albertporter
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| Richard Gray's 400 Pro = Emperor's New Clothes?? Darkmoebius:Regardless, I did find the RGPC units did a great job of quieting my noisy AC system. Of course, my surplus isolation transformers work just as well at <20% of the cost.Well said. I don't hate power conditioning, I just want to make... | |
| Dynaudio Evidence Master Jncgrigab2: How could I have possibly forgotten Bose?Thank you Bryanhod for that supreme compliment. The Dyne will absolutely put a smile on the listeners face, making you forget about specifications and reviews. They do so much right when balance... | |
| Dynaudio Evidence Master Top nine Speakers (in no particular order)Dali MegalineSound-Lab Majestic (or U-1 XP)Dynaudio EvidenceDynaudio TemptationEvolution Acoustics MM3Avalon Eidolon DiamondAvalon ISISMagneplanar 20.1Kharma Exquisite 1De | |
| Dynaudio Evidence Master I agree, one of the speakers on my top ten list of best in the world. | |
| Aesthetix Calypso How many versions? Probably the same mod I just did to my Aesthetix Io, swapping most of the Mills Military for Roederstein precision metal film resistors. The Roederstein's are the standard now. Quieter, lower distortion and superior resolution. Part of the upgrade... | |
| $250 Belkin, or $1200.... Call your electrician and add circuits, keep the additional runs on the same electrical phase and use 10 gauge copper (if possible) and not less than 12 gauge no matter what.The price for the electrician, Romex and breakers may be less than what y... | |
| Richard Gray's 400 Pro = Emperor's New Clothes?? I know Richard Gray personally, he's been in my home several times and even repaired one of my amps. I flew him in from New Orleans and picked him up at the airport.I know what his conditioners sound like and they are not beneficial in my situatio... | |
| Brinkman Balance Comparisons I am so happy for you Rick, congratulations. | |
| Richard Gray's 400 Pro = Emperor's New Clothes?? Newmanoc, my comment was not aimed at your suggestion of the Furman, that comment by you was a general opinion and I welcome those. I would indeed try the Furman if I had the opportunity.What caused me to respond was the statement "don't blame the... | |
| Balanced in phono stages preamp? Agree completely with Jfrech. I use balanced as much as anything because it's a more secure and firmer fitting connection for my oversize cables, less likely to strain connections than the light weight RCA's.I do think the balanced in on my Aesthe... | |
| Richard Gray's 400 Pro = Emperor's New Clothes?? As every system is different if the device works great if not don't blame the RGPC chances are its your system that’s not up to mark.Athipaul Or, some systems do not have electrical problems where the "band aid" of power conditioning is an improve... | |
| Can you imagine a world without vinyl? Raul: until we don't have a true commercial 24/192 digital technology the analog one will be the better one in quality sound reproduction and I think that the analog stay here for ever or at least till we own LP's.What we need is to " push " to th... | |
| burn in, break in Ty hangs out here at Audiogon, why don't you email him with your question. I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut that he can guide you better than anyone else on these forums. | |
| burn in, break in Personally I prefer using all the above. One caution though, break in discs like the one from Purist and Granite Audio are valuable tools but these programmed noises and sweeps can really press the limit of the system. Just like breaking in a new ... | |
| Can you imagine a world without vinyl? Macintosh makes a thin crust computer? Man, where have I been to miss that? |