celtic66
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| Best RCA interconnect up to ~$100? Ditching the $100 mark, Decware makes a terrific interconnect. Oft overlooked, I’ve owned lots of ICs up to over several hundreds of dollars a pair, and these are seriously good. https://www.decwareproducts.com/dsr3 Signal Cable also makes a very... | |
| Weiss 501 DAC Yes! And it is beyond weird. I first ran Cullen Crossover ll with good results. Onto Zavfino Prima, yet better. Then onto your aforementioned combo. Bang on! I've no technical explanation, only my ears. It's just right. I run an entire l... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Hope his new company knocks it out of the park! Design and materials look solid enough. A beacon in the fog of ‘me too’ mediocrity. Sadly, I will not contribute in the immediate future as I’ve long since committed to my stable of mostly Brit an... | |
| Mastering legend Bernie Grundman explains why the measurement crowd has it all wrong! Will watch interview in future. Bernie has for decades been my go to mastering guru. I've blindly picked off his mastering from new to me recordings. I will scramble through the liner notes to confirm. They just sound right. He is proceeded b... | |
| Luxman M-10X Stereo vs. Mono or C900U Monoblock amplifiers vs a stereo amplifier cannot improve what is upstream. My limited experience with using a DAC or music streamer as also a preamp is that a separate preamp seems more live than DAC/streamer only. I run the Luxman C900u. It i... | |
| Looking for advice for a good 3.5mm to RCA Up front, not an Audioquest fan. And I’ve owned plenty over the years. My last foray into their product was banana plugs. Awful quality beyond description. After Signal Cable stopped making theirs, I was forced to visit “The Evil Empire”. ht... | |
| Rega Cursa 3? Found this: https://stereoworlds.com/amplifiers/preamplifiers/rega-preamplifiers/rega-cursa-3-unleashing-audiophile-delight/ Had no luck with the other website given. Cheers | |
| DAC's from the past, are any of them really worth much today? This may help. http://tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Company_Info.html | |
| DAC's from the past, are any of them really worth much today? Ric Schultz's original DACs were quite good and for the pittance one pays for one today, they are a steal. I paid $100 for one used and it would easily compete with a $700-1,000 DAC today. I think the first ones were simply DAC 1 and DAC 2. | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Perhaps I missed something. Is there a viable website? | |
| Speaker cables recomendation for Luxman L509X / Dynaudio Contour 30i Duelund 12g. At $40/m, they are a steal. I run mine between Luxman 509x and ATC SCM 20 passive monitors. They are wonderfully open, neutral and dynamic. Or you can do the Duelund 10g. Single strand, so be sure to double your length order. ht... | |
| Should I graduate to floor standers or will larger bookshelves suffice? The conversation takes on a circuitous flavor. Some just want more bass; not necessarily distinct bass, but more of it, driving. Others want to hear the bowing differences between Eddie Gomez and Ray Brown. Yet others want both. And there is ... | |
| Should I graduate to floor standers or will larger bookshelves suffice? ATC SCM 40 passive towers come in at 6K. Quite nice. | |
| ATC buying advice As communicated in other postings, I tend to live now in the active world. I'm not a volume rocker listening, but I do really like the immediate attack and dynamics of active which I personally could not render with passive and some very goo... | |
| ATC buying advice Owner of both ATC 40A and ATC 50A. ATC 40A is wonderful. Lived with them for 3 years. ATC 50A is a whole 'nother beast....in all of the right ways. ATC 50A floor stander is more dynamic, throws a larger sound stage and of course deeper bass wi... |