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| subwoofer question In a small room , I would be cautious about introducing any subwoofer into the equation. First and foremost, first try out any quality sub on a dealer or buddy loaner ... You may be surprised that it is a step back overall with a boominess or a wo... | |
| Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed AGON prior discussion thread1400555964 | |
| Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed HARBETH.Co.UK/user group forum thread ..... FWIW.....Re: The power conditioner myth bustedhttp://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup/showthread.php?912-Power-Conditioner-Myth-busted | |
| Arcam Receiver adequate for Totem Hawks? Search the threads and use you will see a plethora of posts emphasizing the need for high current \ high watts ("grunt") amps for Totems.I had both the Forests and Arros simultaneously in a prior system.In brief: both needed the grunt, and the For... | |
| Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed A PC is a filtering appliance to be inserted only if you need it .Many high -end electronics mfgs (and their dealers) discourage their use if they can be avoided ... and use them only as an item of last resort. With proper dedicated power lines, u... | |
| Totem Arro or Sttaf or Hawk?? I've had the Arros and Forests simultaneously in a prior system.First and foremost both needed a significant amp grunt (high current and watts) to perform at their max.However I strongly disagree with the comment that the Forests are easier to dri... | |
| Apollo-r or Saturn-r http://canadahifi.com/rega-research-saturn-r-cddac-player-review/Very recent 2014 Canada HiFi review of the Saturn R cdp....As good as the Apollo R is at it's price point, the Saturn R is the big next step up.Highly recommended to audition. | |
| How important for surrounds to match fronts? It's a "nice to have" .... Not a "need to have".Visually: matching is highly sought after for sure.Sonically: .... Preferred / Nice to have, but not a critical "gotta have it" moment.The rears and rear surrounds are a purely "manufactured" "fill-i... | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? Just navel gazed the posts and one major point still sticks out that has already been highlighted in this blog: " overrated how and/or compared to ?...... " And ..." Thus overrated ..... because why?"Intuitively any such posts are going to be abse... | |
| I would love some suggestions on great acoustic... Slack Key Guitar Volume 2 Www.palmrecords.com10 different guitar soloists .... very highly recommended .... one of all-time fave of all of these.A Unique Classical Guitar Collection. CD 22062Opus 3 stereo/ hybrid SACD cd made in GermanyStockholm g... | |
| help with my sub and settings Sound and Vision reviewed it as primarily a HT movie kick-ass super chest shaking deep bass unit, but non- optimal for primarily music fans for precisely the same reason.Sounds like the system synergy is absent. If so, a different sub is your path... | |
| Which main power cord? "... Ayre designs their products to be used with the stock PC. I tried quite a few PC's on my Ayre components and found the stock cable was the best sounding...."REGA, NAIM, LFD, LINN do also.The REGA Couple cable built to their specs by KLOTZ in ... | |
| Hard Wireing? Agree with Csontos(1) If you capriciously hardwire in a new power cable, you may trigger a safety issue. If it causes a fire or damage, you probably violated / nullified your insurance coverage (2) Without prejudice to the above , IMO the potentia... | |
| Which main power cord? JAFOX .....Great final post !! IMO You are correct: a vertical integration of product offerings may or may NOT work best.Again .....(1) It depends ......, and(2) you ain't gonna know until you actually test drive it --hands on -- in your system --... | |
| Which main power cord? This is just a heavily biased personal value judgement .In many high-end systems, both the manufacturer and dealer expressly recommend bi-passing any power conditioner and plug directly into into the wall plug on a dedicated power line for maximum... |