I'm fairly new to Jazz music. My new speakers are coming this week and I would like to play some really good Jazz CDs on them (musically and sound-wise). I only own 4 Jazz CDs...Steve Kuhn Trio - Live at Birdland, Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, Playboy Jazz: Love Songs After Dark, & John Coltrane - A Love Supreme. I love them all EXCEPT Coltrane's A Love Supreme (boy, is that CD overrated!). Any suggestions?

Hello Guys,

First post, and I'm hoping to get advice from the experts. I've always been horrified at the cost of audiophile tube receivers, and was wondering if it is worth it to build one from a kit. (I've built a tube guitar amplifier already, and had a great time).

A few questions:

1) Are there any quality amp kits that you recommend?
2) I notice that the frequency response of most tube kits is very low. Is this something inherent to tube amps, or just cheap kits?
3) Is this a worthy venture, or should I just splurge for a good solid-state receiver?

Anyway, I went to pick up some bits this morning from a chap and he allowed me to 'audition' his rig...eh...Wilson Watt Puppies on McIntosh amp with Premier (?) power conditioner, McIntosh CD (server I think?)...and cables which none were less than

I needed to control hi-freq noise from the ceiling corners. I affixed 1 ft. square cardboard type egg trays with pushpins - two trays per front corner on the walls and one in each rear corner (rear wall). I only had six trays and I have a drop ceiling with a somewhat textured surface, so I felt I could forego placing them on the ceiling. The effect was well beyond my expectations. Photo is posted in DIY Projects gallery.

Hello everybody,

I'm now a happy owner of a Rega Apollo.

Lately I could notice some dust deposited around the mechanism and around the lenses.

Despite my nickname, I try to keep the area around the gear as clean as possible!

I have no probs at the moment: the micro-fluff is very little, but it still makes me sort of uncomfortable.

I checked the manual and no maintenance is normally needed. If necessary Rega recommends to bring the CD player to an official dealer.

My Ducati requires an expensive laser device too tension its' cam belt by measuring the belts resonant frequency when the belt is plucked. The spec is 110Hz +/-5Hz.
So why not break out my laptop running TrueaudioRTA (spectrum analyzer) and a microphone? Didn't know if the S/N would be good enough, or if the peak would be narrow enough to provide the resolution required.
It worked fantastic, nice big amplitude with a narrow bandwidth, and it was repeatable.
I'm still amazed when theory and practice agree.