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| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" Good topic. Aren't we all automatically biased by what our system sounds like when we listen to other systems? Don't we automatically compare the two in our heads? I think enough of us have been to shows and gone into megabuck rooms and were very... | |
| Cable Quest @rrboogie I had a Platinum power cable. It was 13 feet. I recall being disappointed with it. Perhaps I was expecting it to jump up and bite me. So, I sold it off. I was more impressed with the Synergistic power cables and own several now. I found ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 power cord I tried Synergistic, BMI, Cardas, Elrod, JPS, KS Emotion, Masterbuilt, and Hijiri on my Ref 5SE. The BMI was very good (Whale Elite out of production) but the Hijiri Nagomi was the best match. It brought out all the musicality the pre is capable o... | |
| Cable Quest https://www.audiogon.com/systems/10635#&gid=1&pid=41 I arrived at an inflection point about 3 years ago when I realized my hardware was very good but I could not seem to get the sound to equate to their level. So sure, I've been into 2 ch... | |
| Audiogon Support Service .......not responding and is Tammy Holt still there ? Tammy, you are the best! | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? I have relied quite heavily on member reviews and comments of products and found them to be very helpful. Of course, you have to weed through who is saying what and triangulate with other users' experiences with the same equipment. Agon and WBF ha... | |
| Big problem / bottleneck in my chain No offense intended to you @antmou I'm trying to help you as it seems you have a similar dilemma I experienced. And I remedied it with cabling. IME those Cardas cables are not helping you. They are lower tier or older recipes that are darker sound... | |
| Big problem / bottleneck in my chain My take is the Cardas and Mac gear both have rather "darker" playback tendencies and with the chain you have it is not freeing up the signal. Try a different preamp or some other cables. I would say your dac, Coda, and speakers are A-okay. That's ... | |
| Ceriously, it all started with a power cable They are good cables from a really good guy. I have had most all of his levels in power, IC and speaker cables over the last 9 years. I stopped before going to Lumiscate because I experimented with enough others to know I wanted more. So the quest... | |
| Rel sub x-over fs/click I set my T/9X RELs according to the bass frequency response of my Wilsons which meant an approx 50 hz setting. The test results posted for the Wilsons seem to show a pretty bumpy bass response where there is a 10db dip at 20 hz but a strong rise t... | |
| 4 Rel Subs Hookup Question Try both of them hooked up together onto just one set of binding posts (like the right speaker) and see if your gain is manageable. If that works then adding another pair should not be an issue. My question about wiring up a pair of subs and what... | |
| How do I connect my speaker cables to this Coda Amp I changed the binding posts on my upper set to posts w/o the safety cover. Pop the top and get out your soldering iron and Bob's your uncle. Otherwise you could try an adapter on the spade that is a banana as Erik suggests. | |
| Considering switching to XLR cables, @salc IMO, your targeted cables are not commensurate with the high level gear you have. If I was a smart guy I guess I would have long ago tasted the quality cables I am now getting to. For a painful journey see my systems page. I suggest Wywir... | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" When evaluating my system for faults or opportunities for improvement, I listen critically, typically to well-culled tunes with ranges of frequencies. When exploring new music I want something that touches me in an emotional way. And if it strikes... | |
| Any Nashville enthusiasts? Now at 18 "members" and GTG's planned for the next 3 months. Join the fun. |