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| Speakers for small listening room I would recommend not buying a thing right now.I have no idea what your equipment is like, but my room is 12.5 by 18 and have no problems that I am aware of with the speakers on one of the short walls. I have aerial 10T speakers which would be con... | |
| Hum and the PS Audio P300 I believe you have several possibilities to resolve the hum.1. Disconnect all grounds for all equipment and/or2. Ensure that all equipment is running off the same circuit as the tv/vcr, etc.. Your sonics and equipment especially your amp will suff... | |
| McCormack/Plinius/Krell with B&W N803 I've purchased about 5 amps in the last 18 months. I stumbled upon a 1998 copy of International Audio Review where Peter Moncrief had rated about 20 tube amps and then about 20 solid state amps. He really put down the Krells and Mark Levinson amps... | |
| Is Acoustic Zen better than Harmonic Tech? I've purchased Acoustic Zen Satori shotgun's (bi-wired) but had also demo'ed Harmonic Tech's Pro 11 just prior to purchasing the Zen's. I did not have these cables side by side or even under the same roof at the same time. But I could not perceive... | |
| Problem with hum in the pre-amp Can't say this will work, but it did for my amp's transformer hum. Try to find which circuit the pre-amp in question is running off of. Then check the circuit breakers in the service panel. If per chance, your pre-amp's circuit is on the opposing ... | |
| Balanced connection There are some products, amps in particular, where if you are running balanced or mono, then you must install the RCA dummy plugs or sometimes called shorting plugs. Apparently these actually short the connector at that point. I don't understand i... | |
| Does anyone know who makes/sells... Check in the electrical isles at Home Depot. Seriously. | |
| Why Don't We Hear About Polyfusion More? Last spring I demo'ed a used Polyfusion 960 for a couple of weeks in my home. At the time I owned a BAT vk-500 and liked the Polyf better. It had a sweeter more pristine sound than the BAT. Only problem was that with my Aerial 10T's it ran out of ... | |
| pre-amp and amp for 1K By far the best sonic combo that I can think of that you can get for anywhere near the price range you are talking is the Odyssey Stratos amp and perhaps their Tempest pre-amp. Check out the reviews on audioreview.com. Out of about 90 consumers, l... | |
| Sony 9000es or Musical Fidelity A3 CDP. I would definitely go with the Sony 9000ES. I've had one for a year now and have been immensely impressed with it's performance for all three formats and video too. For $800 used or $1200 new, you can't find a product that will do more or better t... | |
| Using a 220v piece in the US Have your electrician install a 220 volt 15 amp circuit breaker and run a dedicated line to the pre. You'll be getting the best out of the unit and it may be the best way to anyway. I know some who are converting their components from 115 volts to... | |
| which speaker recomendations for this system... You don't mention why you want to upgrade. Well, you gave an excuse but an excuse is not necessarily a reason. Sounds like you simply have the upgrade bug. If that's the case and you are just searching for better performance, I'd like to offer the... | |
| What non-Linn sub would work with all-Linn setup? I would suggest the following 1) Aerial Acoustics SW-12 12" sub. For $4k to $5.5k, it's perhaps as good your going to find. It also offers infinite dial-in configurations and cabling options, xlr, rca, etc.. And the quality and craftsmanship is se... | |
| Aerial LR 5 or Thiel MCS 1 for ultimate HT SYS? Since you're posting in audiogon.com, I'm assuming that musical reproduction is your top priority and not movie soundtracks. If that is the case, then I highly recommend a good pair of used Aerial Acoustic 10T's. Forget about surround sound for no... | |
| How's to ground for the dedicated line? If you are after sonic improvements, simply have the electrician hook up the romex as he would to meet code. Then after he's done, disconnect the ground at the wall outlet. Then, when you move, you can simply reconnect to meet code. For whatever r... |