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| Do isolation devices really help? Yes, under your CD player try the Daruma's 80% of the Aurious or Symposium roller blocks. You can find a dealer or manufacturer who will offer in home trials.No brainer. | |
| CAT or BAT???? Try the BAT 51SE or the 31SE first. Or my fav the First Sound Presence preamp. | |
| Class A amplifier choice, need suggestions The Kinergetics KBA-75 may be the best value in this area, they can be had for $500-$650 and while not the best of the bunch here, are cheap for a starting point.BigkidZ | |
| Your Favorite Austin City Limits By far, the Danny Gatton one. SVR is cool too! | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? Asa and Unsound, B&W speakers in general do not mate well with tube amps. Mostly the speakers require a high current amp (not wpc but current) to make them open up and sing. See the Enjoy the music review of the Pass X-250 amp where they feel ... | |
| Why bi-wiring is bad I was going to purchase the Acoustic Zen Halogram speaker cables and called them. Robert told me that he prefers the single wire with jumpers on his system. That was good enough for me, even though I was bi-wiring with my old cables. I am waiting ... | |
| Pass X-250 or McCormack DNA-2 Deluxe Thanks for all of your responses. I wish that I could audition the amps in my system but since the McCormack is not a current model, the seller is not interested in sending it to me for a home audition.Everyones comments were well received.Thanks ... | |
| JPS Labs power cables I have the JPS Power AC (not the +) and the digital AC. I compared them to the Anlysis Plus Power Ovl, the TG Audio Silver and the Auddience Power Cord. I prefered the JPS cords. There is a very good review of the Analysis Plus cord in SoundStage ... | |
| AZ Satori - Jumper cables or "Gun" biwired? Several weeks ago I was going through the same thing. I called Robert Lee and he told me that the Holograms were going through a change. He told me to try both to see what I would like (he would send them to me to try). He also told me that he pre... | |
| Torn between JPS and Black Mamba for cd player I use the JPS digital and JPS power AC cords and comapred them in my sytem directly to Analysis Plus, TG Audio Silver and recently the Audience power cord. I found that the JPS sounded right for my personal tastes. The differences wre very minor b... | |
| SIlver Cable Experiences? I also was lookig for silver speaker cables and found that the really good ones are very very expensive. I ended up speaking with Bob Crump and he was very helpful in his opinion of why silver sounds bright and what he does to his cables to elimin... | |
| Strategies for preserving tube life Does any one else have suggestions for tube rings or socks and do you know if they really work? Tmcroy notes Pearl tube coolers and I know that ARC and Ensemble have some fings and socks? Any comments?Thanks.Email me at bigkidz@optonline.net | |
| What's your profession? Age? I am in sales, selling to financial institutions. Age 45. My current system retails for $25K. Most of it was purchased slightly pre-owned for around 30-50% off. This does not include the $10K or so that is laying around and not being used. | |
| Words From the Wise Great input already but I suggest buying lots of mucic that you want to listen to and keep looking for new material. My system changed over time becasue my musical tastes changed with age and exposure to new material. It also changed as my career ... | |
| Next Up-grade, Power Cables? Go with the Elrods if you can. There are also many reviews on the Stereo Times and Soundstage internet sites on AP cables. One reviewer found the AP Power Ovals to emphasize the upper and lower frequency extremes and that is what I heard in my sys... |