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I'm looking at a secondhand Arcam Alpha 6 amp (small budget and currently running a cheap Cambridge) described in reviews as having 'loose bass'. In easy terms, could someone explain please what this means?? What on earth is loose bass? Go easy on me please I'm no expert!

Do you guys remember the band "13th Floor Elevators"??! well, they were a popular rock band in the late 60's and i really love their music. the lead singer, roky erickson, went insane and someone did a documentary on his life today, which features a soundtrack of all his hit songs. A coworker at umg gave me the soundtrack and I really enjoyed it. the most popular is "you're gonna miss me," which the title of the dvd/soundtrack. i really recommend it, if you're into rock music or just to watch the dvd. here's the website if you want to check it out...

Any suggestions?

Has anyone actually played with this new beastie? Other thoughts?

Musical Fidelity asserts that most systems are underpowered and that the resulting lack of headroom is a serious deficiency.

From their website:

"Roughly speaking, most systems are about 10dB deficient in their dynamic range capability. Our magnificent new product, the 550K Supercharger, increases the dynamic range of most systems by about 10dB or more."

Hi y'all! I would like to know what you guys think about these speakers, the Infinity Beta 50 and Infinity Primus 360. Anyone has had the chance to listen to them? Oh... almost forgot! What about Epos speakers? Particularly the ELS 303 model?

Thanks in advance!

hey all, good forum idea! all this stuff i've read online can be really confusing.

I've been looking at an entry level hi-fi system...this is primarily to play records, not CDs...i'll get a CD player later...right now I want to spend right around $1000, not more..

Here's what I think I've decided on:

Rega P1 record player - $350

Epos ELS-3 monitor speakers - $329

Cambridge Audio Azur 340A integrated amp - $329*

*although it keeps saying that a phono in is "optional" so maybe i have to pay more...