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| best amp I also concur with the others that you should keep your amps until you have gotten your speakers. Your concerns about amplification seem to center around power and quality. If you decide to change amps, you should try to do a serious audition of t... | |
| Best Monitors used under $800 Hi, Alfred: I've had recent experience with several very good monitors that are available for less than $800 (used). You should check out the following, all of which offer high quality sound (arranged in ascending order of price): 1. Krix Equinox ... | |
| Best Holiday CDs? The old standard, "Cantata Domino", on the Proprius label, is still one of the best recordings of vocal Christmas music ever recorded. The recording is available on both CD and LP (I have both versions, and give the LP a clear edge). | |
| adding "slam" to 2-way speakers? If you are going to get a subwoofer, you should start by reading Widescreen Review's recent publication titled "The Essential Subwoofer Buyer's Guide". It is the best publication I have seen on subs. It reprints a series of articles on subs that a... | |
| Vandersteen 3A OR Alon 2 MK2 I have to agree with the previous post. I owned a pair of Vandy 3A's and upgraded to the 3A Signatures. I was amazed at the degree of improvement for only $700. The 3A's are very good speakers - the 3A Sig's are great speakers. I don't often recom... | |
| Coincident Speakers Go to Coincident Technology's Web site for info. They have posted a number of reviews by audio critics. This won't directly answer your question, but it should provide some info that is helpful. | |
| Best DVD player in $500-$1000 Range I have had experience with both Sony and Toshiba product lines, and both have some excellent offerings in this price range. Infact, you can spend less that $400 today and get a damn good DVD player. Use C-NET's shopping service (www.cnet.com) as a... | |
| Subwoofer opinion badly needed! Matt: a follow-on comment. If you decide to explore the AR powered sub I mentioned in my previous post, there are a number of reviews of this sub listed on AudioReview. Go to the following Web link: http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/subwoofer/ | |
| Subwoofer opinion badly needed! Given that you want a sub for music (rather than LFE), and have only $500 to spend, your choices are VERY limited. Buying a used sub is one approach, or you can buy a model that is being discontinued. I have just purchased an AR S300 powered sub (... | |
| 24/96 where to buy? Contact The Elusive Disc at www.elusivedisc.com | |
| Beautiful Speakers I'm not sure what beauty is to you, but to me it's great styling and cabinetry. I think the Vienna Acoustics Mahlers are yum, yum, yum in rosewood or cherry. The upper end of the Sonus Faber line also has gorgeous cabinetry. If your interior decor... | |
| Sony ES Tuners Just a comment, FWIT: unless you have a specific reason to get the Sony tuner (cosmetics, matches your system, etc.), there are a number of better tuners for the same or less money. Start with Sansui, Onkyo, etc., and look at the analog tuners las... | |
| CDP isolation options for improved HF? You might try what I did: place a group of Vibrapods under a piece 1/4" tempered glass, which has also been damped by applying a sheet of DexDamp (a constrained layer damping sheet, similar to DynaMat). DexDamp can be purchased by the sheet (about... | |
| Burn-in time Vs. Getting used to a sound Whatjd: I have entertained the same question you pose, being the perpetual skeptic. The ear-brain connnection can become used to many things, and over time adapt to what it thinks is "normal". Much the same thing happens with smell if you are expo... | |
| Speaker Cable Length - Effect on Sound As a general proposition, shorter runs are always preferable to longer runs. Assuming you have a heavy gauge of wire, however, you should not hear any difference between a 3' and a 10' run. However, as you exceed 10' in length, the cable thickness... |