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Meridan 562V vs. 562V2 vs. 562V3
Hi there-For everything you could possibly want to know about all things Meridian... Join the rest of the Meridian cult members at the Meridian users group: The Hitchikers Guide To Meridian.http://www.meridianunplugged.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiTh... 
Has anyone ever stacked Martin Logan CLS panels
Quote Bignerd100: "I think that the two seprate speakers for each channel would defeat some of the benefits of using the CLS panels. THey act as a point source."Actually the CLS behaves as a Line Source as do all of the Martin Logans hybrids above... 
Do unpowered Subwoofers/Speaker effect room modes?
Well, I wiil second Rives' and Xiekitchen's observation that dormant speakers will "sing along" with the active speakers in the room. The louder you play the active speakers, the more appearant the cone resonance of the unpowered speakers is. Touc... 
What's the funniest song you ever heard?
Corky and the Juice Pigs: My Baby's Got Rabies 
Oracle Alexandria - time for new springs?
Rick,You are describing the exact symptom of a bent sub chassis. Exactly what I ran into. To be sure, you need to dissassemble the table and remove the sub chassis. Then simply put a straight edge across the top of the subchassis casting will eith... 
Oracle Alexandria - time for new springs?
Hey Rick,I suspect your problems actually go a little deeper than the springs. Older Alexandrias had a sub-chassis made of a cast alloy which eventually sags (bends) under the platter's weight. The fix is a replacement sub-chassis made of the same... 
takes on river cable flexygy 6?
Hi there Audio Me,I can't say anything intelligent about the speaker cables from River Cable (although I've read good things). We did buy a whole wack of River Cable's premium S/PDIF digital interconnects along with some analogue interconnects and... 
Remedy for Spendor 2/3 bass deficiency?
Hey Messamuse,The manner in which you refered to your current stand height makes me wonder whether you have truely ideal stands or not? A really solid, weighty 4 post stand will have a pretty remarkable effect on any monitor's low-end reproduction... 
Resolution Confusion
Hey there,The number that counts for HD viewing is the second one. It describes the number of Vertical lines of resolution the display is capable of resolving. So your TV's built in Scaler will accept 720P with very little processing but it will d... 
Best pre-owned subs below $1k?
Hey Kitchener,A used Paradigm Servo 15 and a Behringer "Feedback Destroyer" parametric EQ ought to just squeak in under your budget. The former go for $800-1000 used and the latter $100-150 new at pro music shops. Details on how to use the "BFD" E... 
Spectacular Drum Set?
The most amazing drum recording I've experienced (and this one kills most of the ones listed so far) is from South American metal band Sepultura. I don't recall the name of the album but on that album they play with the Kodo drummers of Japan. The... 
Sorry,need info on Dunlavy again Aletha vs SC-IV
Neither model will work satifactorily in your room. As a former SC-IV owner I can attest to the minimum 8' listening distance John Dunlavy specified for these speakers. I was in an 11'x18' space that was at least 4' too narrow- even withy a ton of... 
Best tube combination for SF line3 SE
Did, either of you allow enough "burn-in" on your new linestages to eliminate that as the source of your dissatisfaction? I thoroughly enjoyed a borrowed Line 3SE for 3 months while hunting "the ultimate linestage" and although I ultimately purcha... 
Merlin owners
Hey there Dredster-Jrinkerptdnet  has described the Bam and its function perfectly. It is an entirely analog component . The only thing I would add would be that the Bam also filters out really low frequencies and subsonic garbage below the boost ... 
is2e or is2 transport.. what is available?
I've been running an EAD T8000 Universal Disc Transport into my SFD2 for 5 or six years. It sounds splendid and when combined with a great aes/ebu balanced datalink, some Amperex NOS tubes in the output stage, and a balanced pre on its outputs has...