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| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Wow lissnr, you read a lot into my comments. I was just having a little fun with the language that was in the original post.I agree, power cords can make a difference, often a substantial one, and sometimes more so than interconnects or speaker ca... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? OK can't resist:Do powercords make a difference in sound? Yes; no powercord, no sound.Do they make a difference by upgrading stock power cords in amps, ect versus aftermarket power cords? Don't know, never had a powercord in an amplifier.If so, ca... | |
| Long USB cable To Br3098's point, I agree with avoiding "regular" copper wire UBS cables that are more than 3.5m. A longer copper cable would not be within the USB spec and would likely not give you a signal or cause dropouts. But if you use something like the O... | |
| Long USB cable I use a 30 meter USB cable from Opticis. They make shorter lengths too. The cable converts USB to fiber optic and then back to USB. Works like a charm. I also use an Opticis 30 meter fiber optic HDMI cable. | |
| The Best Audiophile Earphones headphones and Amp If you are still looking at options and not looking at electrostats, I recommend the Ray Samuels Audio B-52 amp with the Sony MDR-R10 headphones. The R10s are arguable the best non-stat phones that were made, but they're only available now on the ... | |
| best powercord for atma-sphere amps MA 1 I agree with TVAD and recommend looking upstream from the amp and preamp for the problem. At first, I thought the MA1s were weak in the bass too, until we identified the real problem as my phono cartridge. Changed cartridges and the bass was great... | |
| Spectral preamps Thank you all for the helpful advice. Based on what I've read, Spectral looks like a good option for a number of reasons. I will try to listen to their gear at a dealer. It's good to know that I can start with a preamp and go from there; I'm consi... | |
| Playback Designs vs. Berkeley As the original poster, just FYI, I bought the PD DAC last year. Couldn't be happier.Jonathan, that's very cool news about DSDx2 via USB. I've been tinkering in the computer audiophile world for a few years now, and for me that capability has been... | |
| James Louspeakers Are you looking for main stereo speakers? Or others? I use their in-walls for side and rear surrounds, and one of their on-walls for a center channel. After listening to a lot of in-walls, these are the best I've heard. Great people to deal with; ... | |
| Amplification for Wilson Watt Puppy 7s or 8s Lubes, I've heard the WPs with T+A amps on a number of occasions in a dealer system. IMHO, the T+A amp was performing at a lower level compared to BAT or Halcro amps in the same system. Not sure which model it was, but the T+A amp was holding the ... | |
| A home for my cans I haven't heard the other pre/headamp combos mentioned above, but I can recommend the Ray Samuels B-52 without hesitation. It can be used with balanced or unbalanced cans. He also offers some other models at different price points. If you're ever ... | |
| Leben integrated amps and Merlin VSM I recommend listening to a Leben before you buy -- I would guess that they will sound quite different. I used to own a Leben CS-300x and have had OTL amps in my system at the same time. The Leben sound is quite a bit different than the OTL sound (... | |
| Ortofon MC A90 cartridge Mike, thanks for sharing your insights. I think Steve used a term like "jump factor" or something like that to describe the Reed as well. Looking forward to hearing about your further comparisons. I've been bowled over by the garrard/tri/a90 combo... | |
| Ortofon MC A90 cartridge The posts above summed it up well. This cartridge's clarity is amazing.Hi MikeL - I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the A90/Reed combo. Steve has said good things about it, and I'm taking the leap on a Reed 2P. I'd be curious to hear your impre... | |
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