Posts by mhardyman

By and large, I would have to agree with all of the above. I have never personally heard a difference using power conditioners with my gear. I am running an APC S-15 right now on my main system and it is not there to improve the sound....

Absolutely! I use a pair of Hsu HB1-Mk2 horn loaded speakers as well as the Hsu VTF-3 MK4 subs. The sub is self powered so I use a pair of Bottlehead Paramount 300B monoblocks driven by a Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid preamp. This...

I've used the Hsu HB1-Mk2 pair for years as computer speakers. Very revealing, accurate and detailed. Hooked up to a small MiniWatt N3 (one 12AX7 driving a pair of EL84 power tubes) which generates all of 3.5 Watts per side they have...

Quote:Originally Posted by audiodummy2 Buying a lived in home, one of the selling features is that it had surround sound. Going through a walkthrough today we find that the seller is taking the receiver and the acustomas powered...

Have not had any problems downloading or playing back any file from HDTracks. As for all the commentary about recordings that just sound 'meh', well, they probably sounded meh before but our previous playback chain may not have noticed....

I have several tube amps like the Bob Latino ST-70, a Transcendent Sound T-16 OTL, a pair of Bottlehead Paramount 300Bs and a pair of the Audio Note Kit "Legend" Parallel SE 300B monoblocks. The ST-70 might get checked every two months...

The mini Toslink to Toslink cable is sweet with a mac. http://www.amazon.com/Optical-Toslink-Fiber-Plated-Digital/dp/B001VJ680U/ref=pd_sim_e_8 With an older mac, you will be limited on the USB capability. Adding a halfway decent DAC...

I would add that out in the field there is a product known as "Monster" cable, not affiliated with the company. The technicians called it that since it is rather large. Inside the cable are a pair of Cat-5, a pair of fiber optic and a...

Quote: Originally Posted by garthvader86 Hi guys and gals Sorry if this has been posted before but im a newbie so be patient. so the story so far,back at christmas i picked up a sony str dh820 which i love/loved which worked fine...

Quote: Originally Posted by burts Why do people prefer two ch audio? Isnt 7 channel audio much better, I dont understand can someone elaborate please... Over 99% of all recorded music is two channel. Much of it recorded beautifully....