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| Recommendations for a few high SQ classical CDs Google the XRCD’s available on eBay for the best recordingsi would go to different sites (US, UK, Germany) because the offerings are different | |
| Does hearing the best in high end audio make your opinions more valid? No....(1) Without prejudice to anything below, the expression “best in audio” is usually interpreted singularly and thus uniquely (differently) by the beholder. Regardless of hobbyist or audio mag reviewer/reporter, it churns out a broad range com... | |
| Suggest some integrateds for my Monitor Audio Silver 2 cyrus amp and monitor audio speakersI’ve personally auditioned them paired together at several audio expos including the TAVES expo commented on immediately belowhttp://novo.press/cyrus-audio-8a-integrated-amplifier-psx-r-power-supply-with-monitor... | |
| NORDOST SPM REFERENCE SPEAKERS CABLE (1) jperry has highlighted the obvious but that will require considerable and lengthy patience at a minimum, and be prepared for it because many members do not pay much heed to “want ads” because of the high incidence of tire kickers. (2) Go scop... | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money ebm nailed it ........ Your OP title is asking for a unicorn.There is one irrefutable and irrevocable basic tenet in this crazy hobby as you meander the Yellow Brick Road to Audio OZ:Everything is built to its price-point with a performance quoti... | |
| Am I using the right speaker cables? I have an all- NORDOST FREY cable array: shotgunned speaker, matched shotgunned jumpers, and ICs.’They took about 350-+ hours to burn in.Caution: FWIW....(1) The audio performance improvement of going to a matched all-FREY cable array (ICs AND mat... | |
| Best receiver/amp for warming up Monitor Audio Gold 300’s If you truly wish to get the best audio performance from these new speakers , then dump any thought of a receiver and go invest in a quality build and bona fide hi-fi integrated amp actually worthy of the price and performance level of the speaker... | |
| C/D player “..... I haven't heard the Isis, but it's gotten raves from people who own them. But it is CD only, I believe....”It’s unique features:(1) it it is also equipped with a USB input port that is controlled from the remote control into its high-end ... | |
| C/D player REGA ISIS Valve (used to fit into your budget ) | |
| Speaker cables Yes...it is a loaded question that is impossible to answer. There is no “best” for a vast plethora of reasons.The four main ones include inter alia:(1) The buzzilion choices out there all have their own bespoke strengths and warts. Without prejudi... | |
| Value of burn/break in? It took about 350-450 hours of break-in time for me for the various high-end electronics, speakers and cables to approach 90-95% of perceived maximum performance levels. There was a continued incremental settling in period after that that I did no... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? Have you tried the Japanese SHM cd’s?:http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/led-zeppelin-new-shm-box-from-japan.158178/https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/led-zeppelen-and-dire-straits-japanese-shm-cd-s | |
| DIY Power Cables Instead of Used One irrefutable and inescapable fact in this project: its all about the quality build of the components you select, if you want superior audio performance . You only get what you pay for ....everything is built to its price-point = the price of t... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? To the OP: Its not an audio trend assault with an over emphasis on bass. Without prejudice to the facts that (a) room treatments and speaker placement matter, and (b) personal biased tastes are big influences and (c) synergy (or lack of it) by spe... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers A repostHere is the CANADA HI-FI reporter's take from the NORDOST cables bake-off exhibit actually performed live at TAVES.They stopped at the improving model bakeoff summit at the Valhallas (one below the Odins) with the inference that a move up ... |