Do you adjust your balance control at all?
Last week we picked on tone controls, so this week, we'll put the spotlight on the balance knob. Do you use it in your system? Is it at any setting other than dead center?
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Do you ever use your bass/treble/EQ controls?
Reader Stephen M. Rose wants <I>Stereophile</I> readers to confess their audio sins. Do you ever use tone controls in your current system?
Do you listen to Internet radio? If yes, what is your favorite program?
Internet radio has been in the news a lot recently with heated battles over royalty payments. But we wonder how many of our readers actually use it.
Are you interested in any universal all-formats disc-players?
Pioneer, Marantz, Yamaha, and Onkyo now have universal disc-players on the market. Are you interested?
Which is the best manufacturer website out there and why do you like it?
In last week's vote, reader Ken said that, if we're going to ask if a manufacturer's website is important, we should recognize the best ones. So which manufacturer websites stand out as particularly great, in your opinion?
How important is a manufacturer's website when researching/buying a product? Why?
Audio product information is available in many forms, from glossy brochures or ads to dealers' informed sales pitches. Where does a manufacturer's website fit into the picture?
What is your favorite section in Stereophile? Why?
It's been apparent for years that many of <I>Stereophile</I>'s readers have a favorite section or writer. What is yours and why?
Have your hybrid SACDs played fine in all of your machines that can normally play a CD? If not, what kind of player was it?
There have been reports that some CD, and some combination CD/DVD/etc. machines, have trouble finding the CD layer on a hybrid SACD disc. If you've bought a hybrid SACD/CD disc, has it played on everything you own that can play a CD?
Have you ever built an audio component, cable, or speaker for your system? Are you planning to?
Audio has always hosted a sizable Do-It-Yourself (DIY) market. Reader Harry Kane wonders "how many readers still build their own components or would be interested in doing so, should there be a revival of high-end kits?"
What do you think about the decision to leave any mention of SACD off the outside cover of the new Stones SACD/CD hybrids? Please explain.
One more question about the Rolling Stones SACD/CD hybrid discs: ABKCO has chosen to leave any mention of SACD off the outside cover of the 22 new Rolling Stones remasters. Is this a smart move, and should other SACD/CD hybrids follow suit?