ryanp100

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Techno Anyone?
For an excellent downtempo collection, I can't recommend the Dreamworld: Essential Late-Night Listening collection highly enough, containing Tricky, Hooverphonic, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Moby, Spiritualized...all good stuff. 
Massive Attack fans....
Wow, a couple of great groups are mentioned here! First, I wasn't even aware Massive Attack was going to produce anything else past Mezzanine, but now I'm quite excited to see what they've been up to. Remixes show up from time to time on various d... 
How do you properly break-in a pair of speakers?
One trick, which works better with monitors, is to place them face to face and wire one out of phase with the other. Throw a blanket over the whole thing and turn up the volume until your spouse complains, then back it off a little. 
help with din to rca cable for creek amp?
If you do a search here on the 'Gon or on eBay, you might come across Chord 5-pin DIN to RCA connectors. They usually go for around 50 to 100 bucks, depending on vintage. Alternatively, you could have your favorite set of interconnects terminated ... 
My highest praise - for Audiogon
As an avid member of eBay, and the occasional sniper, I must take issue with the way this method is described in this thread. First, the highest bid DOES always win an auction, no matter what time the bid was placed. Someone who carefully watches ... 
Getting started with a second system...
Oh, and I forgot to mention the source is a Planet 2000, which I already have... 
A reasonable integrated w/ remote - possibly tube?
Thanks for all of your input! I suppose it will now be a long, strenuous process to do some listening demos, and I'm sure I'll enjoy every minute. To abecollins above: I don't really need a fully functional remote, just volume and maybe mute would... 
Best Integrated 50wpc under 600 used
Have you considered the Naim Nait 2? Wonderful little integrated, and don't let the "low" 20 wpc fool you; this thing can rock with the best. Fluid and dynamic.