davidclarke
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| What sounds best: Vinyl or CDs It depends on the LP or CD. There are vinyl recordings that sound awful and ones that sound great. Same with CD recordings. Some CD recordings are phenomenal. Dick Hyman Plays Fats Waller - Direct-To-CD is as close to live as one might ever he... | |
| Directionality of wire Everybody know wire has a direction. The amp is at one end and the speakers are at the other end. The music flows from the amp to the speaker.It is important to reverse your speaker wires every 2 or 3 songs just like you rotate the tires on your... | |
| 2017 ‘Keeper’ speakers under - $25K QUAD ESL2912 WITH 4 KEF sub-woofers and 2 Raal Ribbon Ribbon Tweeters... http://www.quad-hifi.co.uk/product-detail.php?pid=11Few things can approach the transient response of an electrostatic speaker. | |
| Most Beautiful Receiver / Integrated - Ever was... ? The AR receiverhttp://classicreceivers.com/acoustic-research-ar-model-rMost all of the Yamaha receivers. | |
| Can upgraded power cords help my setup? NO.Power cords do absolutely nothing. Think about it, what do you think you are plugged into? As long as you are delivering the volts and amperes you are done.All audio equipment runs on DC. So what does matter is if your power supplies in your... | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil Snake oil.I have my mono block amps 3 feet from my speakers with normal cable. There are a lot of thing I can hear but cable lifters are not one of them. | |
| Phonostage I am a big fan of the DYNAVECTOR - 10x5 MC Phono Cartridge. It is a high output MC and doesn't need a MC pre stage. I have sold and installed 100+ of them in every turntable you can imagine. Big improvement! Put one in an AR turntable and yo... | |
| Snake oil and tweaks that work! Years ago I realized my turntable was feeding back on bass. I moved the entire system, except the speakers, into my closet and closed the door. Way better bass without the feedback. | |
| Power Cable DIY - Please advise I am an EE and have been in high end hi-fi for 40 years. I am also the happy owner of the large QUAD ESL 2912 full range electrostatic speakers powered by dual Benchmark AHB2 amps running in mono. I have to say the power cable thing strikes me a... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. I am running 2) Benchmark AHB2 in mono on my QUAD ESL-2912s. Love it! Even 1 AHB2 in stereo did a super job but that bit more power puts it over the top. Could be the best amp speaker combo I have ever heard. | |
| Need Suggestions for speakers up to $15K new/used QUAD ESL-2912 + as many KEF sub woofers as you room needs. |