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What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself?
Hey, Holidays, Gifts, get ready with answers if someone asks you what you want.  
How do pack a pair of large speakers
UPS has pack and ship as an optional service at SOME, not all locations. Give them the weight and dimensions, destination, they give you an estimate. You drop them off unpackaged, they give you a final price, a bit more, a bit less ... They are r... 
Weak link
1st, document what you are actually receiving at your ears, seated position cd with test tones Here’s one on eBay Amazing Bytes CD with 29 1/3 octave Test Tones Sound Pressure Meter, with bottom threaded hole for tripod mount Meter on tripod,... 
How To Control The Eager Beaver
Not enough anti-skate, it is pulling in as soon as it hits the surface, it takes a few grooves just to keep it in a groove, and it is pulling in too much the entire play, of EVERY LP, wearing both the stylus and the grooves. are you able to adjus... 
Help Select an True Bookshelf Speaker
that large space, I would go for larger speakers, reminder the AR-2ax have 10" woofers. more efficient an advantage, depending on what he buys, be ready to try adding a sub or stereo pair of subs located in-line below the speakers, as it is both... 
Help Select an True Bookshelf Speaker
I liked these little Wharfedale 225’s in the bookcases of my office. They are vented, but it is a slot at the base, so they work in a bookcase. I used them with a single sub, just enough that they didn't sound small, the combo sounded darn good h... 
Need Simple, Easy-to-Use "Goof Proof" Audio Headshell Recommendation
this is similar, photos show it from bottom, LH13 probably similar.   azimuth: rotates on the barrel overhang: the fitting has two sets of threaded holes, AND the fitting slides forward/back on the barrel LH18 adjustable headshell     not... 
Looking for a CD Player
Anyone know about this unit with a ModWright Mod, tubes .... sony dvp-9000es with tube mod  
Looking for a CD Player
My goal was to find something I liked as much as my original Onkyo Integra DX-7500, hoping not to move way up high in price,  When I asked here about better CD and SACD sound, OPPO was highly recommended by quite a few members. I tried two Oppo'... 
Need Simple, Easy-to-Use "Goof Proof" Audio Headshell Recommendation
your idea, sort of concealed threaded holes   search, hifishark, headshell adjustable thanks to you, I know about this one      
Need Simple, Easy-to-Use "Goof Proof" Audio Headshell Recommendation
what you want, what the entire industry should give us, is threaded inserts in any cartridge body, so two fasteners from the top are all that is needed, so easy to set overhang and null points alignment. if every headshell had azimuth adjustabili... 
Looking for a CD Player
your 1st question, need a DAC, yes, somewhere a CD PLAYER has a laser to read the 1’s and 0’s and a DAC to convert them to analog line level signal. a CD TRANSPORT just spins, it’s laser reads the 1’s and 0’s, sends the digital out to an externa... 
Looking for a CD Player
A DVD Changer can keep you rocking some play Blu-Ray DVDs, SACD, CD, often not mentioned, just look for the SACD Logo on the face of the unit no mention in description, but it plays SACDs 400 disc dvd plays sacd/cd, seller says FLAWLESS GET A... 
Looking for a CD Player
comments and help I got here Sony xa5400es discussion here note: they keep going up in price, I was shocked I had to pay $1,000 nearly 3 years ago DSD Processor, not conversion to PCM Better CD Sound, the search  
Looking for a CD Player
You only need SACD Capability (super audio cd, read by a different laser) if you have or plan on buying SACD Discs. I had some and bought some more, but no longer, they aren't really worth it after the itch is scratched IMO. A standard CD, via gre...