I've been an avid reader of this magazine since I was little, always dreamed about having my own system. Now with my sign-on bonus just deposited into my account, it is time!

Recently, I bought the new Razorlight cd and brought it to my local Magnolia Hifi. I tried it on the store's best system, featuring a pair of Sonus Faber Cremona speakers. I was totally floored by the sound it produced. But my bonus is not even enough for the speakers.

Any suggestions? (I have a one bedroom apartment of modest size)

Aloha,

I'm thinking today that maybe the hardest part of the sonic spectrum for a speaker to get right is the bass.

I say that because I can think of many examples of excellent/superlative midrange and treble reproduction that I've heard, but far fewer experiences with honest to gosh "correct" bass.

Bass has always been the hardest aspect of the sound for me to get dialed in when I play with system placement, too.

Hola, I've been wondering about some cable things lately...

Is there an industry other than Hi FI that requires cables/wires be used "pointing/conducting" in the "right" direction?

Same goes for fuses.

Is there another industry that requires high definition fuses for any applications?

It seems that with all the different very sensitive enterprises out that that require the "Nth" degree of sensitivity, low noise, etc... that we'd see these concepts popping up in realms other than Hi Fi.

i was wondering if its possible to connect a CD player direct to a amplifier, without going through a Pre-amp stage? is there an separate volume controller i can get?. will going directly to the amp give it better sound, since it will be a much more simple connection? i am asking this because i am thinking about getting the Onkyo DX-7555 cd player, but since i am a student and work part time, i dont want to spend too much money at once, and since i already have a 2 channel amplifier.

My February 2007 Issue arrived today.

Mahalo for the wikiwiki service.

I am trying to decide between the DEQX and TACT 2.2XP systems. My room has serious base problems but it also has issues with higher frequencies due to a fair bit of glass that I cant obscure with curtains etc.

Does anyone know which system is better able to correct high frequencies - DEQX in their white paper says that corrections are more effective at lower frequencies - this worries me. TACT does not have any such disclaimers. Is the processing power/algorith implementations of the two units so different that one would be much better than the other at higher frequencies?