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| My Venture into Hifi with Vandersteen Model 1 Hey Dhunte21..... Be careful now and don't get too confused or all wrapped up in the "what's better ? game." You are gonna love the Vandy's with the McIntosh amps.... So, just build your system, sit back, and enjoy the music !! This is a very stra... | |
| My Venture into Hifi with Vandersteen Model 1 Welcome to the wonderful world of Hi-Fi ! The Vandersteen 1's are terrific speakers, and a great way to experience high quality sound. Do you have the original Model 1's ? or the 1B's or newest version 1C's ? I personally have been enjoying my Van... | |
| Best phono stage amp for rega P5? Nice decision.........If the music sounds good, and you're looking forward to listening to your records, then you'll be happy. If the sound of music makes you happy, you're in good shape. If you're too worried about the equipment, you may need to ... | |
| Happy with USB DAC? Some rambling included.. I am absolutely delighted with my new HRT Music Streamer II. I'm an old fashioned "tube and vinyl guy," but I gotta tell you, computer audio through the Streamer II sounds really good. The music is mighty fine. | |
| Cables for Music Streamer II The Music Streamer 2 has been in my system for five days now. As per the advice of Kevin at HRT, I am using a Belkin Gold USB cable. The interconnect is AudioQuest Sidewinder. All I can say is ...."Holy Cow !!!". I never imagined that computer aud... | |
| how much better are vandersteens 1c than model 1 Good Luck, Martin.........Enjoy the Vandersteen experience. It really is quite special. Hook 'em up and take the time with proper positioning (refer to the Vandersteen website for the correct positioning and vertical tilt specifications.) Then, si... | |
| how much better are vandersteens 1c than model 1 I never heard the original Model 1, .... but I LOVE my Vandy 1C's. And all my music loving buddies are absolutely astounded at how great they sound. What's really cool about the 1C's is that they sound really, really good with modest amplification... | |
| Special birthday audio gift to yourself? A Rogue Audio Cronus for my 52nd, and a Rega P3-24/Exact 2 for my 54th. My 55th is coming up in December, and as an advanced gift, I'm getting the HRT Music Streamer II. It's my first try with "computer audio" and I'll be hooking up an old laptop ... | |
| Do power cords make an audible difference? For my ears, in my room, with my system ... YES !!I replaced the stock power cords of both my Rogue Audio Cronus amplifier and my Rotel RCD-1072 deck with Signal Cable upgraded power cords (less than $ 100 each), and have noticed an improvement. | |
| Proac response D2 or Harbeth for a Leben cs-600 I listened to the Leben amp driving a pair of DeVore Nines. It was in a really cool shop in Montreal, and the front end was a high end Clearaudio table with a Benz pick-up. The music sounded absolutely wonderful, and the shop owners were really ha... | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus &/or Atlas owners ... TUBES ? Three weeks later .... WOW ! I am loving the music ! | |
| First Hi-Fi system CONGRATULATIONS !!!.... Now, forget about the equipment, sit back, and enjoy the music. Dig up a few discs of your favorite tunes, put a comfortable chair in the ideal listening position (this may take some trial and error experimentation...but ha... | |
| Rogue Cronus with KT-90 tubes I have recently replaced the original Svetlana EL-34's with a matched quad of Genelex Gold Lion KT-77's, following the advice of Mark O'Brien and many "tube gurus" out there in audioland. The result are sublime. As much as I loved the Cronus befor... | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus &/or Atlas owners ... TUBES ? A follow-up........ I replaced the original Svetlana EL-34's with a brand new matched quad of Genelex Gold Lion KT-77's. Absolutely beautiful.....My system has never sounded better ! | |
| Spacers for Rega P3 With my Rega P3-24/Exact 2 combination (Rega cartridge with Rega arm) .....NO SPACERS REQUIRED ! My dealer advises that spacers will be needed if I switch to a "taller" cartridge (Benz, Dynavector, etc.) |