adg101
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| NAD 2200 Power Envelope You might want to read this.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/two-nad-2200-bridged-amps-w-6-ohm-speakers-okI have not checked the specs on your 8’s but I’d guess they’re power hungry like my 7B’s. How does the 2200 compare to amps of today? I... | |
| Bluesound Vault 2i I have a Vault 2 and I don’t know, but my guess is you have to do it through a PC or Mac with the Vault being on your network. Pretty sure you can’t do it through your phone or an iPad/tablet which is all I use. I’ve only copied one CD twice so I’... | |
| Suggestion for speaker cable for aerial acoustics 7T The Canare is very good. Highly recommend as well. I don’t have Canare speaker cables anymore but I do have several pairs of Canare balanced cables I made with Neutrik XLR’s and they are very, very good and I have compared them to my WyWires and t... | |
| Suggestion for speaker cable for aerial acoustics 7T Don’t have the 7T’s but the 7B’s and WyWires work or sound great to me. I am currently using the Silver Series (all copper... Silver is just the series name) but in time move up to the Platinum Series speaker cables. Very open cables that simply d... | |
| Anyone have experience with Aerial Acoustics 6Ts? If you can get them cheap or free I’d get them ASAP and worry about the rest of the gear later. In the meantime I’d pull your 7Bs to the side and see how the 6Ts fair, as the smaller but newer model may still be preferred. I have a pair of 7Bs as ... | |
| Need help on a CD player As mentioned I’ve heard the Marantz CD6006 and it has the traditional Marantz house sound and nothing wrong with that if that’s what one likes. The Cambridge is more revealing and open, and not as forgiving as the Marantz but that’s not the 861C’s... | |
| Aragon 2004 Correct on Aragon was not built or had anything to do with Proceed or Mark Levinson as noted above. Aragon’s sister or entry brand was Acurus. Pretty sure you can not bridge or biamp two 2004’s but you can probably check with Indy Audio Labs but I... | |
| Aragon 2004 If it’s clean, you did great on the price. Worked at a shop many, many years ago and I really liked the bigger 4004: that amp had a lot of balls and could really grip a speaker. We didn’t sell as many 2004’s or keep one on the floor much so I wasn... | |
| Need help on a CD player There’s a Cambridge 851C on here and pretty sure seller is motivated to sale as its listed elsewhere. I have a 851C and an Oppo UDP 205 and the Cambridge is better. I use my 851C as a DAC as well for my Bluesound Vault 2 which it’s DAC is substant... | |
| Add an external DAC. Make my Oppo UDP-205 a true top player Now I’ve not heard the Topping D50s but it does get some buzz, but I’d be surprised if it surpasses the Oppo. The 205 is still pretty dang good but it’s just not the dragon slayer some say it is, but it’s still pretty good. I suspect ones going to... | |
| Pure solid silver wire Spinaker01... not necessarily is the silver conductor the concern, but finding a heavy enough gauge that is adequate to be 12 or 10 AWG in silver to begin with. The concern and I was half joking about burning down the house is the insulation rated... | |
| Add an external DAC. Make my Oppo UDP-205 a true top player What’s your budget? I have a 205 as well and still stock that I don’t really use as my Cambridge 851C to my ears sounds more refined so I agree the Oppo is really good for audio but not really, really good. I use the DAC in my 851C as well for my ... | |
| Best Preamp round $8000 It will compete very nicely with 8k preamps. ModWright LS 36.5 for a lot less and later you can send it back in for the Power Supply mod. if you feel it needs it. I run mine with SR fuse,WyWires PC and a Mullard GZ34 which really makes it sing. | |
| Audiophile LAN cables The Supra is a great cable. Haven’t tried many but over Office Depot and such Ethernet cables it’s a noticeable improvement and the price is right. It can be purchased in bulk as well.http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&a... | |
| Do WBT spades need break in? Never heard of spades needing a break in but I don’t doubt they did change the sound of your system and it just might be time for your ears to adjust to the difference. Give it some time, 2-300 hours, as I suspect it’s more of adjusting to the cha... |