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| Wall mount TT shelf recommendations If you scroll down on this Osage Audio Products page, you will find an Audio Elegance wall shelf. A great feature of this wall shelf is that it is designed for the top to come off, thus allowing you to mass load the interior with sand, etc.It's pr... | |
| Is there a consensus as to blu ray sound quality? I own many CDs that sound incredibly good. Really. They are a pleasure to hear, and they bring many hours of musical enjoyment.I remain convinced that the quality of any CD (or SACD, or DVD-A, or LP, or...) lies more in the excellence of the recor... | |
| Effects of Power Outages Where You Live Foster_9, would you please provide a link or two with more info about the requirement of digital components to be powered up for 48 hours to sound optimal. I'd like to read more about this. | |
| Effects of Power Outages Where You Live 02-14-09: Foster_9For those of you espousing a few hours of on-time, the common wisdom seems to be that digital sources take at least 48 hours to return to optimum performance after being turned off or unplugged.I've never read that until now. Not... | |
| Tired of Problems with Tube Equipment 02-13-09: Wireless20002-11-09: Tvad[...] Anyway, the answer to your question is that the tube equipment I have owned has been reliable: VAC, Lamm, Moscode, Atma-Sphere, Modwright.Tvad, are you sure? In another thread we discussed this because you ... | |
| Advice on source needed CD players are known to stop reading discs. A DAC will allow you to buy a new CD player (or transport) while keeping the DAC, rather than tossing the whole thing away and starting over.Also, a DAC will enable you to tailor the sound.So, I'd vote f... | |
| Need help setting overhang on the Technics SL-1200 You found the Shure gauge superior to the MintLP?I believe you're the first in the threads to prefer something other than the MintLP once it had been tried.Have you tried taking off the dust cover? | |
| Advice on stacking equipment I haven't stacked gear since the early 80s, so I can't offer a comparison. Maybe it would be inaudible.Have you considered placing something like a Neuance platform (sometimes listed for sale here) between the components, or some type of isolation... | |
| Chuck Mangione's band mates die in plane crash.. That's very sad. As are the other 48 deaths.Having flown in and out of Buffalo many, many times in winter, I can say iced wings is something that's always in the front my mind. | |
| Recommendation for a warm mid/high end amp You're in a place where many here are not: contented with the sound of your system.Resist the urge to upgrade. | |
| Effects of Power Outages Where You Live One or two hours.Long enough for the gear to warm up. | |
| Is a VPI better then a $10 Clothing Steam Iron? Way to go. I love when folks discover inexpensive solutions to audiophile problems that otherwise cost an inordinate amount of money. | |
| McCormack DNA500 and DNA2 Call Steve McCormack and give him the serial number of the amp. If he's done upgrades, he'll have the info for you. He keeps meticulous records.He also is quick to respond. | |
| Is there a consensus as to blu ray sound quality? As I understand the question, you are asking if people believe the sound quality of Blu-Ray is superior to other digital formats, and therefore if it will make other digital formats obsolete.Correct?I was simply pointing to the fact that aural sup... | |
| Is there a consensus as to blu ray sound quality? 02-13-09: LrskyTrue Tvad, but if we're to be realistic, everything digital is obsolete in, well, less than 5 years. No it's not. Redbook CD has been around for more than two decades, and it's still a viable digital format in the commercial music m... |