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$75 is high for an SX-550 unless it's been serviced (incl. new caps) and relamped. It's just a 20wpc unit but they are very nice. But scratched up I wouldn't pay more than $20 for one. You can probably do much better than either unit for the same money if you look around. I love the vintage...

>>so you should be able to figure out that in the biwire configuration, one pair of wire will carry mostly high frequency signals and the other will carry mostly low frequency signals.<< Coming from the amplifier, each pair will be carrying the full-range signal. True, the filters will...

A bit late to the party I am, but still....wow. I could see a nosebleed small-potatoes shop doing this, but a Harman company? That's amazing...kudos to AH for telling it like it is! Todd in Cheesecurdistan

Check any music store for ProCo cables. Belden wire, Neutrik connectors, lifetime warranty. No esoteric silliness, just a solidly-made cable from Kalamazoo, MI. They make them in short enough lengths, I think the pro audio department at most Guitar Center stores have them.

Got my first CDP as a gift, and it had two discs with it: Rush "Grace Under Pressure" and ZZ Top "Eliminator." I can't remember what I bought next...more Rush I think.

Further illustration of the blazing insanity that is US drug policy. Weed needs to be legalized and taxed. I've been around plenty of pot users as a musician, as well as plenty of drunks...stoned people are, as a rule, much easier to deal with. Not really my bag (my preferred vices are coffee...

Also, you might want to ask at www.audiokarma.org . They're focused on vintage audio and there's a dedicated forum for vintage Pioneer. The CT-F1000 is a lovely, classic gem of a cassette deck and worth fixing properly. Someone there will have the part, I bet. That's a piece of audio...

I don't believe equipment has magical properties either, but had I the scratch I would buy a McIntosh system. There's just something about rock-solid gear handmade in the US that pretty much will last the lifetime of the purchaser, and most likely be handed down to the next of kin in...

The Onkyo TX-8555 with 100wpc (honest, both channels driven) is a good 2-channel unit. Rotel is very well-made gear, but the Onkyo isn't too shabby. Both are good, modern solid-state amplifiers that are essentially electrically transparent, so decide based on price/performance and feature set...

Kias used to be a pathetic joke, but now that they're basically Hyundais the quality has gone up significantly. I've got almost 100K on an '06 Rio5 hatch. The only bugaboo was a cracked coil pack out of the gate, after that it's been rock-solid with nothing other than routine service. The...

Agreed...as much as I can't stand Bose, I really hate seeing Americans losing more jobs. Their speakers are awful, but being unemployed is even worse.

2-channel and analog gear have amazing staying power. Heck, my upstairs off-the-bedroom stereo consists of a 1978-ish Yamaha CR-820 receiver (50wpc) and 1977 Polk Monitor 7B speakers (the ones with the Peerless tweeters with the little holes in the domes, a Polk factory mod) driven by whatever...

I only sometimes read it for the music reviews. Yeah, that's it. :D And some of the reviews, especially of cables and amplifiers, are good for a cackle or three.

Interesting unit...basically tube preamp and solid-state power. I love the indicator tube...used to see those in higher-end table radios. Certainly has more panache and pizazz than the typical product of this type...I'd love one in my office at work. Tubes in the IT department! :D

Consider a used or closeout Onkyo DV-SP502. Most came in black. I bought mine last year for $80 on closeout, it was a $299 player new. Shouldn't be too hard to get a clean used one for that or less. So far it's been a good solid player, no glitches or hiccups at all. I'm happy with mine, it...

Could be anything from a loose connector to a cracked circuit board. Take the unit to a good service center, it needs bench time. Todd in Cheesecurdistan

Or 30.8Hz, if you play a 5 or a 6 (or more!)-string bass with a low B string. :) Now if you drop-tune to low A.... :D (incidentally matching the low A on the piano...) Todd in Cheesecurdistan

Now now, no insulting snakes here! :D My ball python would never sue anyone for that sort of thing! :D TP

Sony does indeed make IC's, they're a major fab for ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) and they're one of the largest manufacturers of CCD and CMOS image-sensor chips for cameras, making most of the sensors for Nikon and until the K20D all of Pentax SLR's. Incidentally, they use...

Bose does sell their cube-speaker systems separately, with the intent on connecting them to normal equipment. They're supposed to be "compatible" with amps and receivers looking for an 8-ohm load according to their poop sheets. I'd look for a stray strand of wire at the speaker terminals on...