Blu-Tac is useful, but it seems to me that that particular brand lucked out. "Poster putty" is common, is marketed by several companies, and you can get it at a dollar store for, yeah, a dollar. Amazing though that when a putty was tried by Stereophile, and it happened to be Blu-Tac, then audiophiles started to pay multiples of its real world price. I see it listed in a music direct catalog for $10. On a per weight basis, that must be worth more than gold!

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Anyone reviewed or better yet lived with these speakers and want to offer an opinion? I know, they are out of production:
http://www.birotechnology.com/old/L1.html

Pete B.

http://www.killahertz-acoustics.co.uk/practicalacoustics.doc

good stuff there..

As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm building my first decent home stereo system with the primary purpose of listening to my vinyl collection. Right now I'm still in school so i'm on a budget. However, I already have a project studio that anchors around a Mac Pro, a Digi002 [digital recording interface], and Event 20/20bas [active studio monitors].

With the Digi002 acting as the sound card, the 20/20s sound pretty good playing back recorded audio and even my MP3 collection.

Hi All,

I am planning to buy a new receiver or amp + 2 bookshelf speakers for my living room. I plan to use it mainly for music. The thing is that I stream most of my music through Rhapsody on my lpatop (I don't store any files on my laptop and I don't use CDs). So I need to hook up my laptop to the recevier/amp.

I was hoping to get some advice on which amp or receiver is best for for streaming music? Also, what is the ideal set up for hooking up a laptop while keeping the sound quality as much as possible?

Hey everyone,

I'm in the planning stages of building my first decent 2ch home audio system. My question is pretty simple: Can you haggle with audio dealers and if so, what percentage off should I consider a good deal?

Here's what I'm looking at purchasing from a local dealer as of now:

Rega p2 or Rega p3/24
Onkyo a-9555 or Rotel ra-1062
Usher S-520 or Polk lsi(7)(9) or B&W 685s

Is anyone familiar with VMPS speakers? How do they sound? VMPS seems a very strange company - their speaker line seems to encompass different design theories throughout from one model to another.

I wonder if anyone has had any experience with them.

Thanks