krell amp with decent results. With either the Vandersteen 3A Sig or the VMPS... | |
| Amp/ preamp for electostatics and why A good used pair of 100 watt tube monos to drive your SL3s will cost you $800-$1200. For that price you can buy VTL Compact 100s or Quicksilver Silver 90s. I have used both with Electrostic speakers with good results.100 watt tube monos are very p... | |
| Best sound in old late 70s early 80s receivers I forgot to mention, before you buy, try to find out a little history on the receiver you intend to purchase. Try to buy from the original owner and find out if the receiver ever needed repair. If it has been repaired I would pass. At the factory ... | |
| Connectors that convert spades to bananas? Halcro, You are absolutely right. These bananas offer the best connection and they do the least to harm the sound. Audioquest has been offering this type of banana for almost 20 years. The less metal the better as far as I'm concerned.But I think ... | |
| As system improves, do bad recordings sound worse? I believe a bad recording is a bad recording, garbage in garbage out. What recordings do you use when you are making changes (improvements) to your system? Do you use only the best recordings or do you use average recordings? The really exceptiona... |