bjrichardson

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Mapleshade "CLEARVIEW DOUBLE HELIX" speaker cables
I have Maggie 1.6's & an Audiomat Arpege. The Mapleshades are the best sounding interconnect I've heard on my system. I resisted getting them for over a year because they look cheap and are very delicate. However, the sound consistently announ... 
Cable Fetish: Exotic, Warm and Romantic
Try the Mapleshade Double HElix interconnects. They are very tweeky and exotic, and don't LOOK like they should be expensive, but they blow away the Cardas whatevers in depth of soundstage, tonal sweetness, liveness, and shear presence. If you hav... 
Maggie surround system
Maggies sound great in a surround sound system. I use a Velodyne F1000 - 10" woofer with 80 watts - very low distortion, and most important for matching with the maggies, VERY FAST. Whatever you get, I have found that subwoofer placement is critic... 
stan warren,PIONEER mod.
I've heard Stan Warren's modification of the Pioneer DVD changer. It sounds great. The only set up I've heard that sounds better is a Stan Warren modified Pioneer 525 DVD player with a Stan Warren modified Mbl Linc DAC III. With the Mbl, there see... 
Maggies and subwoofers
I've had good luck with an older Velodyne with my Maggie 2.7's - the F-1000. It has a 10 inch woofer that is quite fast. If you don't have an electronic crossover, you run the Maggies full range and run the Velodyne off the preamp outputs, and the...