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| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp Understood. Then I sure applaud your efforts here. It makes such little sense to me to become so vested into gear that the amount of listenable material shrinks exponentially. That is absurd, given a goal for involving realistic recreation of musi... | |
| Wilson Sophia 2's on Marantz Reference Dylanhenry Got it. Yes, no prob. it's simple words.High End encompasses the whole of things from those things usually not within the confines of "Mass Fi" B&M stores, to the Rockports and other such Uberexpensive products, IMOHigh End also can... | |
| 2 channel amp to upgrade Pioneer Elite Receiver Those I named already are good especially for the application in mind. Won't break the bank either, usually.it/they aren't the last word in SS amps however, but I've found out for myself, it comes down to what is available to be spent, and or, how... | |
| bi wire question I'd not bother to run twin sets of speaker cables. A biwire set wuold or should suffice.Maker of speaker cables choose specific conductors for the high pass and low pass ckt of audio info.For the added gain one might get by using two entirely sepa... | |
| On one leg or two legs? The length of dedicated ckts, one to the other, is superfluous. Arbitrary. Only really extensive runs of #12 romex (which is likely what will be used, unless otherwise specified) need to be addressed by increasing the wire gauge a step up. This is... | |
| Best way to convert adjustable shelves? Screws? So?That's just another way to go and/or look.you can get screws with 'shoulders' or sleeves on them too.there's all sorts of ways to do this... don't get to "paralysis by analysis", with it.Maybe use shiny metal dowles. perhaps you could t... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp GrannyringThanks. That's mighty astounding news to me overall. Hmmmm.Would you say your CD collection is now been broadened or diminished with your current power train additions?*In other words, can you now listem to more of your collection, or to... | |
| Wilson Sophia 2's on Marantz Reference Dylanhenry Its all about perspective your perspective as to what comprises HIGH END and my own simply differ.You are a proponent of Wilson, referring to them as the best speakers in the world. Fine by me. Wilson, just like any other brand has ... | |
| Plasma tv & preamp hum-not a loop Sounds to me like you are picking up some interference from the plasma, possibly from the cabling attached to it. Moving the rig out & in again, perhaps the video cables are in too close a proximity to the audio ones.. or same thing with the p... | |
| Using XLR to Rca adapter It's highly doubtful... but will sound no worse. | |
| 2 channel amp to upgrade Pioneer Elite Receiver Odyssey Stratos SEMcCormack 125BAT VK 200 | |
| Best way to convert adjustable shelves? Thought about Dowles yet?If you can keep the adj shelf stable enough to drill a small pilot hole straight thru the cabinet into the shelf so all aligns properly, I'd say go that way.some wood caps can be inserted into the recess you'll allow for i... | |
| Center Channel Speaker Go with Elwood's idea or go with another Vandy. Some chesion is important there, latterally or front to back, but get some somewhere. | |
| Wilson Sophia 2's on Marantz Reference $14K is the 'mass market' for Sophia IIs?I ain't too sure how much mass is in that market. in fact I'm not so sure there is any mass in speaker markets over $5-6K MSRP, with $4K being the wealth of the loudspeaker industry, by and large.maybe it's... | |
| Why USB to SPDIF and not optical? I've seen first hand gains from going other than USB into the DAC3. Each step up by way of interconnect seems to gain a darker backdrop, and more ease and detail. Depth as well. the best connection thus far that I've used is via the BNC input jack... |