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| Best home theater subwoofer to mate w/Aerial 7B's I do like the the HSU for the money (they're under $500), but I like the REL better if you can afford them ($1,000+ and up). All the components on the Stereophile list are recommended components, I was just pointing out that the Home Theater ratin... | |
| Inexpensive Pre with headphone jack recommendation The Anthem preamps by Sonic Frontiers have an excellent actual headphone amp section, not just a phone plug-in jack. You should be able to find a used Anthem Pre-1L or Pre-2L for $400 to $500. | |
| Best home theater subwoofer to mate w/Aerial 7B's Just a note: The Class A in the Stereophile Home Theater magazine is not the same thing as a Class A in the Audio Magazine. I believe the HSU is Class C or D in the Audio Magazine. The REL's are mostly all Class A and B in the Audio Magazine depen... | |
| Bi-wire-top post, bottom post, why a difference? Well if your jumper cable is of lower quality than your speaker wire (or just different), it seems logical that the high post (to the mids & tweeter) was not getting as good of (or the same) signal as the low post to the bass. Also, since you ... | |
| Best home theater subwoofer to mate w/Aerial 7B's If it is dedicated HT, you may want to consider the Q series REL's like the Q100E, Q150E, or Q201E. They are all excellent at their price points. The 150 and 201 have a small footprint also. The Q series are also very musical. | |
| Tributaries 250 TriVideo not as good as MV3. Why? I obviously cannot see your Video, however, do not assume your TV color, contrast, sharpness, and other settings are adjusted correctly. Your TV was setup using cheap cables. Your setting may be too high for the (assumed) better signal from the be... | |
| Bi-wire speaker cable for B&W Matrix 3's If you want lively BiWire take a look at Nordost. | |
| New to 'hi-end,' looking for budget CDP The Cambridge D500 or D500SE are good choices. In older Cambridge equipment either the CD-4SE or the CD-6. I would still rate the CD-6 the best even though older technology, if you can fine one used. Spearitsound.com had a CD6 demo. Contact Richar... | |
| Canada UPS delivery FedEx charges fees also in most cases. | |
| Better Transport than CAL Delta If you are looking for a used Aiwa, in addition to the newest XC-37M and the earlier XC-35M, the earliest machine was the XC-30M. | |
| Patriotic Music Gift Shop at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. They sell recordings and some not available in stores. Call them. Might have it. Here is the link with information and a list of a couple recordings.http://www.nadn.navy.mil/USNABand/FAQ/Recordings.htm | |
| Any cassette sources left with decent selection? BMG Classical Music Club still offers Cassettes. Buy 12 for the price of 1, no obligation for more to join. Shipping will be high ($2.50 each). First rate performances; the same as the CDs. | |
| Best hookup for Link Dac 2 and Sony S9000ES Does your receiver have a digital out also? If so, run the Sony into the Yamaha and then out the Yamaha to the Link DAC. Also, I know the Link DAC can pass through a signal without going through its DAC, but that may only be analog. Check the manu... | |
| First results: Valhalla---Ensemble. Will break-in really get more detail and dynamics? Break-in from my experience usually gets me the opposite on cables too bright and detailed new out of the box. | |
| Best 2-channel audio from a one-box DVD player? Best bang for your buck is to pick up a Pioneer DV333 or DV343 for $199 new and for $250 more have Stan Warren modify the output stage and other critical parts. If you care about movies he can do the same thing to the progressive scan DV434. |