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| Pangea power cords I have been experimenting with the AC9 and AC14 since last week and though my systems sounds great with the stock cords, I am impressed by somewhat more of a relaxed but detailed and quiet listening sessions. This is equating to more detail. I thi... | |
| Most Musical Subwoofers? Sgr,The SMS1 will take over all functions of the subwoofer and you will be free to experiment with it as you wish. You can let the SMS1 do its own analysis for a starting point and play around from there. The lowpass crossover frequency is adjusta... | |
| Most Musical Subwoofers? I guess I have to play devils advocate here and state that the B&W ASW 850 is the best I have heard so far for music and movies. I have it seamlessly integrated in my all tube system and the sub is located on the right side of the right speake... | |
| Benz LP cartridge distortion - any advise? Hi,I posted a response at AA. It seems to me thatyou have a) an anti-skating problem or b) a needlegoing/gone bad. Your symptoms are typicalof a used needle. I have a Benz LP that I retippedonce because it had the same symptoms. First, you must ex... | |
| Where does your user name come from? Mine is based on my childhood experiences. My stepfather, a part time stand in for Santana in San Jose California would show us kids his reel to reel tape machines and bonogs, congos and other instruments and play us some of the session tapes from... | |
| Primare I30 and B&W 803D, enough power?? Hi Demianm, You will be fine with those power ratings for the 803D's. One of the advantages of having bigger amps is that the dynamic range tends to be greater but that is applicable to all bigger amps and speaker combinations. You will be able to... | |
| Building a listening room in new house; Texas? "Not only is the cost of homes less, we have no state income tax and one of the only states that did not accept the governments hand outs which obligates us to more government intervention."That is exactly why we are moving there. My kids are out ... | |
| Building a listening room in new house; Texas? Hi Albert, That is a 10-4 buddy. A big thanks. My wife and I would be delighted to visit and listen to music on your system and visit Dallas. The invite goes both ways, after we complete the build and integrate a lot of the German engineered audio... | |
| Is There An "Absolute" Best Cartridge? Hey Raul, You have devoted a lot of time in these threads about MM cartridges, I tried to read the "who needs an MC when we have MM thread", but I just can't follow this, too many variables and I do not have time. From what I see in this posting, ... | |
| Why do Audiophiles feel the need... Ajackson1,So tell me how you really feel about the copper, and how was the purity, was it 9 nines copper purity. Since we discussed copper vs. silver cables, ad nauseam, then we should get some great impresssions, but I personally think that silve... | |
| Why do Audiophiles feel the need... But when someone has components in a system and they do change out something in the chain, that is still a valid opinion IMO. The reason being is that if I have a benchmark of what my system sounds like with specific components, regardless of what... | |
| B&W 802N Your own opinion and listetning experience is all that matters. From my experience, I can tell you that I drive a set of N800's with tube mono amps rated at 140 per channel, but with an external power supply with plent of reserves when you need it... | |
| As system improves, do bad recordings sound worse? I believe as you improve your system, the ability to play back music with higher resolution improves, but a bad recording will still be a bad recording played back on a higher resolution system. There is no fixing a bad recording and using whateve... | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? The Aesthetix IO Signature with one power supply. I have listened to Pass XOno, ASR Exclusive, Einstein and BAT products. These are all great products but I decided to keep the IO. Tube rush, I had minimal at first, can be addressed with tube matc... | |
| B&W N800, 800D, 802D for my room 16x17x8 I have N800's and 802's, and they never sound and I quote "Flabby/slow/bloated maybe but never tight". I guess that individuals experience is way different than mine and perhaps did not have a good room or setup. I have driven these with Mark Levi... |