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| Cable auditions - Hard Work? Point well taken, Jafox, and OK, I may have oversimplified and generalized an important part of our hobby. I think I was simply dismayed that there are those of us out there who are getting hung up on the system link that I feel is perhaps the lea... | |
| Best digital cable to audition? I recently tried the Triad Acoustics Golden Pinnacle series and was very impressed. They have a patented EAM (Electron Alignment Matrix) technology (I know it sounds hoaky) that separates the frequencies into "designated carrier constructs." Whate... | |
| California Audio Labs CL-5 repair? Man, I feel your pain. I've had THREE (count 'em) bad CALs and finally said to heck with them. My advice is to toss it in your trash bin like I did my last one and move on to a company that's still in business. | |
| Cable auditions - Hard Work? If you are spending hours comparing cables, something is not right w/the rest of your system. Folks, the cables biz is a scam, and the sooner audiophiles learn this, the more money we'll have for what we value most: music. | |
| B&W 703 - How to tame the highs? Very simple. Get rid of them! | |
| upgrade advice for budget-minded beginner A good rule of thumb to follow when upgrading is to listen to the system in your room before you buy (if possible). I would also say that speakers determine the huge majority of what you hear, w/preamp, source, and amp coming in second, third, and... | |
| Tubes for Cary SLA70 Signature I suppose the first question to ask is whether you were satisfied w/the tubes you are replacing. The second issue is tonal balance, as each brand supposedly has a different one. In researching tubes on Audioasylum and other sites denizened by tube... | |
| I'm FINALLY finished: new 2-channel system You definitely did the right thing. I work around HT systems every day and continue to enjoy my 2-channel tube-based system more w/music and movies. My opinion is that if you get 2 channels tonally right along w/a good video monitor, movie soundtr... | |
| Humming sound from my speakers From what you describe, this isn't a ground loop, as a "crackling sound" is not a ground loop symptom. The problem is likely your preamp's output. I would sub another preamp into the system and see if you get the same effect. | |
| i want better sounding speakers A great combination in my experience is NAD electronics and Paradigm speakers. You can never go wrong either w/a pair of used Vandersteen 1Cs or 2Cs or a pair of used PSB Stratuses. Always home demo before you buy! | |
| REL Stampede subwoofer I should hope not! I like to think of REL as a company above naming one of their fine products Stampede. Just a joke -- in all seriousness, no. | |
| Gallo Reference 3 vs. Spendor S8 vs. Harbeth Super I auditioned the S8's for several days back when they first hit US retailers, and my first impression was that they were unforgiving on less than perfect CDs. To balance that out, however, their bass was spot on -- deep and dynamic -- and they ima... | |
| Best speakers for Classical music under 10k used I've heard a lot of live small-scale and large-scale orchestral/classical music, and when I return home from a performance I often head straight to my rig for a comparison. I own Spendor Classics, and I'm always amazed at how close they sound to t... | |
| Looking for speaker suggestions I had a pair of Paradigm floorstanders that I drove w/NAD, and this was one of the most satisfying systems I've put together.You might want to look at a pair of good used Studios. | |
| Verity Audio Tamino - Smooth? I changed from a pair of ML Aerius i's to Spendor SP2/3s, and I've never looked back. Though the MLs were just plain cool as all get out, I never could connect to my tunes. The Spendors just rule. |