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| Subwoofer cable recommendations General findings(1) No you don't have to go to the "best" ... Translated as the most expensive . If you have the multiple five-figure ATC subs then maybe,"WTF .. Why not?" For the rest of us, read on.(2) However, don't automatically go as cheapes... | |
| Looking for a power cable upgrade Be careful in your upgrade trek -- expecting immediate improvements are not guaranteed because they are very system dependent. Changing power cables are just like ICs and speaker cables ... Each has a sonic signature that varies from system to sys... | |
| The one component that you wish you had not bought Very top 7.1 CAMBRIDGE AVR and its matched top Blu-Ray player for my AV movies requirements ... I had a discrete AV system distinct and fully separate to my high-end 2-channel system. It sounded fine WHEN IT WORKED ... But Unfortunately it reveale... | |
| Furutech speaker cables Heard them with Audio Note gear ..., very nice.Heard them with NAIM and with MARK LEVINSON .. "Meh??... at best .."Your takeaway: (1) How they sound AND whether or not you actually like it is ENTIRELY system dependent ..... Full stop. One size do... | |
| Searching for LONG / NARROW players "....01-29-2016 2:56pmWhat I don't like with all these British players (Cyrus, Rega, Musical Fidelity) is that none of them has balanced outputs, and some of them don't even have detachable power cord..."??????(1) REGA , CYRUS, ARCAM, MF, LINN, N... | |
| Plinus 8200 MkII vs. Unico Nuovo with Totem if you avoid their lowest-rung output models, SIMAUDIO will serve you just fine , even with the MANI-2s. the Mani-2’s 85 dB sensitivity is way below that of nearly all contemporary speakers -- They are not kit to be driven loud.When I last rememb... | |
| Plinus 8200 MkII vs. Unico Nuovo with Totem between these two choices ... PLINIUS ... Full stop this has been one a TOTEM preferred pairing (along with SIMAUDIO and AYRE) at the AUDIO expos.TOTEM's own discontinued heavyweight integrated amp ... The AMBER .... Was a joint effort with SIM b... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? What: TANNOY Kingdom Royals (used )Why: do NOT just rely on their stellar reviews, make the effort to actually audition them. when you do audition them, it is quite apparent that you are in the presence of something quite specialEg. http://www.pos... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies ....PMC speakers ATC speakersCABASSE speakersBehringer | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies Many very high-end Euro brands fly under the American radar but not so much in Canada.Audio brand obscurity is predominantly myopic on this side of the pond these include, inter Alia:LFDCROFTJMR (Jean Marie Reynaud) speakers DENSENDIAVALETAUDIO N... | |
| Nordost Odin or Valhalla 2 If you have a thin-air level system, ... Then " yes"... They can (and do ) work and can take the whole system to another level and leave you gob-smacked.at the Nov 2015 audio expo in Toronto, Nordost had a killer system cabled up with all-ODINS (... | |
| Do you think audiophiles are the most gullible hobbyists OP: With that initial post, looks you are strictly speaking about yourself . | |
| Is high end audio to snooty for its own good? No, I don't agree that high end AUDIO owners have become snooty or worse, either from my hands-on experiences AND in the various AUDIO forums that I frequent .(1) I learned from these people . Experience matters -full stop.Most of us all started ... | |
| 50 hours of research = 1 amp for Totem Sttaf Plinius 9100 or successor model (9100SE?)AYRE AX7 or successor modelwith the Staffs the cheaper older models are more than you need with Staffs but any if the SIMAUDIO, AYRE, or PLINIUS allow you the better upgrade path to different speakers when ... | |
| 50 hours of research = 1 amp for Totem Sttaf I've auditioned NAIM with all of the Staffs, ARROS and Forestsditto with SIM and many others including inter Alia, using bi-amped ARCAM FMJ, NAD C370 etc.i've auditioned Totems at dealers and at expos with all of AYRE, PLINIUS and SIM.The latter ... |