audioman58
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| Specific question choosing Duelund vs Mogami for affordable interconnect If you are into Good quality fdelity for one switcraft is junk,Period.even brass which many are used gold plated is far from ideal.a high quality 4-9s plus Silver or 5-9s or better Berylliym Copper plated normally far more accurate and musical . ... | |
| recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible Cardas newer cable clear reflection has some of the warmth of the Older Golden cross,and some of their top clear .priced pretty fair also. | |
| Light Harmonic LightSpeed USB: best USB cable under $1k? TheAudience is very good but not the best .the light speed may be betterthe purist Audio Nordodt has the new Valhalla alsoand their Heimdall-2 is very good. | |
| Have you ever downgraded deliberately? Yes I have having owned a Audio store until 07.and systems $$$. My quest for the last 10 years has been to get the best sound for the least amount of monies spent. Very challenging ,but very rewarding. I do a lot of modding this alone adds a minim... | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today Tweek was a rip-off .the same Stabilant -22 myself and many top companies . it is excellent tweek used to dilute the Stabilant-22 ,with a 8-1 ratio.This is a fact. Just buy Stabilant-22, amazon sells it. nothing out there as good NASA uses ... | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today I have been saying this for awhile but Stabilant-22 which is not only a great signal enhancer but once all connectors are clean 99% Isopropyl alcohol is purest. Once the Stabilant is applied it will protect conductors for a Minimum. Of 12 years.my... | |
| What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems? For under $450 if you shop around the New NordostHeimdall-2 USBcable is very good and on par with the Audioquest Diamond land Wireworld platinum just a bit different .Every cable will sound differentin each system. | |
| Amps that bring liveliness to low efficiency speakers? What is your budget ?and what kind of speakers ? | |
| Duleland break in time When dealing. With speaker wire you are not sending hardly any voltage or current , 7nless you have built in powered subs a AWG 10 wire can carry over 20 amps your speakers don’t use even 1/10 th that or less on average awg 10 is Plenty large and ... | |
| Preview: CODA Technologies new generation number#8 Stereo Amplifier This Amp $4500 is a pretty fair deal . No more my friend paid abit less with shipping before summer.a nice sounding amp. | |
| Beware of new material claims - the case of graphene Synergistic research has been making $$ on the Graphene s name coating them on the conductors in their fuses and going sky high on the price per fuse $150 each. I will admit they are the best ones I have used luckily only 1in my integrated amp.i ... | |
| Accuracy vs. musicality Many times the quality of your sourse can make a even bigger difference in both musicality and accuracy lfor Everything starts with the sourse.any information obscured, and not correct from the start to your liking it will effect Everything downst... | |
| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range Speaker choices are first dependable on electronics if you like lowpowerSET Tube amps , for their strong points ,Tube or SS preamp. it will be totally different then a 200 WPC. SS amplifier .having run a audio store for a number of years these ar... | |
| WHAT WAS THE BEST SYSTEM YOU EVER HEARD AND WHY WAS IT? Top MBL System with Ultimate Radiostrahler Speakers with Seperate Bass panels and electronics,setup properly .roughlyin the $300k range and need a good size room but incredible and live as in Life sounding .they are a bit power hungry and dep... | |
| $1,000 speakers for rock music? For $1k you will need to have a powered Subto go with that if not you can’t expect much ,for less then $300 goesinto the product . If you do have a decent powered sub ,then you can get some decent stand mounts ,with discounts you can get 20% off.... |