celtic66
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| What made the biggest, most noticeable improvement Quadraspire Sunoko Vent equipment stand. It brought under control all sorts of errant frequencies I didn't even know were so errant. It is truly wild and I'm a real cynic when it comes to most of this stuff. $5,000 for a powercord qualifies you fo... | |
| Coconut Audio = LOL I'll need to consult my channeler before discussing this further. Perhaps it could focus a system's chi. | |
| Teledyne Acoustic Research Ar9 speakers I sold the original AR9 and believe they had a re-introduction. The original was good for the day.............but compared to Dunlavy........really? Dunlavy makes a great product. It's really a no-brainer. The Dunlavy is particular about cabling..... | |
| What to upgrade on $3,000 budget The Adcom amp is suspect.For a lot less than 3K you could score a used VTL 85 integrated which would caress your jazz, classical and vocals. Plenty of power and dynamics with great detail and imaging. And the tubes are generic enough to not cost y... | |
| It's time for a good CD player. Arcam 73 as a transport with an external DAC would work great. Channel Islands, Scott Nixon, MyDac, Arcam and more are all good choices. You will be surprised at the improvement. BTW, you should try some vibration control under the Arcam, it will ... | |
| Room treatments Brianpack,Cannot answer your question, but have extensive experience with controlling room resonances with various room treatments such as Michael Green, Echo Busters and Eighth Nerve. These all helped as advertised, however....... and it is a BIG... | |
| What three shelf stand should I purchase? Recently purchased Quadraspire and was taken back by how much better it is than my Target stand. Would have never believed how much more stable the soundstage became and how much more controlled the bass is. It was truly an epiphany. | |
| "best" 3.5mm to RCA cable The MAC or Signal Cable are difficult to beat. I own both, but not in 2.0M length. No, I've not done an A/B comparison as source is not that impressive (Mac Pro Book and iRiver CD player), but they both sound substantially better than Rat Shack. | |
| Replacing Audio Physic Virgo2 Love your current speakers, probably for all of the same reasons you purchased them. Detail and involving.I currently run Penaudio Cenya monitors which replaced Merlin MME monitors. I've also owned LS3/5A monitors and several other British monitor... | |
| Downgrading Powered monitors. There is a plethora of them now of surprisingly good quality. Audioengine, Vanatoo, Aktimate plus others. Of course you can go up the ladder to powered Dynaudio, Neuman, Focal, PMC and others. Regarding your environment one shoul... | |
| EL 34 Amp Recommendations The Dynaco ST-70 amps rebuilt by Vincent in Lewiston, Idaho would work quite well and you would have a cool looking amp also. VTL and Manley amps are also great as they do several things correctly. They have great transformers, run their tubes con... | |
| Asking for guidance on my first hi-fi system... Audio Refinement integrated. Smoother and more reliable than NAD. | |
| Can't drive Proac Studio 110 with low budget amps Jmcgrogan2 is correct about the mid-fi receiver. Not enough current. Dynaudios are oft difficult to drive well. A Rega Brio R (50wpc) will drive them decently or a Maia lll will really kick them around. They also really like tubes such as the Manl... | |
| What other speakers are like/similar to Ruarks? I love the Ruarks also. Have you tried the ATC or Acoustic Energy monitors? You really didn't state monitors or floorstanders. | |
| Michael Greene M5 monitors' adjustment Justlisten,Thanks for response and info. Doug |