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| Bose 901 Subscribe to the Audiogon Bluebook. At the prices that they are going for you might try them I ran a pair that were given to me for some years until I embraced this hobby. While I was still using them my first tweak was to upgrade interconnects an... | |
| The Cable Company - Wow Steve once told me that there is a difference between toslink (fibre optic cables) and he loaned me a pair of cables that would cost me much more than I wanted to spend.I then got the chance to compare and I bought both sets. Also, I wanted them t... | |
| One quick DVD recorder question Don't worry. What you have is good enough. I find that in video there are not so many issues that we have in audio. | |
| Who's Kidding Who ??? When I am outbid I get a chance to see the bid history. If the person outbidding me does lots of business hereabouts then he is probably a dealer who will drop when the profit becomes too thin.Also, I once was outbid by a fellow who had terrible f... | |
| Hum and hiss with Rives Parc contact Rives----great people there. | |
| So my wife says to me this morning Yes, it was only when I did some serious tube rolling that my wife finally said she now understands (appreciates) what I was after. | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? I picked up a pair os Acoustat X speakers, each with it's own servo charged built-in amp some years ago. Best deal I ever made. | |
| Recommendations on Toslink cable About the only thing you do not want to do is buy plastic. Get glass. $80.00 is not a lot of money. However you can get a really good used cable on Audiogon for that kind of money. Check the seller's feedback; the last thing you want is a cable th... | |
| Speaker cable connections for vintage gear The parts-express.com people have lots of fun stuff. | |
| Shipping to Canada? Don't use UPS In my experience the most seamless way to send items that won't break in transit (cords, remotes, etc.) is USPS/Canada Post. This being true regardless of point of origin. | |
| CD player - need your opinion Audio Aero Prima. Do a discussion forum search here on Audiogon and check out the comments/reviews. | |
| Unintended lyrics Hey Sean;Great link. I would like to say i just had one of those Oh God, Now I have heard it all..." moments; but then again I only just listen to the Stairway to Heaven link with that great picture. | |
| why does preamp improve sound quality? Did you know that the signal comes out of your components at 'full volumn' and that your volumn control knob does not increase but rather it reduces the strength (volumn) of the signal?A really good pre will do this better than some. My own Cd pla... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? While I doubt I would own all McIntosh throughout my system, I am exceedingly happy with my 2102 amp. On this unit McIntosh did err when they used Chinese input tubes and these really hurt the permormance as they kept the amp from being as good as... | |
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