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| Why Sony watts aren't as good as _____ watts Jwrobinson, I like your dB headroom spec. Naim is one of the few companies who has listed dB headroom. It was at least 6 dB and probably much more.Dynamic, instantaneous current delivery can maker a 30 wpc amp like Naim sound much more powerful. I... | |
| Opinions on this "white paper" So is InnerSound's coaxial speaker cable design worth trying? Are they best suited for electrostatics?From what TWL is saying, there are things which may affect the sound (and aren't measured) more that the measured inductance and capacitance that... | |
| Quick bi-wire question I don't see why shotgun would be better. I assume that it is common knowledge that "external bi-wire" (two separate runs - one to highs / one to lows) is the correct way to bi-wire and running bi-wire internally gives little improvement.Shotgun so... | |
| Speakers for Rock Sean, I don't like to recommend B&W.Don't want anyone's stereo to sound as good as mine ;-) | |
| AA Capitole MKII/ CD Burner to use with it Gerryn, didn't see your post. I have a Marantz CDR-500. No A-A Capitole. I wish :-( | |
| What percentage do you spend on each component? speakers = amp + pre + cdp.That's just how it worked out. I could've gone with a better CDP but whatever improvements there were, weren't worth the $1,700 it would have cost. ($500 maybe). | |
| Audio as a hobby Thanks, jla and nrchy. | |
| What is the worst recorded CD you have? genesis. | |
| Best sounding CD player for 6,000. Meridian 588 is pretty good. Can be a little bright on somespeakers but should be good with M-L's. | |
| Speaking of Joseph Audio Pearls You could try ATC active 100's they are 15K and include amps for each driver and external crossover. Also Talon makes some highly regarded speakers but I have not heard them.I sort of doubt other speakers you mention would be a significant upgrade... | |
| Audio as a hobby Nrchy- how do you sell your used bikes? Bike-b-gon? I have a tough time selling mine. | |
| Speakers for Rock Try DynAudio or Paradigm. People have said the tonal balance of Dynaudio works well with rock and roll. I use N804 and like them because they work for everything. Nothing worse than getting a speaker (or any component) which only plays one type of... | |
| Integrated's equipped for biwiring?? Bill - may have something to do with the sub. Bi-wire is normally for mains only. | |
| When to bi-wire? Does the crossover makes a difference? Like 1st order Thiels don't allow bi-wire but higher order designs use bi-wire. B&W recommends it for "serious listening" in their owners manual. | |
| What's better 100w class a or 200w class ab? Bear, I like the reality check. But Musical Fidelity rates it 72 amps "peak-to-peak output current". Is this some trick to make things sound better than they really are? Like NADs "dynamic power"?Sure sounds a lot more impressive than their 3.2 in... |