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Not too long ago I got my hands on a used Oppo BDP83. I bought it for blu-ray capabilities for the most part and the reputed cd playback superiority as an added bonus, if real. After using the right inputs in my processor and doing a same cd syncronized in both cd players comparo, the Oppo does...

Just for the heck of it, still trying to get rid of some room nodes, i put a third sub online. Its the cheapo one I have on the idiot box, with its own built in amp. At first it was an enormous cock-up but with a little perseverance (obsession) all worked out better than it started. All signals...

They needed new cords after about 6 or more years. I bough some relative cheapie replacements for the interrum. First were the high priced "SkullCandies", which I fondly think off "Skull!@%$ers", such trash. Next were a higher priced Koss or Shure, I'm not sure. I thought either the iPod was...

I crushed the wires on my Etymotic earphones last trip and didn't notice until this one. So, today I made a run into the local electronics store for an emergency pair and walked out with a pair of "Skullcandy FMJ's" What garbage, and they weren't cheap either. Mud city, like your head is in...

And hooked up in the system! A matched pair of VMPS Original Subwoofers I bought on Audiogon from a very dependable Eric A. out from Virginia. I installed them as soon as I opened the very well packed boxes, Didn't change a thing on my settings yet and WOW! what a difference. Wow! What an...

Would it be an amp or Speakers if one noticed an unnoticed (till it became evident) decrease in sound output across the board, both channels? Preamp? I might start switching amps tonight to find out. Last nights listening session, fueled by wine and exotic tobaccos, ended with me wondering what...

Prompted by a PM and the fact that I've been thinking a lot about speaker placement, I came home from a job and got off my ass. First stop was to get som Y adapters so as I can leave the signal to the CLs's alone and fiddle with the external crossover to my heart's content. That is working out...

I've had a few days available to pick up where I left off . . . I had bought a used pair of CLS from Brad and had only had a day and a half to set them up before a new job required my attention. At that time I related how terrible they sounded when integrated in my system that was voiced for a...

It's kinda sad that the security state mentality has permeated just about every facet of life, that information and opinion just disappear without notice or explanation, that intellegent adults are perceived as needing to be protected by some authority rather than solve the problem themselves...

Nader Was Right: Liberals Are Going Nowhere With Obama x YahooBuzzPosted on Aug 10, 2009 By Chris Hedges The American empire has not altered under Barack Obama. It kills as brutally and indiscriminately in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan as it did under George W. Bush. It steals from...

Since I did some room node cut-outs with the EQ, one of the results was I could then clearly hear other anomolies with the speaker output. The worst offender was an out of phase sound were I to just move my head a few inches left or right, and seemingly odd reflections that I couldn't track...

A few months ago I had purchased a vintage McIntosh MR78 from some F-tard in Wisconsin through Audiogon. It arrived pretty much with the front smashed up and suspect on the seller's description. Oh well, live and learn. I sent the unit to Audio Classics for repair soon after and it just came...

One test mule lamp shade received two sloppy coats of Minwax water-based polycrylic via spray can. Once the second coat was dry I put it into service with an untreated lampshade at the opposite speaker. I used a new CD I hadn't heard yet for the audition, Spanish Harlem Orchestra's "United We...

Three inexpensive tweaks, one still under development: 1) Get thee to Lowe's, where you can find cutting boards of 17" x 15" x 2". They are about $45 each, much cheaper than audiophile grade whatever wood blocks. I use these under my speakers mainly for moving them around the room over the...

I just bought a used Mac FM tuner, which got me thinking about their amps. Since I'm currently running Vantages with an Innersound 300 (300W @ 8 ohm, 600 @ 4, etc.), I would be looking at used or demo MC402, a pair of 402's in mono, or 501's. What has been your experience with these amps, what...

No pictures here yet, as I've been on the road for the last two months, but . . . My homemade panels are the same as Burke's, same Armstong fiberglass ceiling tiles stripped of their face in metal stud frames. Two slight differences though, are I used the rubber mesh used to line toolboxes for...

Here's one for you all - - Had a few days r&r at home, so I decided to hook up the frankenstein sub again to see what it would do in the now larger environment. By the book setup is Preamp out into Paridigm Sub Controler/ high bypass out of PSC to Behringer DEQ [then out to main amp], low output...

OK, The right channel on my system has some sort of distortion: A "fuzzy sound" on the high middle range that makes itself known on complex and dynamic passages. There is also a high hiss that comes in and out, on both channels but more the right, much like signal drift on a fm station. This...

Unboxed and hooked up the new cat's a$$, everybody's talkin' 'bout, Sony FDX-X1HD. It sits on top of my current tuner, the aforementioned vintage SAE model 8000, purportedly modded in ways too mysterious to me by a guy known for knowing his stuff. Both units are handicapped by ridiculously bad...

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