clbeanz

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Serendipity: perfect example
As long as the seperate drive units can reach optimal integration upon reaching the ear.Seems there would be more detail,dynamics,volume,cabinet driver material noise.Delayed,lowered room effect and smaller more focused sweet spot.Run a low freque... 
Does it matter what power amp i get?
Is it to late to trade up to the M1 Actives?http://studio-central.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=554&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= 
SACD VS DVD-AUDIO
Popped in to admit my poor clairvoyance,appears the crowd may have left both standing in the ring. 
What should I use between spikes and wood floor?
I use short spent pistol shell casings.Plenty sizes shapes and use softer alloys in aluminum or brass. Polish up very nice. Spike sets through neck and flash hole on primer anvil. Taper of the spike self-limits at the flash hole keeping it from pu... 
Are Rotel amps and preamps any good?
They have a solid rep for good value and taking care of the customer,but a couple of pieces recently had firmware problems which Rotel is/has solved and may have spiked upward the complaints numbers.At any rate this page branches into a wealth of ... 
Wharfedale Diamond 8.4
RichLet me clarify ,I felt the 8.4 set we auditioned driven by a JVC-9010 delivered a wonderful sound.It's the JVC I call mid-fi,the implication being Rrekstads Ref10/DNA-1 pairing should be much. Port mention merely an FYI you didn't need and we ... 
Wharfedale Diamond 8.4
Yes just recently.They where driven by a 'Mid-fi'surround reciever(wood floor)great performance to cost ratio,decent bass,musical,warm,bit lively in lower treble,tad rolled in the top-top,could be played reasonably loud,cleanly.BTW Rich they are f... 
Which multi-CD player is best?
If hardrive filling and backup sounds like to much work consider...mega changers toslink into Benchmark DAC1($1k).This way down the road you would have a very flexible headphone monitor,passive preamp,dac in your stable.Of course you can subsitute... 
Scratched CD Repair Recommendation
A)Two larger music stores that buy and sell used CDs around here have a polishing machine they run all their used buyouts through before putting in store inventory.And for about a dollar per they will run discs I bring through that polisher(looks ... 
Is hdcd worth having ??
The really good HDCDs in my collection outperform straight redbook in dynamics,extension,more 3 dimensional reach out and touch images.I have found over 50 encoded discs so far using this list from HDCD.com http://www.hdcd.com/music_catalog/music.... 
Jazz Boxsets
Accidental delight and value, I recommend"Night Out with Verve" 4 disc box,65 tracks,$30,well recorded Verve sound.Here's the Amazon site with many samples and opinionshttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004ZEJJ/002-6858772-8589634?v=... 
Order to Shut out or Light on a System?
I always turn amps 'ON' last and 'OFF' first. 
Polk Audio XM Radio Reciever A Winner
This XM tuner has my interest as well,couple questions to start.Have or are you using the digital out to a outboard DAC?Did you find a good deal on it?Hows the remote and control feature set,easy operation?Thankyou in advance. 
Does vinyl outsell the hi rez formats?
RIAA sales tracking statsGood place to start,keep in mind vinyls deeper catalog and much vinyl trades hands under RIAA radar so short answer is yes! 
Rotel 1072 & Arcam 73 comparison
Enjoying the Rotel since early this year,very nice machine.Sound is especially good with an HDCD disc.I printed a masterlist from the new HDCD site now owned and run by Microsoft.Turns out I have many HiRez recordings already,what a bonus.Eminentl...