blindjim
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| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? Well we've moved on now... for good or ill and for a time, the TA 1000 MK II is runing the show.I do like the notion of the VAC blocks however. A lot... but i think I'm going to need a gun. | |
| New Von Schweikert VR SR4 mk11 Cream or Crap ??? I'll second that emotion of bi wiring. Absolutely! The 'data link' is purely a stop gap measure. just to get 'er up and running. personally I don't understand why a loudspeaker system costing around ten grand needs have some such short cut approac... | |
| RCA to XLR - Cable adapter? Looks as though I'm going to go off for something by way of an adapter-ish thingy with a wire in between and as short as i can get away with and as reasonable as I can too.Were I to go with any cable co to get custom made ones, I'd likely just get... | |
| RCA to XLR - Cable adapter? yeah I know... but I just got the thing a few months ago... had it a month or so and then sent the speakers in for a look see at VSA and that took near two months and now they're still breaking in the tweets... geeezzz. what a drag. This will hurt... | |
| RCA to XLR - Cable adapter? Gmood1 thanks much... I'll look into the place shortly. notice any bad stuff happening with them on your regular cables, though?Eldartford got it. as I said though... those near new Resolution Refs sure are a nice pair of cables... and i'd like to... | |
| b.a.t. amps? PSI have noticed with my own amp, VK500 w/BAT pk. that whatever preamp or processor is attached, the amp does become compatible and takes on a new or different sense of performance. I also have not noticed any degredation of sound quality, sound s... | |
| b.a.t. amps? using BAT with BAT is a real good idea. using the adapters so it will run with SE items is not a bad idea. I'm about to do that with a diff pre than the one I'm using for the time being as a test bed... apart from the complete turn around in pre c... | |
| Most expensive Audio disapoinment? With any luck, they will bring back the "reel to reel" decks.More than likely, however, it'll be DVDA recording... in home... Just before another 'new' format change ocurs. | |
| Monitor Audio Gold series Most folks don't know about Home Depot being a high end audio store. Ssssshhhh. | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? it's all your's John, help yourself. | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? John... you got a point there. Ego's a big deal with some folks in this hobby. A big deal. your point is quite valid though... if everything is on the square. I'd have loved to have tried out a thing which would have saved me a grand and some... f... | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? Figures. Now they tell me about the remote. Super.Well OK. I got my story, and I'm sticking to it.New gear stories, hmmmmmmm. those sorts of statements scare me. Just like in review mags. The reviewer just falls over a thing saying it ain't going ... | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? John, Utopian? No. I'm from Tampa. Don't that make me a Tampan?.. In fact, I'm an idealist. it sucks but there you go. Optomistic pessamisim.I saw that bit aobut the in home audition. When they make xlr? OK. For me, when they make remotes... but i... | |
| how do you know a bad tube? Entrope thanks, I will. | |
| Shunyata cables vs Nordost Frey IMO. I wrote about the characteristics of the shunyata in review here on Audiogone. helix version I had last summer. I have no idea where you wish to place the ICs. having heard the majority of what components you list recently aside from the amp,... |