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| Shotgun connection " ...I shotgun my cables and use option 1 like Al suggests. I have always done it this way...."I bought OEM shot gunned Nordost Freys this way: e.g. both "+"s rolled together and terminated with a single spade. I would not step out of this configu... | |
| Alternative to Bryston BDP-1 for a cheapskate? You've asked for an impossibility, but with your casual reference to "cheapskate", I think you already know that.The Bryston player and it's peers ( e.g Naim, and Linn ) are very fine premium kit designed to work with their high-end DACs and other... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? (1) High end audio is neither dying nor sick nor stagnating .(2) The irrefutable tenet in this hobby still reigns true: you get what you pay for.(3) There is a limited cross-section in this hobby arena who are very happy in their low-fi or (at bes... | |
| Best XLR IC's for around $300/pair? Used Nordost Heimdalls (version 1)Have to be used cables to squeeze into that price range though .... | |
| Preferences for which Integrated Amp? Both are very fine kit competing a crowded arena of many, many alternative choices.Until you actually listen and preferably test drive them yourself to see how it meshes with the rest of your system (with all of your other electronics particularly... | |
| better dac Bryston, Naim or LINN ..... final choice depends on the synergy with the rest of your system. | |
| Rega DAC vs Micromega MyDAC REGA .... all stop, IMO.I have the REGA ISIS valve cdp and the OSIRIS integrated.There is that "je ne sais quoi" REGA synergy in all REGA components.Just as an "FYI" the ISIS has a USB input for playing all your ripped files through its own hi-end... | |
| Speaker cables to smoothen things up + 1 with PHOTON46The takeaway: system synergy matters ....big-time ( an alchemy of the electronics paired up with cables (power/IC/speaker) and with your speakers)In this context: (1) consider re-evaluating your source as the first step in cutting... | |
| Best setup for Arcam A32, 2 X P1 with Totem Hawks You probably need to go full bi-amped I had an all Arcam FMJ prior system, including the Arcam A32 integrated amp and P35 power amp paired up to Totems ... First the Arros and then to the Forests.The Totems (all of them ...) are power hungry units... | |
| Best Home Theater Processor Used 1K-3K Range Nuforce AVP-187.1 preamp/ processor ~ $1095 newLatest technology and codecs and all HDMI inputsGo to the Nu-Force website and/or Google for the reviews ... It convinced me enough to buy it to pair up with my hi-end power amps.Highly recommended | |
| Multichannel amp... I bought the Audio Refinement 3 channel power amp and a matched 2 channel power amp (both used) to go with a Rega Osiris integrated amp And Rega Isis valve CDP. ( 2 channel)These Audio Refinement power amps are the YBA designed (French ) and had Y... | |
| Multichannel amp... " ....Why not keep your ML and add a 3channel amp for the additional channels?....."+1 on this suggestion.I use my hi-end Integrated amp as my 2- channel rig, and it also serves as the FL and FR channel amp as part of my HT.-- I added a pair of hi... | |
| Speaker cable for Nad 7050 and KEF LS50 There is no silver bullet magic instant fix available. Your wish list for performance improvement (and system synergy) also has a threefold requirement: ICs, Speakers and power cables. Parsing out Attention to speaker cables blindly at the exclusi... | |
| LFD Integrated - Please talk me out of buying one Gene Rubin is a US dealer who may be able to do something for youCheck out the website | |
| Speakers for Coffee Shop If you want great bookshelves that either work well close to the wall AND are also wall mountable with ready-made brackets ....REGA R1/RS1See Stereotimes review" .... The Rega R1 becomes my new budget reference speaker. In addition of its ability ... |