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| Forte model 3 with forte model 2preamp If your Forte is playing fine with no noise you’re probably fine on the caps. Pull the lid and take a look inside to physically inspect the caps. Be real easy to throw some bypass caps over the big cans if you wanted to do some quick easy mods to ... | |
| What makes a speaker sound great at low volume? Lots of things. My speakers aren’t the most effecient and require a big amp. My system sounds very good at low volumes which is how I do most most of my listening. I’ve done some tweaking to lower the noise floor which is what I think has worked f... | |
| Best Rocking Speakers 15K and Under Paradign’s definitely can rock. Not listened to the B&W 802 D3’s, but the 800 D3’s with a PS Audio BHK 250 and ARC Ref 6 was very lifelike. Best I’ve heard from B&W’s by far. Filled a large room to levels louder than I like, but was very c... | |
| Audio Research SP3-a1 If you’re a little handy with a soldering iron take your time and do the repair yourself... it’s really not that difficult. Does the unit play at all or completely dead? Guessing the electrolytics on the power supply is what needs replaced. Get yo... | |
| Power Cables Not necessarily. I’ve has great results with mixing Wywires w/Kimbers and use a Nordost on my CDP. I have moved my Kimbers out, not because they don’t sound wonderful but because I felt my system was getting too laid back and the Wywires brought b... | |
| Best Rocking Speakers 15K and Under Aerial Acoustics 10tNHT 3.3B&W 801Used B&W 800 D3... this speaker can dance. Not sure used what they’re going for so might still be outside your budget. | |
| Cambridge Audio 851N Music player/DAC If the DAC is the same as the 851C which I own it’s very good. My 851C took sometime to really burn in so I wouldn’t judge one on a dealers floor unless they can tell you it has a lot of hours on it. Throw really good cables on it and for the mone... | |
| Looking for a warm sweet speaker Monitor Audio Gold 300’s | |
| First Foray into XLR Clear Day Cables balanced IC are very good for the money. They compete very well with cables 2-3X their price. I don’t recall what I paid but I think they’re around $380 for a 1M pair. Good luck finding them used. | |
| Aerial 10T's in the house... Have your friend give you a good deal on a nice power cord for your new A21. Kimber PK10 Ascent or a previous Gold version sound great on the Parasound amps without breaking the bank. If you don’t have a dedicated circuit to your equipment that wi... | |
| Aerial 10T's in the house... Had a Audio Research 100.2 which is a fine SS amp but when I picked up a pair of Aerial 7Bs the 100 watt ARC just couldn’t do it. Went to a Pass X250 and works great. Takes a big amp to wake up Aerial’s. I don’t think 200 watts is really enough; 2... | |
| When making DIY power cable for an amp, do you: In my experience cables without a shield can be more open. Clear Day Cables I believe have no shield on their IC’s and I’ve never had an issue with them picking up EM/RFI - they sound pretty darn good. I have several Kimber Kable PC’s that I belie... | |
| DIY Power cables: quality wire? https://www.vhaudio.com/ has everything you need. | |
| DEDICATED CD PLAYER $1K AND UNDER, THOUGHTS? If you want to try streaming look for a used Cambridge 851N. You’re going to need to figure a little extra for a good digital cable and maybe a couple nice digital power cables to get the best out of your transport and the 851N so the cost just ke... | |
| Fuses on Magnepan .7 speackers My experience most Audio Stores don’t push tweaks too much or have a lot of experience with them, so good luck there. I’ve also found many manufacturers haven’t tried them or feel they didn’t make a difference but I found on my gear they did; I th... |