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| Cable Costs Relative to System After hearing Transparent Cables I see why those with alot of $$ pay for the exotics!While those at the lower end of the Tax paying spectrum must hope to find the most cost effective solution.For myself it was getting a 47Labs OTA Cable Kit which ... | |
| SUPER TWEETERS-anybody heard them? If you had read the links which I provided I think there were comments related to tings like the hall or room effects that occur in recording studio's.The point that was being made from discussion was that there is info that does happen at both ex... | |
| Looking for a 50" HD TV 50" are easy to checkout, but Smaller Models are almost non existent. What really gets me is that places are selling regular analog units and pretending that you are getting a great deal when in reality they are selling stuff that is relatively wo... | |
| What's the ideal height for bookshelf speakers? Usually the Tweeter is at Ear level! | |
| Has audiophilia changed your music taste? I did not read the other post, but to answer the initial question is yes! I have found my taste become more tolerant. I have experimented with different sounds and started a basic Classical.Still do not get the Opera craze or the newer Country whi... | |
| SUPER TWEETERS-anybody heard them? There seems to be a related effect at the other extreme also which has been noted with RELs Sub design. Even though we do not actually hear the effect there are things happening below both thresholds of 20-20K.Here is a dialog taken with the REL D... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit SlawneyWhere did you hear that the OTA was Cryo'd? Have you measured what the Impedance is Per\Meter of the OTA? And do you know what the exact Gauge of the OTA is as I do not have a wire Gauge? TIA | |
| No longer sitting on the fence With 5K CD's I would be wanting to perfect that old Redbook setup rather than get into the SACD Fray!You know,most technologies do not get perfected until the next new tech comes along. Then it's keeping up with subtle changes. I read that somewhe... | |
| 5 best underrated or unknown bands and why? Stan Ridgway--One of the finest songwriters of the day. | |
| How many quality interconnects to I need ? You have to try different cables in different places to see what works best where. I had a strange experience using Canare Cable awhile back. I needed a low Capacitance cable to go between the DAC to Transport and Dac to Amp.What I did was try all... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Slawney just to add:I went through Bolder Cables who sent it (OTA) to Ray Kimber facility in Utah when having my ART DAC modified in order to see what effects the treatment might have. I used a set of untreated sets of OTA terminated with Eichmann... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Slawney I will share the following msg, I recieved just today from Charles Beresford of Cryogenics Intl.. I have been trying to findout as much as possible about the effects of the cryo process might have on audio components especially cables.What... | |
| Budget musical sub: sealed or vented design.... People have stated that Parts Express has some great DIY subs.You could save some $$ that way.There are other DIY sites which give some designs(listed below for starters).I am going to take that route(DIY)and try to get the XO point to tightly mat... | |
| Music Reccommendations?? Stan Ridgway for Lyrics and sounds.Yanni makes some soothing sounds. Joe Satriani for Guitar work. I am not an ENYA admiree,but soem like that stuff!Jon-Luc Ponte might be good for Electric Violin stuff. These are just sme things I have tried as A... | |
| Seperating 2 channel and HT in the same system. Sogood151The Lexicon CP-3Pro is really alot of processor if you had ever read the reviews on it. I would be willing to try another SS Pro. in my system to see what it could do ,but the cost is rather substantial after all the upgrading I have done... |