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| Are silver cables on the way out? I tried out Silveraudio Hyacinth - incredible detail but it was bleached and had that hard edge to it.I use Harmonic Technology SIlway which is silver and copper, and Cardas GOld Cross to great results - very detailed yet tonally balanced and neut... | |
| were should best cable go - CD or Preamp? yes trust your earsI have always found with multi sources putting the best cable from preamp to power amp so that all sources benefit from it. Since you are a single source, like the others said try it both ways.If you are trying revealing silver ... | |
| How many of us have worked in audio stores? worked at HiFI BUys 81-84 in East Lansing MichiganSold Nakamichi, ADS, McINtosh, DCM, Genesis, B&O.Remember the slow embrace of cd's. Always enjoyed the clients, many professors, doctors etc. Like doing home installs, especially getting involv... | |
| Are You An Audiophile Or A Music Lover? I'd ask God in his grace and mercy to make the devil's deal null and void. He is able. But if God chooses for me to test my resolve, I'd sell the ungodly priced system, keep the discs and have fun buying used reasonably priced equipment on audiogo... | |
| better gear, worse recordings wow, been away, didn't know my thread would generate this much discussion! good to seeI have always tried to only make upgrades where they contributed significantly to the musicality of my system, it's taken a while but I am really happy with the ... | |
| Best Dac you ever heard I'll second tim's recommendation on the EVS Millenium II dacupsamples to 24/192musicalitytube like in it's sound and seperates instruments out (think layers and textures) like nobody's businessI am rediscovering my whole cd collectioneven the old ... | |
| Rock albums that sound good on your system? steely dantalking headstodd rundgrengenesiselvis costellolots | |
| New ARC CD Player, and their take on SACD ? the new arc has no upsampling technology whatsoeverand won't play universal formatsyou get an outdated piece that's expensivearc is missing the boat here | |
| Does Cary stack up to ARC kettle's dilema is more with long preamp to amp runs which the cary will simplify. THe LS15 doesn't have the beefed uppower transformer the older ls2 and ls5 had. So for long runs go with an ls5 (although it's all balanced inputs).abe - did you us... | |
| straightwire crescendo vs acoustic zen, cardas? Zspradlin - they were broken inand my dealer in NEw Orleans is the person who patented them through straight wire. Yes, when I returned them the magic was missing just a little bit. Wanted to hear comments on crescendo versus acoustic zen,I'll che... | |
| tough sounds to reproduce ??? the marching band moving by was recorded well in the early eighties (I recall a B&O sales rep giving a demo, too bad his speakers were so bad).I live in new orleans (northern transplant) and marching band noises and passings are not uncommon h... | |
| buy upsample processor or new CD player? Or ... ? check out the evs millenium or the new universal player mods of evstweakaudio.comsee the reviews of the evs ataudioreview.com$1050 and it's brought realism to my digital front endtom | |
| Does Cary stack up to ARC kettleyour setup sounds goodyou should have tried some tube rolling with the ls15I had an ls2 and recently went to an LS5 which has all the revealing arc qualities but is also warm and very involvingI have heard great things about the cary and if ... | |
| Comming to DVD; I also buy few movies but enjoy concert dvd'sthe beststeely dan - two against natureu2 - elevationjoni mitchell - shadows and light (with Jaco and Methany)ricki lee jones - live at the beaconjames taylor the classic album discs (U2, Steely, EJ, Fl... | |
| Totally Confused about home theater stay away from home theatreand stay away from circuit city type placesfind a reputable audio store, even if it's a long drive to audition (bring familiar discs with you)home theatre is a made for the masses "more is better" mentality. it's designe... |