Not talking about it being comfortable, or that it can hold your beer whilst you listen (tho I agree both of them are very important, one far more so than the other!!) but more along the lines of 'is it an overlooked but potentially important part of your listening experience'?

I often notice (when the more important part above is observed fully) that I can tend to slump into the chair more. Yet with that I also feel that the sound can be altered quite a bit (as distinct from the above factor )

With reviews/follow ups of the PSB Imagine T & B, Cambridge Audio Dacmagic and the Wadia I Transport... I really have to say that I was impressed with the amount of affordable gear in the June edition. I also loved the very appropriate "As we see it" by Stephen to start the issue... I think it really captured the feelings of many of us aspiring audiophiles and enthusiasts - as nice as it is to read about exotic, limited edition, bankruptcy inducing gear, many of us are also very interested in gateway products/ gear that can be purchased with a bit of disciplined saving...

I bought an entry level Rega a few months back and right away had a problem with it. One channel was bad; fortunately for me, the seller was quite good. They shipped a new tonearm promptly, and then put up with me taking several weeks to return the bad one.

I'm very happy with the unit, except it makes a 'swishing' noise when it runs. It's no huge deal when the volume is turned up, but it's not good at low levels.

Is this an inherent feature of belt drives? How much noise should I expect?

Thanks,

Scott Atkinson
Watertown NY

I'm totally new to this, but I've been reading around on here for quite awhile, and can't seem to find some answers - so i'm going to ask for help...

I'm totally new to this, but I've got a small vinyl collection, and a considerable FLACC collection as well.

From what I've read, I think I'm going to want tube phono preamps for my vinyl, but possibly integrated power amps for my digital library. How can you effectively mix these two?

Just came back from a trip to Washington and have to say that I tasted some excellent wine at some local wineries. I would suggest you take a look at Bookwalter, DiSteffano among others. The people there were extremely nice and there was no attitude like you get at some Napa wineries.

Hey everyone. After discovering how much better vinyl sounds than the mp3s on my computer, I went over to my friend's house whose father is a slight audiophile and was blown away by the stones. I immediately went home and grabbed the Polk monitor speakers that were in my attic and plugged them into my system. The sound was pretty good, but not great. I really want to experience music when I listen to it, but the fact remains that I'm a high school freshman with a budget of about $100 and the only turntable I own is the ITTUSB one my dad got for importing songs to cds.