Hello,

I'm a newbie and not a high end audiophile. It's been a long time since I had a good sounding stereo.

I want to put together a new system for my office. I can close the door and listen to music without interruption or spousal objection. Plus I've become accustomed to ripping music to my computer. I find it easier to use song lists and search for artists "online".

I recently bought a pair of NHT Classic 3 speakers. I'm driving them with an old Harman Kardon HK3500 receiver. I'd like to replace the amp and do something about my audio source.

APP wasn't my favorite group in the 1970s, but maybe it was because I couldn't hear it this way.

I listened in two-channel 24/192 and was blown away by the sonics. Close your eyes and the sound stage is 180-degrees wide. The fade at the end of "Genisis Ch.1V.32" slowly moves from covering and surrounding you with a HUGE wall of sound to fading into a very distant ball of sound that covers only about 5-degrees and seems like it's 400-yards away. Only in that final fade do you hear the tape hiss from the original master.

The high-end system I listened to yesterday had cable elevators. I noted my skepticism about their likely usefulness, and the high-end manufacturer I was talking to agreed. As it happened, the elevators on one side had fallen over and most of that speaker cable was on the floor. To the extent that that provided an A/B comparison, I could determine no difference in sound between the elevated and non-elevated. (the listening did include one mono track, BTW). Your concise reactions?

(For long & detailed, maybe better to post in the lengthy "perceptions" thread)

Yesterday went to a dealer and heard a couple of excellent high-end systems. Probably not an unusual experience for most of you but it was for me.

I got for almost-free a set of Bertagni SM300 flat panel speakers. They pretty much rule, as many may know they're 4-way speakers made of huge polystyrene panels and they sound great, but the HF driver in each is a little piezo(?) tweeter, and one of them is not working.

I hooked up another tweeter (of a different design) in parallel briefly and got sound, so it's gotta be the tweeter itself, nothing is wrong in the crossover etc.

I have a vintage (circa 1978) Toshiba stereo component system. The amp has two analog wattage gauges or meters, one for the left channel and one for the right. The little light bulb (not really a bulb) in one of the meters has burned out and I would like to replace it. I have tried searching for a replacement gauge to no avail. So now I would like to try to replace the lamp but I don't know what to call the mini lamp inside the meter.

Hello,

I've a friend willing to part with around $3000 Australian dollars for a set of floorstanding speakers, and I wonder if any of the more experienced heads here might have some suggestions. I was thinking Krix Neuphonics or a pair of focals.

Any advice appreciated.

Hey, I recently have acquired a tiger ensemble amp, I was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about it? and is there any way to hook up my MP3 player to the AUX. out?

Thanks, Greg