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| interconnects Are ICs important? Yes.Do quality ICs (and all of ICs, speaker and power cables in general) make a difference? yes ... and the effects are much more graphic as one moves up the equipment food chain.But the pre-amp to amp IC is just one link in the... | |
| AV Receiver recommends Just the first 5 Onkyo AVR failure threads as a sampler among the many ......(1) Another Onkyo bits the dust......http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=29836(2) Onkyo acknowledges failed units and extending warrranties unti... | |
| AV Receiver recommends Just the first 5 Onkyo AVR failure threads as a sampler among the any ......(1) Another Onkyo bits the dust......http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=29836(2) Onkyo acknowledges failed units and extending warrranties until... | |
| AV Receiver recommends ARCAM or CAMBRIDGE for superior audio .... Google the reviews.All AVRs have their warts, limitations, and compromises when compared to quality build separates but especially stay clear from ONKYO AVRs....there are a buzzillon posts on AGON and Can... | |
| book speaker against the wall REGA RS1 or its predessor R1http://www.stereotimes.com/speak121305.shtmlREGA R1 - A new budget referenceThese are designed for available placement against a wall".....The Rega R1 becomes my new budget reference speaker. In addition of its ability ... | |
| real Van den Hul? there are many Ebay sellers and Far East sellers offering fake or knock-ooff product that are not genuine OEM authorized VDH cables.The questions arise in (a) varying quality cheap cable build in the fakes and also (b) the fakes may have different... | |
| Subwoofer recommendation for jazz and rock (1) The subwoofer is connected via long run RCA terminated ICs from the preamp outs on the integrated and plugged into the active subwoofer amp matched inputs.(2) as far as sonic signature goes,many quality build subs will perform yeoman services.... | |
| preamp/amp or integrated? That is the question we see a separate post asking about the vintage ADS 910 speakersIf you are willing to cough up $4K for the new amplification alone (fuggeddaboud the esoteric and irrelevant distinctions between separates versus integrated for the moment) then IMO ... | |
| Oppo BDP-105 versus Cambridge Azur 752BD click on the linkthe core basics are the same one made by the same mfg.http://hometheaterreview.com/cambridge-audio-azur-752bd-universal-disc-player/".....Let's just go ahead and get this out of the way right from the start: Cambridge Audio's Azur... | |
| more opinions please used REGA Brio | |
| Better 2-channel music Just about any quality build high-current 2 channel integrated amp will handily best virtually any AVR for 2-channel audio performance. The AVR is a yeoman performer crowded primarily AV unibox with comparative significant cheap design and cheap p... | |
| Bad news for audiophiles? Are you trying to extend a bizarre esoteric one-off study article - specifically limited to wine - to all other product including audio... and it's resulting appreciation ?...nobody in this hobby forum (with the possible exception of a fringe few)... | |
| Is 50 wpc SS NAD enough to power Spendor SP1? Celtic66 nailed it.To do your Spendors justice, look to a better integrated amp. For example the last two audio expos I attended had Spendor speakers driven by EXPOSURE electronics and VDH cables .The EXPOSURE integrated amp will smoke the NAD. I'... | |
| audiophiles or retrophiles "...The bottom line remains that analog is still the superior format. Game, set, match..."That statement is only an anecdotal heavily biased personal value judgement --at best-- of that singular author ...But it is not shared by a large chunk of t... | |
| Bang for the buck DAC REGA DAC-R |