bigkidz
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| "Aesthetically pleasing" DAC??? Birdland Audio makes a great DAC and one model has a volume control. | |
| Punctured Woofer Call Miller Sound in PA, they can advise you accordingly and probably can do the work if they advise against DIY application. The did the sourrounds on my speakers for $35 with I thought was very reasonable.215 412-7700 | |
| Refoam or Recone? Miller Sound in PA charged me $35 to redo the surround on my speakers call them they are one of the best and they will tell you what to do.215 412-7700 | |
| Cement to fill speaker stands? DO NOT USE CEMENT TO FILL YOUR SPEAKER STANDS, it is a very poor material for damping and vibration whcih is what you are looking for a stand to do. Use a mixture of sand, which is one of the best dampening materials and cheap and go to the local ... | |
| Isolating Vibrations Here is my take on vibration as I was taught recently by a local designer here in New Jersey. He makes a vibration base that I just purchased after hearing and comparing it to many others. The base described below is designed for speakers but he a... | |
| Power cord and Sony SCD-1 I just tried a power cord by a local designer in NYC on my Sony SCD-777ES. I own the JPS Digital, Audience, TG Audio SLVR, Elrods, Foundation Research, JPS Power AC, etc and for $200 it was hard to ignore. Beat the lower priced cords and was prett... | |
| Best electronics for Vandersteen 5/5A Try the Quick Silver tube amps for the hi frequencies. Very magicial on the 5s | |
| Lamm or Edge solid state ? Both are very good. The Edge is very dynamic and fast and only takes RCA connectors. | |
| $10 / foot speaker wire Lokk up my threads on DIY 6awg speaker wire form Home Depot or Lowes at $.28 per foot I compared it to AZ Holograms, Shunyata and Audience and found it matched them.Or email me. | |
| Subs with active crossover I have been looking into the same with speakers and subs especially external cross-overs and a designer friend of mine offers a few points on what to look for on the subject on cross-overs, he makes a good point on integration. He likes the Marcha... | |
| Power Cable recommendations for Pass Labs X250 OK here it is. I have tried many cables on the Pass labs X-250 that I own. Starting with MAS, JPS Labs Power AC, Audience, TG Audio SLVR, AZ Tsunami, Kimber Palladium, Virtual Dynamics Nite, KWorks power cord, Shunyata Taipan, Custom Power 11, Elr... | |
| Krell KAV and B&W 804's? The match of the KAV-250 amp is very good especially for the used Krell prices. As above, not a great hard rock speaker but does lots of things very well IMHO. | |
| rubber feet for B&W DM305 speakers? No rubber feet, you want to ground them to the floor with wide heavey bases bolted to the bottom of the speakers with some weight on top of your speaker to push them down to the floor. | |
| Best of all worlds?????????? How were the speakers anchored to the floor. I just came from a demo of b&w matrix 804s with some DIY stands that really anchored them to the floor and they blew away my 803s like they were the biggest pieces of junk around. | |
| Bat VK-D5SE Owners IHMO the BAT while vey good places third on my list of CDPs, Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista second and the EMC-1 first. |