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| tube gear vs solid state...cable effectiveness my audiophile amigo has tube gear; and I have S/S kit.They both are equally sensitive to the introduction of quality cables; and that means ALL three genres of cables: ICs, speaker cables, and power chords. | |
| Anyone have a take on the new LFD NCSE Mk II Very fine kit .... it was my next choice after the REGA OSIRIS tht I bought.One caution though - the LFD amps and whatever you use as source are dependent on matched LFD ICs and LFD speaker cables to perform as you want them to. | |
| Small speaker suggestions I've owned the ARROs - yes; fine speakers with the "right" hardware and cables.I've also owned REGAs: terrific with "most" kit" and very foregiving vis-a-vis cables and supporting kit. REGA R1s/R3s (now RS1 and RS3) are within your budget: they pe... | |
| Cambridge Audio products unreliable/unsupported? Check out the AGON thread nelow: re: ARCAM pulling its AVR600 out of Chi-Fi production and also the other ARCAM models Chi-Fi sourced quality control issues,http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?bhome&1324311378 | |
| Cambridge Audio products unreliable/unsupported? Not at allMy CA 650R AV receiver suddenly failed in its audio board and cooked some capacitors with other failed pieces. The unit was 12 months old with very very little use on it. The product was made in China and the risks with buying Chi-Fi are... | |
| Best cables for Simaudio Moon system?? I will second the NORDOST suggestion (from personal experience with my speakers)Before you make your final decision, you may first find out just what does THIEL showcase their kit with.Does this factor also matter in achieving "best" synergies? Yo... | |
| Cable Recommendations NORDOST FREYUpgraded to a Shot-gunned NORDOST FREY speaker cable set ; with shot-gunned HEIMDALL jumpers, and matched to FREY XLR ICs.RESULT: The improvements in all aspects were huge. These were a great extension to my REGA ISIS valve cdp, REGA O... | |
| Nordost Norse 2 Speaker Cables + Interconnects * Upgraded to the NORDOST FREY shotgunned speaker cables with matched Heimdall shotgunned jumpers; * balanced XLR FREY ICs; * married up to REGA OSIRIS amp/REGA ISIS VALVE cdp/REGA R9 speakersTHE RESULT: a quantum leap step-up improvement in every... | |
| using a jumper cable - connect which set of post? This is journey with a trial and error path. It may come down to that it depends on the speakers and the cables used. Go figger..For Me: MAIN SYSTEM: NORDOST FREY shotggunned cables and shotgunned jumpers on Rega R9 speakersUpon experimantation wh... | |
| REGA RS5... any owner? REGAs do bass very well; EXTRAORDINARILY WELL IMO. Paired with the "right" kit, they are superb.I've got an "A" SYSTEM with the REGA R9s and I grudgingly sold my "B" system R1s when the WAF changed with the remodellingOTHER REVIEWS:http://www.audi... | |
| Worst CD player 09-19-12: Tmsorosk QUOTE: " ...but one thing I have learned in thirty five years of upgrading, is that each upgrade I've done has been a true upgrade, not a step sideways and each upgrade has unfortunately been more costly than the previous one. I... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? QUOTE: "... Hmm, my experience is it is not all that complicated. Recipe: 1) good quality gear.."Mapman nailed it : Short & sweet. That "gear" includes the hardware, speakers and cables that actually "work" with each other to create that expan... | |
| New cables, help We all know that cable performance (ICs, speakers and powwer, jointly and severally) is largely system dependent: one man's cable system nirvana makes the next man's system sounding like crap.Well, the lengthy journey finally found its destination... | |
| Need speaker for a small space and close to wall REGA R1s/ RS1scheck out the AGON threads on these speakers = happy buyers with near identical circumstances. | |
| Low level noise from spkr when nothing is playing I had the similar issue with my AV receiver, except that it suddenly developed in my LF speaker.I ignored it for a while, but within a short time more audio problems developed.I ended upn shipping it back to the distributor for a warrnty repair - ... |