satch
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| DYI Speakers. How good can they be? Firstly, I believe DIY speakers can be better then commercial designs. But if you want to make a living out of it, they're not DIY anymore....... at least not to the buyers. Then there's the question of the finish of the design. It's a lot of work... | |
| CD shootout:Linn,Pioneer,Marantz,Sony,etc... I have always heard good things about the older, top-of-the-range Marantz players. Players like the Marantz CD 80 were highly rated. I seem to remember that the Pioneer PD 65 is pretty good too, if thats the one with the stable platter mechanism, ... | |
| Favourite Guitar CDs It may not be to everyone's taste, but I enjoy Surfing with the Alien form Joe Satriani, Love and relgion from Steve Vai and Minds eye from Vinnie Moore, although the latter gets a bit boring after a while. A complete different style is Friday nig... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Interesting to read all this. I've spent around 11-12 k, or no, I should say: my current system costs around 11-12 k, but I have spent more. Funny thing is, it took me around 20 years to get to this, and Ì don't think I will spent much more (even ... | |
| Ortofon MC Question I have the same turntable and arm combination, and had it serviced a couple of years ago. The dealer suggested and installed a Ortofon MC 15 Super, which souds great. IMHO spending more on a cartridge is not worth the effort since the SME 3009 is ... | |
| NAD C350 or Cambridge A500? I have to agree with all of the above. The NAD is not necessarily better sounding, that's a matter of taste, but it has more power then the Cambridge, which should work well with Quad loudspeakers (good choice!! Lovely looks and great sound.....).... | |
| How often to Audiophiles upgrade their equipment? When I started, I would buy something, and start saving to upgrade the next component. Now my last buy is a DVD-player, no upgrade, but something 'new'. Strange thing is, I just don't feel the need to buy better and better. Maybe that means my sys... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Is this thread still running? Well, about a year ago I was driving a Citroen ZX, of which I managed to blow up the engine. I traded it for an ancient Ford Fiesta, which I traded for a Nissan Primera, which is still running...... just, so I think i... | |
| Listening to ALL your music O yeah, Rlips, I heard of these things. They tend to eat socks though: you throw in a pair and get only one back, so my dad made me promise never to buy such a thing and to invest in sensible things like Video 2000-recorders, turntables, DAT-recor... | |
| Listening to ALL your music I tend to listen to listen to music according to my mood, but within my moods I listen to the same albums. Not on sound quality, but because some albums are better in my opinion than others. So why did I buy the other albums? Well..... I thought t... | |
| How do you clean the laser in a CD player? I agree with Bigwavedave. I have done this many times, and it always works, but be very carefull not to use to much force since the the laser would be dislocated and wouldn't read your cd's anymore. Compressed air is safer, but will only remove du... | |
| Cartridge for Linn Axis/Akito turntable. Try the Linn K9 MM cartridge, which is specially designed for use in the Akito. Don't know retail prices, it used to be around 170 dollars and well worth it. | |
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| Talk Me off the Ledge - A cry for help Apart from all the tweaks: ever considered the thought that the vocals on the Pink Floyd record do sound sibilant? If the reggea-records sound good, your set-up shouldn't be to bad. I only own a original copy of DSOTM (not the remastered version),... | |
| why go against REL setup recommendation? Placing a subwoofer in a corner will result in extra low-end reinforcement, at the extent of uncontrolled bass. Ideal for movies, not really suited to music. However, there is a simple solution: experiment with the placement, and use the set-up yo... |