carl109
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| Anti Cables with Simaudio The statement "There is clearly a goal of recreating the music the way that the artist and engineers intended it to sound" is certainly an ideal aim. I too have spent many years playing live gigs and recording, so I know where you're coming from.T... | |
| Anti Cables with Simaudio Drew, I don't think it's so much to do with synergy of amp and speakers, but more to do with your own personal tastes when it comes to the way YOUR ears hear and YOUR mind interprets the signals.The change you noticed (more detail and better dynam... | |
| best speaker wire for extra long runs With respect to Eric and Mrderrick, I think the OP made it clear he can't relocate his amp. I'm no speaker cable expert, but I believe that over such a long run, resistance is your biggest enemy. Using the heavy gauge Monster is a good idea, but i... | |
| Yamaha vs Marantz vs Denon Thanks for the advice so far. I currently have a pair of B&W DM602's and a Wharfedale sub. I am yet to add any speakers, but would probably look for smaller B&W's for the rears (still 600 series) and a B&W center.I can't justify the co... | |
| nad c720bee zone 2 You must have bought yours more recently, as my main remote is the SR5. Mine also came with a tiny remote (ZR3) which allows you to control the second zone from another room using a remote IR sender. This mini remote turns my zone 2 on and off. | |
| nad c720bee zone 2 I've never used the zone 2 on my 720, except once when I briefly used it to send audio to a subwoofer.I mentioned the green led's because mine stay off unless I turn that zone 2 dial to 'wake it up'. I think that was after I turned the zone 2 off ... | |
| nad c720bee zone 2 I'm pretty sure the Zone 2 output is just a glorified record-out.Make sure one of the little green LED's is lit around the Zone 2 knob on the front of your c720bee, as the zone function turns itself off when the amp's off, and you need to 'wake it... | |
| Effect of two power prongs, not three No problem. If your amp only has a two prong male connection, then it will be double-insulated and will not use the chassis as the common ground; it's been designed that way, so probably best not to start trying to earth it yourself. | |
| cable doubter no more You said "i upgraded my system"; were the new cables the ONLY change, or was there new component(s) involved too?And I have to agree with Usblues. Making the 'YOU ARE WRONG' statement comes across as arrogant, as the change you heard may be specif... | |
| Speaker cable upgrade "If it makes sense to you, though, then it should not matter one bit to anyone else..."Sorry Karelfd, but if someone asks a question of A'goner's about the wisdom of spending $8000 on cables, I think they might be after a little more than that.Led... | |
| How do I dowload higher rez songs on iTunes? Tomas, what's even scarier is that a major local retailer here in Australia (Dick Smith Powerhouse, who own Tandy/Radio Shack here) is phasing out regular CD's, and now has a computer kiosk where customers pick and mix their own CD - all compresse... | |
| Legal & Ethical Questions in the PC Audio Age What a fascinating discourse!To comment on the original question; I keep all my ripped CD's simply because I don't yet have confidence that my computer or backup drive wont fail one day, requiring me to re-rip some or all of my music.I must admit ... | |
| Bi-wire v's single with jumper leads. Flashunlock "The 2-4 design is a bit waste of time and might as well use single wired with jumpers instead."That couldn't be any further from the truth. There will of course be systems where conventional bi-wiring results in no audible improvement... | |
| Ripping CDs to lossless in Itunes.. HiFi approved? I've just started ripping Apple Lossless to my new iPod. When I play them back (via Apple dock through my hifi) I must say the resulting quality is very impressive, and I'd be happy to listen to music most of the time this way.That said, when I di... | |
| Bi-wire v's single with jumper leads. There's a very sound reason why bi-wiring works. Remember that your crossover is basically a filter that splits the signal inside your speaker and sends the highs to the tweeter and the lows to the woofer. Up until that point, all frequencies trav... |