unclejeff
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| Tube newbie, Audio Research questions? To cross over to becoming a 'jar-head'; a tube guy is quite amazing. I have told this story elsewhere in A'gon, but I re-visit it. I had gone to a McIntosh dealer in the hopes of getting a domonstration of the SS 6-channel system. i was sold and r... | |
| How's This Sound ? - Cable Testing Well, don't neglect burn-in time. this is bizarre but is very valid. One kinda unusual thing to do is to run one set of cables on the left speaker and another on the right.Have your 'better half' change out cables and see if you can guess.If it do... | |
| Should Escrow be Required? I have only conducted two private purchases on Audiogon and my experience was stellar. In each case i did have a conversation with the seller.There are no guarantees and we are looking for something that does not have local dealer-reinforced guara... | |
| Whats the coolest sounding movie? To continue a bit with the last three posts, you should look into a home projector. One that can can do real good high definition. I have a Dukane projector and the picture is eight feet wide and the home movies are fantastic.And I can stop it for... | |
| scaler vs. doubler- what is the difference???? You will probably get some answers here that will suffice. Another good place to go is www.AVSFORUM.com. While you might not think many of the postings there are as thoughtful as on Audiogon, you will find many more threads along the 'lines'(oops,... | |
| Biggest Live Miss 23 years ago today............ There a number of concerts that can come to mind. i also miss seeing the original Broadway production of 'HAIR'.I did learn an interesting lesson from a missed concert that made what i know now to be a rather profound change in my life. When I was... | |
| Does it matter what gauge power cord that you use? I don't go out of my way to buy heavier power cords, per se. I did buy an eight foot granite audio power cord a while back for the simple reason that I did not want to use an extension cord. I use it on my CD player and I do believe I can hear a d... | |
| Getting started, need amp recommendation You will probably get your share of posts here. I suggest you make use of the Audiogon search engine. Each time you see an amp that might interest you, enter it into the discussion search engine and you will visit many threads with lots of comment... | |
| I need a new Web Browser....now Wow....thanks. It is once again interesting that NOBODY likes AOL. I have been checking elsewhere and AOL can't find even qualified support. Is this one of those rare EPIPHINIC A'gon moments when evheryone....agrees? | |
| Who has the oldest speakers? About six years ago a great local somewhat funky high-end stereo store was going out of business and all he had left was a four-foot tall pair of self-powered electrostatic speakers circa 1980 that he had taken in on trade. He had them connected t... | |
| Audio Aero Capitole Mar II-Universal remote okay? Ejlif;Thank you. I was a bit worried that the Capitole's remote might not work with standard universals. | |
| Whats the coolest sounding movie? For overall effect?ROCKY HORROR!Great rock, excellant acoustics and the sound effects from the tap dancing is pure heaven.You want great bass, check out the thunder as it embraces Rif-Raff's singing through the window. | |
| Are balanced interconnects usually better? I ditto the above responses. I own a McIntosh 2102 (tube) amp and I use the RCA inputs. I explored shifting over to balanced and was informed that the amp is not truly balanced and that the amp internally convers all balanced to unbalanced. To avo... | |
| Budget balanced IC recommendations Check out the following sources: www.fatwyr.com Great list of used cables. Also fantastic service. Will customize. www.audioparts.com Never underestimate Stu Wein's products. Ask him and he will built it. www.a2Zcables.com Very organized web page.... | |
| 15 pin RGB video connection Hey Glen, patience!Also, you might slip on over to www.AVSFORUM.com.There is much more talk about such over there. Just when you think you have it all figured out, go to www.A2Zcables.com. This place gets really deep into weird cables, including g... |