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| My latest find. What's yours? Several weeks a go I picked up "Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites Nos 1, 2, & 5" played by Edgar Meyer on the double bass. I simply can't stop listening to it -- the sound is completely captivating and his performance is fabulous. Its definitely... | |
| Best Power Conditioner (new) under $400? I have the 2500 and it works beautifully for my system. According to Monster Cable, the circuitry should be the same as the 2000, but the 2500 has a remote power on/off facility which was for me, the salient feature when I bought it. When I got th... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Well, I have had a pair of M&K Satellite 1a's and Volkswoofer since 1980, and still use them in the bedroom. They aren't particularly great at anything (other than being small :-)), but they've served me through two stints at college, several ... | |
| Recievers versus separates I have to apologize for my last post -- somehow I was stuck on thinking that "separates" meant monoblocks and described what I saw as the difference between stereo and mono amps. I'm should know better than to try and think before noon. Anyway, I ... | |
| Recievers versus separates I don't have direct experience with all of the pieces you mention, but I can comment about the "good as separates" claim. Its no trick to build similar circuitry into one box as opposed to two, and many better receiver manufacturers do exactly thi... | |
| Best CD of Diana Krall?? Dekay -- Ha! Your description is right on the money. Of course, now that you've planted that image in my head, I'll have a hard time listening to that song again without feeling like I'm about to be lunch ;-). Fortunately, I have tickets to see he... | |
| Best CD of Diana Krall?? Dekay -- I'm not sure she has that much to do with the audio problems on the CD. Both of the problems I described are strictly engineering/production issues. She should be able to sing her heart out however she wants to and the production staff ou... | |
| Best CD of Diana Krall?? On the song "When I Look In Your Eyes", not only is she very closely miked, but in the quietest parts, the mike mutes and background noise drops out entirely, only to pop back in when she starts to sing again. Its very disconcerting. Also, I think... | |
| Best CD of Diana Krall?? My favorite is "When I Look Into Your Eyes", but its hard to go wrong with any of them. | |
| 2-Channel to home Theater I know that the current model CJ preamps (14LS and 17LS) have external processor loop hookups, and the 17LS has a pair of line level outputs. | |
| need help with choosing right cables I agree with gregm and leafs...the entire source chain doesn't lend itself to much warmth. Cables might help a tiny bit, but none of the components you listed have warm characteristic to them, so its hard to imagine they'll do the trick. If I had ... | |
| Favourite / most impressive audio store Its sometimes hard to separate the quality of a store from the sales staff you interact with, but I find very often that the treatment I receive from some dealers very much depends on the person I speak with. It's easy to point out quality individ... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? I have to say, this thread is *far and away* the most passionate, thoughtful (well, most of the time), and interesting thread I've read on this site (and there have been many). Thanks to all of you for playing a part in it and allowing a great num... | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" Sean, there are three types of mid level speaker cables that I tried along with the 12 gauge wire -- MIT T2 biwire and single wire, AudioQuest Slate, Nordost Flatline. The MIT single wire and AudioQuest did not sound appreciably better than the 12... | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" I hate getting involved with religious debates (although I am in this case), but my own experiences agree entirely with John's assertions about speaker cables. As yet, my system shows no real improvement over 12 gauge wire with any higher end cabl... |