Harman, will it stay on course of excellence?

With the new guy in charge, Harman International has had some run of excellence over the years, they really have some of the greatest brands under their control, and they didn't ruin any of em. Many actually got better, and sustained their inovative plans. AKG and Crown just keep on being great.....AKG makes some great stuff. D&M is gonna be moving on up...to battle it out on pro stuff? Harman has had a big head start, D&M is a newbie, in the game. Wonder why Philips didn't expand it all instead of selling it all off.

7 ga. into a 15A IEC connector!!

What brilliant line of BS....and the price!!! More brilliance. What device that uses an IEC 15A or less connector needs to have 7ga. wire to deliver the required voltage and current....and they cover it in CLOTH....modern materials science has developed wire coverings and insulations that got rid of 1930's 1920's cloth covered wires!!! When does the nonsense stop? I bet....the cloth SOUNDS better....riiiiight? 7ga wire onto a CD player, oh yeah.....I don't have 7 ga wire feeding my electric water heater, and that can cook some water, ya really need 7ga for home audio? In anything?

Cambridge Audio Azur 840E Pre-Amp

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Just curious whether anyone here has this pre (&/or the matching 840W power amp). I can't find out much about these models online--everything I've found so far is basically the same thing--a quote of the manufacturer's blurb. I own a 540R v2 receiver, & want to change to separates (w/in a budget) over the next 6 months or so. I do really like Cambridge products.

Impending disaster at Capitol Tower

Los Angles may be close to loosing a land mark. In a city where almost nothing is old and a general sense of history is lacking, Capitol Studios is under threat. The Capitol Tower was designed by architect Welton Becket and opened in 1956 at 1730 Vine Street. A developer has purchased the land next door and intends to build a 16 floor condominium high rise, complete with underground parking. That subterranean parking would only be 18 feet away from the legendary echo chambers. The construction would make the chambers and studios unusable, at least temporarily.

Youri Egorov

About a year-and-a-half or two years ago or so, I bought an EMI twofer on Youri Egorov playing piano works by Robert Schumann. A good number of Schumann fans and piano fans had written comments ranging from the strongly favorable to the dizzyingly effusive about the set and Egorov

New iPod Classic vs Rega Apollo

Got an iPod 80GB for father's Day, which I planned to load up with lossless files and use around the house when I didn't have time for loading up real CDs or records. The long-term plan was to get one of those Wadia docks and a good DAC but after some careful comparisons I think I'll be holding off for a bit.

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