captaindidactic
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| Speaker Cable Recommendations - Under 2k Buy used! I went from monster to Bi-wire BlueJean 10 gauge cables for my speaker wire. I then purchased AudioQuest Oak Bi-wire, Bi-amp cables. They were 6K retail and I got them for $1800. Huge difference in smoothness and balance. I am not sayi... | |
| New Synergistic Master Fuse The youtube demo was amazing. With 6 fuses in each amp, I am hard pressed to upgrade the fuses. I bypassed the fuses in my two amps and the results were no less than outstanding. The sound stage improvement was the first thing I noticed, but afte... | |
| Power cords: Anticable vs Mad Scientist I had AQ Monsoons and upgraded to the Anti-Cables. Much lower sound floor. After burning everything in through the Anti-Cable power cords and a AQ Niagara 1200, I had buyers remorse. I briefly unplugged everything and substituted decent shielded... | |
| Opinions on AR TSW-610 speakers? Greetings, I don't have the 610's, but I do own the 910"s. I like them very much! They are power hungry but I have had them in a side by side comparison with Paradigm speakers in the 35K range and I preferred the 910's. AR's were ahead of their t... | |
| Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience? I used monster cable, I then used a bi-amp bi-wire set up off using 10 gauge BlueJean speaker wire. There was definitely an improvement. I then bought AudioQuest Oak bi-wire/Bi-amp speaker cables and the sound totally changed. Much smoother, with ... | |
| Lumin vs Bricasti Volume Control Well, I got the Lumin T2 home yesterday and set it up to play directly into my two amps. I have the Sbooster standing by ready to be installed. I decided to give the T2 a run on it's own first. I experienced a much better soundstage and separation... | |
| Lumin vs Bricasti Volume Control I have just ordered a Lumin T2, with the SBooster and the Lumin Infrared Leedh volume control. I am planning on going direct to my two amps. I went with the remote because they " say " it's great and I didn't want to blow up my speakers! I should ... | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet I am running Monsoon power cables and a Niagara 1200. I listened and decided to remove them all and replace with regular highly shielded " stock" cords. I was beyond shocked at how much the stock cords degraded the sound. Soundstage, and musical s... | |
| Advice on a streamer I have a Node 1 as a streamer but I feed it through my Cambridge 851C's dac and really like the sound. There was a big improvement over the day in the Node 1. When I initially purchased the Cambridge, I brought my entire system into the store. I t... | |
| Is There Any Reason To Buy A Reel-To-Reel Machine Nowadays?? I have always loved the R2R sound. What about HIFI VCR? Long ago I watched the movie, Eddie and the Cruisers 2 and just loved the soundtrack. I bought the CD and it didn't sound nearly as good as the Super HIFI VCR tape. I was astounded. I asked a... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? Amen | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? Wrong Larry, I did a blind test. 4 different sets of wires. I sat in the chair, listened to one minute of the same music, while the salesperson changed the wires out. Did it many times. I could easily hear the difference and was able to actually i... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? Some Good advice here. I was skeptical of the benefits of cables. I had purchased the entire gamut of BlueJeans Cable and thought I was done. But, I was testing out CD players and ended up bringing my entire system including speakers to compare an... | |
| Power Conditioner: Isotek, Audioquest or other? I have the Audioquest 1200. Overall, I like it. I installed a whole house surge protector, upgraded my outlets, ( can't remember but $100 each ). When playing pool and casual listening, the music sounds good. But it is only when critically listen... | |
| Replace LAT Coax cable between Bluesound and Oppo DAC I have a Node 2. I use it to stream Tidal MQA. I started with an optical cable and found that sound was Much improved by switching to Coax. I am using a Cambridge 851C for my DAC. Another improvement. I upgraded my Coax to an AudioQuest Coffee, ag... |