garys
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| Girlfriend's mom threw my Cardas out with trash If said event is indicative of things domestic, such information may be easily worth the price of a pair of Cardas cables. Careful, man. | |
| Passive Preamps: Jumping Ship Oh how I've wanted passive preamps to sound better than active preamps in my system, especially when I had a sweet tube preamp that unfortunately used up tubes. I've stuck with the actives for exactly the reasons you mention. | |
| Anyone read the recent Stereophile article on cables? I'm intrigued... I just might give it a try. Here are my initial impressions/findings. --I would choose a cable that is easy to work with. Soldering resistors to tiny wires can be quite a challenge, as can soldering tiny wires to interconnect ends... | |
| Where to find info on Tenor amps www.tenoraudio.com. Download the pdf document... worth it for the photograph alone. | |
| Sunfire Theater Grand 1, to buy or not to buy... StereoTimes (www.stereotimes.com) archives (about November 2000 as I recall) has a review of the Grand II, but the same review talks aboout the Grand I. Maybe worth a look. | |
| This is bugging me Good idea changing power cords. I found that using a cheap extension cord degraded the sound quality in a big way. HCM Audio sells some inexpensive, extra long Audioquest power cords. (http://members.aol.com/hcmaudio/). Also, you might check eBay,... | |
| What does one do with old outdated audio equipment? Old JBL speakers of that vintage (L100 and L212 come to mind) do show up on eBay, and they bring considerable $. Probably similar with the amplifiers. | |
| Replacement tubes for MF X10-D?? I bought a used X10-D that's using Sylvania JAN 6922/6DJ8 tubes... I haven't heard it with stock tubes, but the previous owner told me the Sylvanias, which can be found on eBay for | |
| Best SS Integrateds for a 4-500 budget Quad 77 Integrated... I think it's rated at 84 wpc into 8 ohms. Nice amp. | |
| Better Quality CD's On the Talon Audio website (http://www.talonaudio.com/select.htm), there are lists of "expert selections." Most can be ordered from amazon.com. | |
| Red Rose R3s vs. Proac 1sc vs. Dynaudio 1.3SE I'd add the Biro L/1 to the list. I've heard the Red Rose R3's, and they do remind me of the L/1's (which, by the way, I own)... and at half the price and with a bit more bass, the L/1's have the edge (in my opinion, or course). | |
| Floor speakers on tile floors? I had a similar problem--floor standing speakers on a hardwood floor produced some boominess. I sandwiched four Vibrapods betweem the floor and a piece of hard laminate tile, then set the speaker on the tile. That eliminated the boominess, tighten... | |
| How many of you have heard the Tenor Audio amps? I listened to a pair last spring at the show in NYC... wonderful sound, and beautiful, too! | |
| Music you might have missed Rickie Lee Jones -- "Traffic from Paradise"In my opinion, her best album musically, plus the recording detail and imaging are excellent. Tight, rich percussion. I use it as a "reference" CD. | |
| Multi Channel SACD www.crutchfield.com |