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| Acapella vs. Avantgarde A bit off topic question here: the Acapella system is a "mixed" system, consisting of three totally different concepts (dynamic for bass, horn for midrange and... the incomparable plasma tweeter). This should give lots of problems regarding cohere... | |
| The Best Amplifier Ever ? Rhagen: you forgot to include the Acoustic Reality Thauma Turge mono amps. One audiophile replaced three pairs(!) of his WAVAC SH-833's (which are included in you list) with the Acoustic Realities. Chris | |
| Is Supratek Syrah still the deal of the century? No, I was just kidding. The amp's inside is messy though. That is not a joke. I know messy things can sound wonderful...Chris | |
| Is Supratek Syrah still the deal of the century? I know this is a bit off topic remark, but have you ever seen the inside of a Supratek unit when it is opened. I always get scared when I see one: it is very complex and messy, because Mick is using point to point wiring throughout and it seems th... | |
| Why Palladium in cables, wiring, etc. . .? There is a lot of "cable neurosis". Cables are intended to fine tune a system and to bring out the full potential of a system. A cable can only sound as good as the system in total. A balanced sounding system will benefit from good cables, but a s... | |
| How many us a Line Conditioner with a Big SS Amp I have another question that is probably a bit off topic. I own Acoustic Reality Figaro ICEpower based amps (with the ASP1000 modules). These amps could deliver 500 Watts into 8 Ohms and 1000 Watts into 4 Ohms. Because they have high efficiency ci... | |
| Best digital cable to audition? I'm sorry, but I have a question for you that might be disturbing for some: there seems to be a sort of cable neurosis regarding digital interconnects. What is it good for? I'm not an expert, but to me the most important thing is that a digital ca... | |
| Isolation device under Ayre CX-7e? My experience with footers and isolation devices is so far not very encouraging. I have a CD-transport that is of comparable quality as the Ayre and also built like a tank (Accuphase). My opinion is: if a unit is heavy and is solidly built, you be... | |
| Speaker cables from same brand as interconnects? Jwp, you suggested not to mix silver and copper signal cables in the same system as a rule of thumb. According to this rule I'm doing wrong by mixing Cardas Golden Reference(copper) ls cable with Wireworld Gold Eclipse (pure silver) interconnects?... | |
| Cardas lightning 15 vs. Wireworld gold starlight 5 Currently I have the Wireworld Gold Eclipse 5 (1.5 m). I had the Cardas Lightning 15 once, but sold it after a while. I think the main sonic difference between the two is transparency and tonal balance. The Wireworld Gold Eclipse has greater trans... | |
| Your top ten CD transport??? Steve, when one is using the Northstar transport, it is necessary to use a DAC with I2S input to get the best results. But there aren't so many around with this input.Chris | |
| "romantic" sounding cabling Maybe this would help: System: Accuphase digital front end Accuphase preamp + Tamradio iso tranformer Acoustic Reality eAR Figaro ICEpower amps Dunlavy SC-V speakers Pure Note Paragon Enhanced RCA (phono) Wireworld Gold Eclipse XLR Cardas Golden R... | |
| "romantic" sounding cabling I've heard that Yamamura cables have a quite "soft" and romantic sound, emphasizing the midrange a bit. Does any of you know this cable? Maybe are cables that use natural materials, like cotton, paper + laquer, silk, etc. are more sweet sounding i... | |
| Has anyone heard the Burwen Bobcat system Hi folks, isn't the Burwen Bobcat eventually something of an equalizer device, a very sophisticated one? MP3 is basically an inferior medium, so I don't trust any device or software that makes MP3 at least palatable. Chris | |
| Wadia 861as transport with non-Wadia DACs Why should one use the 861 as a transport only, while it is designed as transport + DAC? Is it not like throwing away money by using the unit as such?Chris |