My dealer told me I should spend 10 to 15% of the cost of my system on cables. So, that would make it approximately $1300.00 for cable. Anyway, I need some answers to questions.

Aloha,

Been thinking of getting my act together and making a booklet of cheap and readily available tweks, and figured I may as well start here.

Let me know if any of y'all have tried any of these or what you think if you do try one or more:

1) Duct tape and washer damping.

Any piece of cabinetry or gear that you can feel vibration on when playing music gets a square of duct tape to that spot, a washer on top of that, and another piece of duct tape to hold the washer in place.

Beats the heck out of Mpingo discs.

One of my favorite sources is taking pre-orders for a DVD produced by MF on which he demonstrates cartridge set up on three different turntables. Step by step guidance by a guy who may have done that job as often as anyone living. Figured some of you might not have heard about it. Coming in June.

I bought a fully serviced (factory spec) Nakamichi RX-505 last week, great deal couldn't pass on it. Someone dropped it off for service and never came back after 30 days and their contact Ph# was disconnected. I just so happen to drop in and there it was for sale.

Nak can make a cassette tape sound sooooo good it's unbelievable (not an April Fool joke). I've spent hours over the last few day buying tapes from thrift stores at 35-50 cents a pop. A great find are the 'home-made' metal bias tapes. Metal tapes are big $$$ these days.

I am in the market for a new amp or receiver and I have somewhat narrowed down my search but would like opinions from others. Currently, I am driving a pair of B&W Matrix 804's. I also have a Carver HR-752 receiver that I am looking to replace. I would like at least 100 W/ch. The units I am looking at is the Rotel RX-1052 receiver or the NAD C372 integrated amp together with the NAD C422 tuner.

Who makes the better overall speaker?