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| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Geo, you MUST audition these cables before you buy. The key to auditioning is not to jump to conclusions too soon. Cable Company gives you about 2 weeks. Take your time and don't rush. Both the cables you mentioned are absolutely great. It is just... | |
| Music that has good cymbals Patricia Barber Companion cd track 7 "black magic woman".Good track to evaluate the system in general. Drums, cymbals, bass, vocals, hammond B3, bongos. Very dynamic music.Patricia Barber's Nardis on Cafe Blue is good too, but I think the recordin... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Leica_Man, were you auditioning the PAD Anniversary Aqueous? Bi-wire or single?And yes, the cables are very system-dependent. That is why auditioning in your own rig is a must! | |
| Opinions on Audio Research LS17 & LS26 Pixette246, what was your preamp before the LS-26? | |
| Warm Power Cord? get warm sounding speakers or components. tube equipment usually has a degree of warmth.Buy some good all copper interconnects and speaker cables. I would not expect a power cord to add any significant amount of warmth to the sound. At least I've ... | |
| Opinions on Audio Research LS17 & LS26 Dpac996, I regret I didn't change out the power supply caps on the LS-15 though. I should have replaced those Nichicon caps with some Black Gates. Could have been even better!Ackman00, see www.percyaudio.comI purchased capacitors from this website... | |
| Classical 2 die 4...top 5? My go-to classical recordings are:1)Mahler - Symphony No.5 conducted by Riccardo Chailly with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra(London cd). I actually heard this performance live at Carnegie Hall last night...Leiptzig orchestra conducted by Chailly. S... | |
| Opinions on Audio Research LS17 & LS26 Ackman00, Interesting comparison between the 2 preamps. I wonder what the dealer thought about it.As a side note...if your LS-15 has captive power cord, it probably also has the yellow REL caps. Replacing the REL caps with TRT Dynamicaps was a hug... | |
| How significant is a power cord upgrade? FERRARI, good link. I have a Pass Labs amplifier and I'll be honest, I have not found earth shattering improvements with an aftermarket power cord with this amp(power cords tried were up to $700). However, it is not the case with ALL amplifiers an... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Leica, Precision Reference? That is an expensive cable. I haven't considered it.It's not like I don't like the thought of the bi-wiring with the "jumper", I still like the sound of the PAD Anniversary Aqueous speaker cables better in my system. Th... | |
| Opinions on Audio Research LS17 & LS26 Dpac996, I agree. I think the comparison of LS-15 to LS-26 is meaningless. LS-15 is 3 generations older and 1 model down in a product line. LS-26 should have been compared to LS-25MkII instead of LS-15.BTW, there's going to be a review of LS-17 so... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Scottyw, agreed. Excellent cables. However, I ordered a PAD Anniversary Aqueous bi-wire instead. In comparison, the PAD does for me a bit more than the Tesla Accelerators, plus the other thing that influenced me to go with PAD instead is the way S... | |
| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage Drubin, please post your impressions once you are done evaluating.What I meant by solid state is that the tubed linestage I am now using, if I replace it with TAP, then it's a solid state system pretty much. My cd player and amp are solid state. I... | |
| kimber cable bi focals xl speaker cable Bi-Focal XL is very good. Also try Purist Audio Aqueous Anniversary. Both very dynamic. I had AU24 and ordered the PAD Aqueous after comparing the 2 cables. If more dynamics, detail and slam is what you are looking for, then either the Bi-Focal XL... | |
| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage Drubin, may be not, but the tube linestage I am using now will no longer be there between the cd player and the solid state amp, which pretty much makes the whole thing solid state as far as I'm concerned. |