blindjim
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| Digital Cable : Cardas Neutral Reference Vs Au24 Pani >>he natural midrange warmth is very important for me. I have shortlisted the Cardas NR and Au24 digital cables because both these brands have the reputation of being detailed as well as musical.Surprising that there were not any commen... | |
| Mac 402 or 501 for B&W 802D? BW has always loved lots of watts and always will.Control is the issue. More watts... more control. Control of the drivers sure is beneficial in music re-creation.501s .... that was easy.They're sexy looking but there are better for the $$$ out th... | |
| Electrician's advice wanted: safely lifting ground yeah.. I'm sort of surprised too that the origin of the loop wasn't or isn't being addressed by the Jensen idea or some other like Dayton. Finding the unit causing it I'd think is the better approach, if after all, you want to do things the right ... | |
| Manley Snapper Monoblocks or Mcintosh MC252 Special sauce, lettuce tomatoes on a sesame seed bun.It should drive near about anything fairly well.but sheeeshh. your question is vague for sure. Did you ask yourself that one before posting it? Probably. but hten you had insider info that we do... | |
| tube rolling first-timer usually #2... for me.Closely matched tubes are needs for a non self biasing unit.Be a purist or suit yourself with the tonality NOS tubes offer. 'spensive. Frustrating. time consuming. In the end, I've found it rewarding though.Look up substitutio... | |
| 5 channel amp switcher? Did you call Niles customer service on that yet?I would.Thought of bi amping?Good luck. | |
| Sooloos vs. Sonos “…would prefer to control use the PC to search, select and play.”I’ve got a couple thoughts here that can help.Who’s going to download all your CDs onto the Sulu or Sonus?You?Is the option for streaming music into other rooms a desire?Are you driv... | |
| members with no feedback? How do you deal with zero feedback sellers?Carefully. Or not at all.Much of my comments here are based on the $$$ involved. More $$$? More concern. One has to choose at what level can you be comfortable if all goes down the drain and take those ... | |
| External hard drives and sound quality Cio52 There are similar tweaks that work well too. Mostly those we apply to the audio components themselves, as you pointed out.Outboard drives, USB or NAS in my home respond to compliant footers by decreasing both vibration and it's inherent nois... | |
| acoustic zen reference or venustas BTW .Are you talking about the ICs, Digital cables, or power cords?John provided you the answer as best as anyone could.What did you think of those two cables when you auditioned them?Then there's 'your' answer... not mine... maybe not John's eith... | |
| Fixed and variable pre amp outputs That about sums that up.... save for this... you might be able to get the maker of the preamp to "un-fix" the 'fixed' or buffered line out and make it variable as well.usually this process will enable two sets of variable volume outs, instead of t... | |
| Please recommend for my next upgrade The upcoming AI preamp is definitely gonna change the sound. Rolling/swapping in & out tubes will as well. Which sound is up to you.Every BW speaker pr Ive owned has responded exceedingly well to power. The 9NTs have less drivers than the 802... | |
| Please recommend for my next upgrade Gte357sIve found personally, the transport does play a part in the two box CDP/DAC setup. To what degree is the real question.A very good DAC that aggressively addresses jitter is a VERY GOOD thing!Especially if you plan on going ALL digital or w... | |
| Please recommend for my next upgrade It seems you have a fair amount of needs/desires/places to step your rig up.Mistakes Ive made in the past surrounded my lack of perspective usually. Like my thinking OOOhhh, this rig is it for me. Ill not be making significant changes soon.But I... | |
| Digital Cable : Cardas Neutral Reference Vs Au24 contempt prior to investigation either impedes or outright prevents, one from the discovery of truth.Silver is not something to be scared about.There's more to a cable than the materials. The whole of the process can allow for a silver wire to be ... |